Shawn Fertch wrote: >Sorry, a little of topic request. By chance did anyone happen to >record the 5:00pm Kare11 news tonight to Tivo or the like? If so, >there's a segment on there that I'm looking for. > >If not, I did manage to get it to my ancient VCR and record it. But >would like it converted to a Quicktime movie or .mpg. > >If anyone is able to help out on this, I'd be grateful and will buy >some beer (if of legal age of course) in return. Email off list >please if you can help. > > >Thanks! > > Hey Shawn, I don't have a Tivo, but you should be able to grab a TV card ($40-100) and input your VCR to the card and record from there. Check for compatibility of course, I think mine is a Hauppauge, http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_401.html. You'll also be interested in the bttv driver then, http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/bttv.html. You need xawtv or nvrec as your software. Keep in mind that uncompressed avi at 320x200 @ 30 fps with 16k sound will run you about a gig per 4 minutes so you'll want that compressed, say ... mpeg4? divx? - as - _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list