Re: [SLE] Recording TV to disk

From: Mitch Thompson (mitchthompson_at_satx.rr.com)
Date: 09/14/04

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    To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 05:36:22 -0500

    Hi, Michael.

    I had read about MythTV, and decided to avoid it for that very reason (SQL
    database). Since nothing else I've tried seems to work, I'll look at it
    again.

    Thanks!

    On Monday 13 September 2004 21:30, Michael Sacco wrote:
    > Hi Mitch,
    >
    > I got the same card for my birthday too! I found the best program to use
    > is MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org/). It was a little weird to setup because
    > it uses a SQL database (something I'd never done before), but once I got it
    > up I fell in love with it. It was well worth the time to install and
    > configure.
    >
    > HTH,
    > Michael Sacco
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Mitch Thompson [mailto:mitchthompson@satx.rr.com]
    > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 6:40 AM
    > To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
    > Subject: [SLE] Recording TV to disk
    >
    > Hello, All.
    >
    > I just got a Hauppauge WinTV GO card for my birthday. The card works
    > great,
    >
    > Linux recognized it right off, SuSE installed all the drivers, and KDETV
    > works fine.
    >
    > However, I wanted the card so that I could start transferring dozens of VHS
    > tapes (home movies, and the like) to DVD. I've tried several different
    > packages (Freevo, cinelerra, showtime, mainactor, xmovie, kino, to name
    > several) and have so far been unsuccessful in finding one which will easily
    > allow me to save audio/video from this card to a .avi file, for example.
    > Admittedly, I have been rushing through these programs, looking for the
    > right
    > options, etc., so I probably overlooked something.
    >
    > Could someone please point me in the right direction? Thank you.
    > --
    > "The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at
    > one end and no responsibility at the other." --Ronald Reagan
    > --
    > Mitch Thompson, San Antonio, Texas//WB5UZG
    >
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