On 2015-05-18, Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Howard Eisenberger wrote: > >> On 2015-05-15, Kent West wrote: >> >> > I currently have an RCA-style cable (yellow-tip) going from the VCR's >> > composite video output to the "Comp In" (yellow) input on the interface >> > that also has the coax connectors. I also have a stereo RCA cable (red & >> > yellow tips) going from the VCR's audio outputs to the red & white RCA >> > jacks on the same interface card. >> >> I have an old PVR-150. Only ivtv0 in dmesg. >> >> [ 11.271797] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes) >> [ 11.468147] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039 >> >> This is how I use it. >> >> $ v4l2-ctl -i 2 ; sleep 2 ; ivtv-tune -tus-bcast -c3 >> Video input set to 2 (Composite 1: ok) >> /dev/video0: 61.250 MHz >> >> v4l2-ctl is in package v4l-utils >> >> ivtv-tune is in package ivtv-utils >> >> $ cat /dev/video0 | mplayer -cache 8192 - >> to watch. >> >> $ cat /dev/video0 > temp.mpg >> to save. > > Thanks for the reply, Howard. You've gotten me farther along than I've been. > > Now I get a screen with a bottom 2/3rds blue background with a jagged top > edge. Ten or so seconds after I turn on my video source, the top third > fills with what kind of looks like large-blocky yellow lines of raster > painting (lines which angle slightly downward). > > Might I ask what the commands you've provided do?
I found these instructions when I searched a few years ago, and they've worked for me ever since. I'm certainly no expert. In the file I saved with the instructions, I have this link, http://blog.grantgoodyear.org/2010/09/using-mythtv-to-record-from-vcr.html I see that it is still online and explains more than I can. Hopefully this will help. Howard E. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/mjeq3f$mbv$1...@speranza.aioe.org
