What if we remove the back-end/front-end complication. Is it possible to have an un-buffered capture device?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Fongheiser Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 5:35 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Connecting videogame console to frontend On 7/27/05, Edward Rosinzonsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a small dilemma. I have a dedicated master backend with a > PVR-500 and PVR-250 in the garage, and a front-end only machine in the > living room, connected to the TV via S-Video. I also have an xbox video game console. > Since my TV has only one S-Vidio input (and I don't want to use a > switch), I would like connect the console to the myth front-end, and > switch back and forth via mythtv. Could I accomplish this by adding a > capture device with an S-Video input to the front-end? Would I have > to configure it as a slave back-end? I don't at any point intend to > record from this device, and I don't want it to be buffered either. Unfortunately, no, it's not possible to do this with MythTV. You could make a menu entry to launch xawtv or tvtime to do it, though. Carl Fongheiser _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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