On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 12:19 -0700, Mudit Wahal wrote: > I'm building a backend where I'm going to put one HD3000 card. My > frontend is still up in the air (several variables). In the meantime, > I still want to connect a basic frontend with tv-out (svideo) to > analog TV. > > Will I be able to play the programs recorded in HD in the backend on > an analog TV (connected via a frontend-svideo) ? > > Any gotachs/magic incantations/etc I need to do at the backend so the > transition from the HD recorded(or live) plays fine on analong > frontend ?
I have that exact setup at my house. My main frontend downstairs is a P4 3.06 that is also the master backend, and has a ivtv card connected to my Dish receiver for watching satellite channels. It is connected with svideo+spdif to my AV receiver and TV. Upstairs I have another front/backend combo with the pcHDTV in it that records OTA HDTV using my attic antenna (though sadly it's not fast enough to watch HD). Even on my 10 year old trinitron TV the HDTV recordings are still very noticeably better than anything I ever got even directly off my sat receiver, let alone through the capture card. I often sit in my home office and watch the HDTV recordings on my Linux workstation, because once you've watched real HD it's hard to go back. Hell even Family Guy looks better in HD! :) The only annoyance I've found so far is that some stations like to transmit 4:3 programs in a 16:9 signal with black bars and I'll have to manually adjust the aspect ratio on those to make it fill the screen. On the bright side, my local Fox station does this sometimes but keeps the Fox network logo off in the right hand side bar, so it doesn't obscure the video at all. :) -- Joshua M. Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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