[LUNI] VHS to DVD conversion

[Roberto Serrano]

I use Hauppauge for my Myth box.  The pvr-150 are well supported and
they have decent quality.  They output Mpeg-2, and if the source is
decent, the quality is pretty good.

You can find them for around 60 bucks:

http://www.amazon.com/Wintv-pvr-150-Mce-Non-fm-Wb/dp/B000E65HOO/sr=8-3/qid=1170966867/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/002-5870790-5095239?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

I've never done an mpeg2 to dvd conversion but there are plenty of
tutorials out there.

And as for the capture, mplayer can do that for you, if you don't want
to deal with any other programs.



On 2/8/07, Branko Kotur <skie at dragonsvalley.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 08 February 2007 11:49 am, Trev Peterson wrote:
> > A SUPPORTED tv tuner card and software to record video should be all you
> > need.
> >
> > To get the job done cheap and quick you may want:
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116620
> > and nvrec (http://nvrec.sourceforge.net/)
> >
> >
> > If you want to leverage the hardware and software to be a DVR as well
> > then you may want:
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116628 (it has
> > dual tuners)
> > and mythtv (http://www.mythtv.org/)
> >
> > You can also look into knoppmyth if you want a boot from CD distro to
> > try it out or quickly get the VHS converted.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> I had looked at the Hauppauge cards about a year ago or so, but I think they
> were a bit more expensive at the time.  If there's nothing else that would
> work, I suppose I can get the one you linked and free up a PCI slot.
>
> At one point, I was thinking about making my own dedicated DVR with a
> Hauppauge card and MythTV, but I never got around to doing it.
>
> Thanks for reminding me of these cards.
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