[mythtvnz] Recording from video tape

Steve Hodge mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:46:51 +1200


On 6/25/06, Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:
> OTOH ssh plus
>
> cat /dev/video0 > mytape.mpeg
>
> followed by ctrl-c when the tape is over (OK its a bit manual) will work fine.

Unless getting console access on your myth box is difficult, that's a
lot less manual than setting up a manual recording in myth (or setting
up a dummy channel so that live tv recording doesn't trip up on the
schedule), no?

Steve