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

Zaheer Abbas Merali zaheerabbas at merali.org
Mon Jul 14 17:13:03 EDT 2003


On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 16:01, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 08:58 AM 7/14/2003 -0400, Dave Alden wrote:
> [...]
> >On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 06:47:55PM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> >That would be great if my capture card had a line in.  :-(  Can you (or
> >anyone else) tell me which capture card you're using that has a line in?
> 
> In my experience, *any* capture card that has a "video in" (Composite or 
> SVideo) has an associated line-in for audio. Specific examples that work 
> with Linux/Myth are older Hauppauge WinTV GO cards (before they switched 
> away from a bt878-compatible chipset) and low-end AverTV cards (purchased 
> locally around March 2003). For more examples, search the list archives for 
> the DRAFT Capture-Card FAQ I posted here a couple of weeks ago.
> 
> What capture card are you using that does *not* have this input?
> 

I have 2 capture cards that do not have a line in, but have composite
video in.

ATI TV Wonder VE
Modular Tech MM201

There are plenty more examples on the bttv gallery page.

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Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali.org>



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