Hi, Scott Serr wrote: > I've commited to give a talk on Freevo and demo my box for the local > LUG. It's being VERY well publicized and will be happening next week, > so I'd like to clean up some loose ends. Also, I'll share with this > list a link to slides when I get them done.
Cool. I will help you tweak things out. > My box: > 2.6.10 kernel, DirectFB on a G400DH (TVout no X), SB Live, ATI TV Wonder > Most everything works. That's the same hardware combo I used to run. > My problem: > I'd like to record a TV channel and capture audio. There are two ways > (maybe more). > 1. I have a internal patch cable (like the analog CD audio ones in > everyones cases) hooked up right now. It goes from BT878 to the > SBLive. It works for "watching TV" if I turn in the "line1" with > setmixer. So typically the audio comes out your speakers when you are > recording it unless you mute while recording is on. Doesn't this limit > me from watching something else when the show is recording? > > 2. The other way (sounds like from the FAQ) if I have the BT878 > capturing audio then things work better when recording because it's a > separeate card from my play (out) card. The problem with this is it > seems that there is no way to hear audio when just doing passthrough > "watching TV". (This is because my SBLive needs audio through it's > internal patch cables to send right out the speaker out?) > > Can I have my cake and eat it too? Can I have both "live watching TV" > and "recording TV" with good audio in both cases? Hardware limited? Yes, you can eat your cake. :) You just have to specify the correct dsp device for live TV. Which TV plugin are you using? -Rob -- ------------------------------------------------------- Rob Shortt | http://tvcentric.com | Freevo [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://freevo.sf.net | Free your TV ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
