[mythtv-users] trying to use 2 inputs on same card (not simultaneously :-)

Bruce Markey bjm at lvcm.com
Sun Jul 13 19:47:55 EDT 2003


Dave Alden wrote:
> Hi,
>   I'd like to do the following:
> 
> Tuner card "Television" input -- "raw" cable (analog channels 2-70)
>            "Composite 1" input -- from cablebox ("digital" channels 2-999)
 >
> Audio Card 1 (/dev/dsp1) - jumper cable from tuner card (for analog channels)
> 
> Audio Card 0 (/dev/dsp0) - audio from cablebox (for "digital" channels)
> 
> I've got this setup, and it works pretty well, but I'm having 2 problems:
> 
> 1)  I don't see anyway to tell myth to use different audio for the 2
>     inputs on the same card -- is this possible?

I simply plug the audio from the cablebox into the line in of
the capture card. When I switch from the Television input to
the S-Video input, the capture card passes it's line-in audio
thru to the line out patch cable to the audio card. The capture
card knows that logically, the coax audio comes from the coax and
the composite or s-video audio must come from its line-in. This
works for me but mdz says his card sometimes has problems switching.


> 2)  When in the EPG - it's showing me both inputs (I've assigned the "raw"
>     cable channels from 1002-1070 and left the "digital" channels alone).
>     However, if I select a channel from "the other input" (i.e., I'm 
>     currently viewing an analog channel and I select a channel from the
>     cablebox), and then type "M", it acts as if I hit escape.

You can't change channels to a channel on a different input.
use "c" to change inputs then you can change to a channel on
the current input.

--  bjm





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