[ivtv-users] Capture Video using Hauppauge PVR-250

[Peter Hollenbeck]

I did this, as suggested in a previous thread:

v4l2-ctl --list-inputs
v4l2-ctl --set-input 2              Composite 1
Press play on the VCR
cat /dev/video0 > foo.mpg
   ... wait 15 seconds ...
ctl-c
Open and play foo.mpg with VLC.
Get a black screen.

--list-inputs gives the output shown below.
The PVR-250 has one yellow RCA jack, one screw type TV connector, one
S-video connector and an audio jack.
How does one know the correspondence between the jacks on the PVR-250 and
the numbers from --list-inputs?
My VCR is connected to the RCA jack.

Suggestions would be much appreciated.
Peter

v4l2-ctl --list-inputs
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT
    Input   : 0
    Name    : Tuner 1
    Type    : 0x00000001
    Audioset: 0x00000007
    Tuner   : 0x00000000
    Standard: 0x0000000000001000 ( NTSC )
    Status  : 0

    Input   : 1
    Name    : S-Video 1
    Type    : 0x00000002
    Audioset: 0x00000007
    Tuner   : 0x00000000
    Standard: 0x0000000000FFFFFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
    Status  : 0

    Input   : 2
    Name    : Composite 1
    Type    : 0x00000002
    Audioset: 0x00000007
    Tuner   : 0x00000000
    Standard: 0x0000000000FFFFFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
    Status  : 0

    Input   : 3
    Name    : S-Video 2
    Type    : 0x00000002
    Audioset: 0x00000007
    Tuner   : 0x00000000
    Standard: 0x0000000000FFFFFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
    Status  : 0

    Input   : 4
    Name    : Composite 2
    Type    : 0x00000002
    Audioset: 0x00000007
    Tuner   : 0x00000000
    Standard: 0x0000000000FFFFFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
    Status  : 0

    Input   : 5
    Name    : Composite 3
    Type    : 0x00000002
    Audioset: 0x00000007
    Tuner   : 0x00000000
    Standard: 0x0000000000FFFFFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
    Status  : 0
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