[mythtv-users] Cable Video on Demand and MythTV

Rob Rosenfeld mythtv.org at rosenfeld.to
Tue Dec 28 21:58:34 UTC 2004


Bruce Markey wrote:

> Rob Rosenfeld wrote:
> ...
>
>> the features it offers is "Video on Demand".  I tune to one channel and 
>
> ...
>
>> 1)  Is there a "passthrough" mode where I can watch live cable input 
>> without the buffering?
>
>
> Run another output from the cable box directly to another input
> on the TV. For instance, I run s-video from STB to MythTV then
> coax from STB to cable on my TV. I use this mostly for comparing
> picture quality and characteristics but you may find this useful
> for interacting with the box.
>
Well I could do this, but I was hoping for a solution that let me 
continue to use the higher quality s-video outputs for both purposes. 


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