On 8/21/05, Jesse D. Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 04:17 +0100, Nick wrote: > > On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nick wrote: > > > > > > >On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Hello, > > > >> > > > >>I have a PVR 350. Normally it's primary input is SVideo from my Dish > > > >>reciever. However, I'd like to record some of my old VHS tapes to > > > >>disk via the tuner input so I can throw away the old tapes and preserve > > > >>their quality over time. > > > >> > > > >>I know I can switch inputs on the 350 via 'C', but what is the best way > > > >>to go about recording a 2 hr VHS tape? Is this even possible from the > > > >>LiveTV interface? > > > >> > > > >>Ultimately, I'd like these recorded tapes to show up under the video > > > >>section, but my CPU is way underpowered right now and I can't > > > >>decode mpeg in real time using software mplayer, so it would be better > > > >>for them to show up in the TV section for now (this way Myth will > > > >>make use of the 350's hardware decoder). But I'll need to label them > > > >>somehow and preferably put them all under a specific category/show. > > > >> > > > >>Any ideas? > > > >> > > > > Jesse, > > > > >From Erik's reply to another thread, this might be exactly what you're > > >after: > > > > http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware1.asp#av_cable > > > > It would allow both devices to be hardwired separately to SVideo > > inputs and the changing of the input can be controlled via software. > > Yeah, that's cool. But does MythTV really support this sort of thing? > > The input extender card and tuner0 (coax) are basically the same thing > to MythTV: a different input. The only difference is the quality and > the input name. > > How do I schedule a manual recording on an input that doesn't have > a channel lineup associated with it?
Create a dummy source (perhaps one channel only) for that input and then connect them together in mythtvsetup. > > The MythTV -> Manage Recordings -> Schedule Recordings -> Manual > Schedule doesn't seem to have any concept of Inputs. It only cares > about channels. So how do I make it record on an input that doesn't > have any channels? See above. > > Also, I've mapped the yellow button on my Hauppauge remote to the 'C' > key so I can cycle through inputs while watching LiveTV. But since > my tuner0 doesn't have a lineup associated with it, I can't change > inputs to it. Pushing the yellow button just freezes the screen and > shows me the same Input over and over. AFAIUI, you need a working tuner source (i.e. tuneable channels) so that MythTV can successfully tune to it. Also, the starting channel for each of the inputs need to be an existing channel. > > Is there a way to fix this? If so, then that addon board would be > perfect. Thanks! Creating a dummy source and connecting it to the new SVideo connection would seem the way to go. Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
