Rob Shortt wrote: >>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. > > Great, back in the old days I think I tried to get the same hardware as you. ;)
>>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? > > What "live TV" program would you recommend. It's using mplayer right now. Should I be using the ALSA interfaces? aka mixers and dsps? What I have now is my SBLive as /dev/dsp and I load the snd-bt87x module so it is /dev/dsp1. I did the module so I could enforce the order of how they appeared in /dev. Both are the normal 2.6 kernel ALSA drivers. Even if you can give me the general theory of both of them working... that would be great. My thoughts... if btaudio (snd-bt87x) was doing capture and the passthrough cable was filling line1 on the SBLive... and then have TV viewing set line1=100, but all other times set line1=0 so I didn't get sound bleedthrough when I was recording. Am I on the right track? Thanks for the help! -Scott ------------------------------------------------------- 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
