Analog video capture

[DJ Delorie]

JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> writes:
> What do you think of this hauppague gizmo?
>
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200

I have the HD-PVR and use it on Fedora 14 with VLC (high-def TV in a
window!  Watching AMCHD at the moment :).  Capturing streaming video to
disk is as simple as this:

$ cat /dev/video0 > ~/Video/capture.m4ts

(then you hit "play" on the vcr, wait, hit Ctrl-C on the above :)

The only catch is it doesn't seem to like working with 5.1 sound (VLC,
not the HDPVR).  Mine is hooked up to stereo inputs instead.