On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:32:54 -0800 Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rodney D. Myers wrote: > ... > > I plan on heading into tonn tomorrow to get an s-video cable > > nonetheless, but any idea as to what is happening? > > If you are using an external device with it's own tuner and connecting > it by coax to the tuner of the capture card, the capture card tuner > needs to remain on channel 3 (or 4 is the other common channel) no > matter which channel the external device is tuned to. Myth has an > option for this situation. a windos solution (aka reboot), and I'm watching live TV.. Go figure. I don't have a clue on that ;-) > First, establish if there is an over the air channel in your area > for three or four. Unless you are midway between metropolitan areas, > there will normally be one or the other and not both. Set the output > of the external box to the unused channel. I'll assume you've gotten > this right but if there is a local channel 3, switch the box to 4. I live in a rural Southern California area, and behind a hill, so over-the-air is not an option :-( > Run mythtv-setup. Go to Input connections and choose the tuner input. > Select the Video source. Because you don't have an IR blaster and > script yet, use "/bin/true" and the "External channel change command" > If you had left this blank, that may have been the problem. If the > external command is set and you are using the coax tuner input, set > the "Preset tuner to channel" to match the output channel of the > external box. The effect will be that when you change to channel > 23, "/bin/true 23" will return success and the tuner on the card > will stay on the preset channel. > > You will get a better picture by using s-video. The cable keeps the > luma and chroma signals separate and only caries video. The external > box will have red and white audio output RCA jacks. Your card most > likely has a 1/8" stereo audio input jack. Therefore, you will need > to get a two female RCA to 1/8" stereo jack adapter along with a > stereo 2 wire RCA cable for the length you'll need if you don't have > one already. NOTE: the adapter should have color coded RCA connectors > (normally red and white) and 3 contacts on the 1/8" jack. There are > also splitters or combiners with two unmarked RCA to a mono 1/8" > jack. This is not what you want. The adapter you what should look > something like one of these: > > http://www.lg-internet.com/catalog/images/CBL%203.5MM%202%20RCA.jpg > http://www.audiogear.com/Resources/~Adpt2RcfMsm > > When you get the s-video wired up, run mythtv-setup again. Set the > tuner input video source to "(None)" to disable it. Set the video > source for the s-video, "/bin/true" for your temporary external > command, and leave the preset blank. > > -- bjm -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112 ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin - 1759
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