[mythtv-users] Question about recording on PVR350

[Gary Oliver]

I'm curious what the plan or means is for setting up a record operation 
from the Composite or SVideo (not Tuner) input on a PVR350.  I've been 
playing with the current CVS of mythtv (rather impressive so far and a 
few of my friends were blown away with the user interface.)  I've done 
what I believe is the proper setup for defining the inputs and channels 
and associations and can set up a record session on an "over the air" 
channel, but can see no way to say "record the Composite input."

As a test, I tried adding the Composite to the configuration, giving it 
a channel list and, indeed, the list showed up on the menues.  But 
further confusion ensued when I couldn't tell the difference between 
KXYZ (tuner) and KXYZ (composite).  I couldn't tell which was which by 
the menu.  And there was still no way to just select "Composite" for 
recording.

Also, on a related note, I'm curious if I'm seeing a bug due to my 
platform: there appears to be nothing significant taking place when I 
select a channel.  The input doesn't switch.  I can use either the 
test_ioctl program or the ptune script and manually select an input and 
channel and mythtv will then show that channel live (or record it if I 
have a recording session set up.)  But switching channels in mythtv 
doesn't seem to do anything for me.  I should mention I'm running a 
VIA-based motherboard (ShuttleX Athlon box) and even though the chipset 
isn't on the "beware" list, I'm wondering if it isn't part of the 
problem. Note, though, that the switching via the test_ioctl and ptune 
does work in all cases.

With all of the reported "works great" that I've seen from some PVR350 
users, I'm currently wondering if I've just been remiss in something 
related to setup, but I have run through the install process a number of 
times and am current with respect to all of the CVS and related 
dependencies.  It rips DVDs perfectly and plays them well.  I had a few 
problems during installation with missing dependencies that weren't on 
the list, but they were obvious and easy to fix.  System is a Mandrake 
9.2 (which has had it's own problems :-) but is otherwise fully patched 
and stable.

Keep up the good works, folks.  This program is truly a "killer app" in 
the making.  It has a significantly better GUI than my Dish PVR at this 
point and is fully extensible!

Regards,
Gary