cable to copy VCR to DVD

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Dec 12, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Shlomo Solomon wrote:

> Interesting, but I'm not sure that's really true. Personally, I'm  
> connected to
> YES and use an ancient analogue TV card connected to the RCA output  
> on the
> MEMIR (works fine in Linux and Windows). So by the same logic, I'd  
> expect old
> TVs to continue to work.

Yes, but most people are not going to spend 300 to 400 NIS for a MEMIR  
(decoder) when you can buy a new LCD TV for under 1,000 NIS.

People with HOT or YES will not be affected.

I've also corresponded with several people who have dropped HOT or YES  
because they thought they could be happy with the 5 channels included  
in the digital package. You would be surprised how many people thought  
that they could spend 300-400 NIS for a decoder, and cut out the  
expense of HOT or YES without actualy paying attention to what they  
watch and which channel it is on. :-(

> In any case, maybe you have indirectly suggested a solution to my  
> VCR to DVD
> question. I suppose I could connect the VCR to the TV card. Any  
> suggestions on
> what to use to "record" the output? I've never had much luck  
> recording with
> xawtv and I usually use tvtime which has no recording function (for  
> viewing
> only).

VLC or mencoder both work well. A long time ago I set up PERL programs  
to do various recording functions from the command line. I was going  
to use cron to do recordings, but found that I could not find the  
program guides I wanted in English. We ended up getting a YES MAX.

Geoff.

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