On Sun, January 14, 2007 12:35 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: > I have come to the conclusion that you are clueless about signal paths. > I will attempt to do a little ASCII art for you to see if it helps. This > is best viewed with a mono-spaced font. > > RF (Coax) > |COX Cable|----->|splitter|---->|TV RF input| > RF (Coax)| > |-------->|PVR-150 RF Input| > RF (Coax) > > > |PVR-150 S-Video output|----------->|TV S-Video input| > S-Video (4-pin mini-DIN) > > |XENA sound card out|-------------->|TV audio in| > Audio cable (mini-stereo to RCA Y-adapter) > > > |VCR composite vid out|------------------->|PVR-150 composite vid in| > Composite video (RCA jacks, 75 ohm) > > |VCR audio out|------------------->|PVR-150 audio in| > Audio cable (RCA Y-adapter to mini-Stereo) > > > |DVD|------------------->|TV composite video in| > Composite video (RCA jacks, 75 ohm) > > |DVD|------------------->|TV audio in| > Audio cable (RCA) > > > So now your question is, how do you watch the VCR on the TV? Simple: You > select it in MythTV as an input. So your VCR signal path is: > > |VCR|------>|PVR-150|------>|TV| > > The path from the VCR to the PVR-150 is also how you transfer your video > tapes to digital format, by recording them as an input. > >> BUT, if I don't split COX and send coax to the TV, how do I record one >> and >> watch another? No, coax is the way to go. > > For that part of it, yes. But not for the VCR. Use the composite out of > the VCR.
I'm not as clueless as you think. Your cable approach is ingenious, but byzantine. I can't see my wife using it, let alone the kids. This is a design requiremet. Also, the ability to watch one and record one is highly desireable, almost a requiremet. And tuning must make sense to my family. Having to tune in 2 places for one channel sucks. All this is worth $20 for a switch. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
