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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