[mythtv-users] PVR-500 s-video/tuner question

Brian Walter blwalter at gmail.com
Mon Apr 2 16:23:00 UTC 2007


Rod Smith wrote:
> On Monday 02 April 2007 11:20, Carl Fongheiser wrote:
>   
>> On 4/2/07, Brian Walter <blwalter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Can you use both the s-video and tuner capabilities of the PVR-500
>>> simultaneously?  I.E. - Cable into the coax port and directv stb into
>>> the S-video(s)?  Can it and or myth handle that configuration for
>>> recording?
>>>       
>> Yes, you can, and yes, MythTV can handle it.  Just set up one capture
>> device to use the tuner, and the other to use S-Video.  Nothing tricky at
>> all.
>>     
>
> A caveat is in order: With a single-tuner card, you can do this, but you'll 
> only be able to record from one source at any given time -- that is, you 
> can't record from the coax input and the S-video input simultaneously. MythTV 
> can switch between them for different recordings, but it's still just one 
> tuner, just like the inputs on a VCR. Of course, the PVR-500 is a dual-tuner 
> card, so you can record from two tuners simultaneously, but the same rule 
> applies for each tuner individually. Overall, you'll be able to record two 
> programs, one from each tuner, even if you've got a total of three or more 
> inputs. Depending on your inputs, you should be able to record two cable 
> stations, one cable station and one DirecTV station, or two DirecTV stations. 
> (That last will require two DirecTV boxes, though.) Again depending on your 
> inputs, you should be able to have MythTV automatically switch 
> combinations -- for instance, two cable recordings followed by a cable 
> recording and a DirecTV recording.
>
>   
Thanks!  That's what  I was looking for.

Brian


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