[mythtv-users] S-Video capture details via PVR-500

[Jerry Rubinow]

On Feb 11, 2008 4:06 PM, Mark Hutchinson <mark at onnow.net> wrote:

> From  the reading I have done, it looks as if the PVR-500 Hauppauge will
> act as an S-Video device.
> Just a couple of questions regarding that.
> How is sound captured?  I want to capture from a DCT-6200 box, so two
> RCA jacks.  Should that be directed into the mini-pin on the back of the
> PVR-500 card?  Or into the sound in plug on your PCI sound card?


Mini-pin?  My PVR-500 has two coax connectors, an svideo, and three rca
connectors (one for video and two for l/r audio).  The rca audio connectors
is what you should connect the sound from the DCT-6200 to.

Also, what is this I have read about setting the channel on the PVR-500
> to 3?  How is that done when just being used as an S-Video capture device?
> Anything else I should know before configuring?


You mean in setup?  Or something else?  Any channel changing will use the
external command you setup.


> Thanks all.  I may have a working solution after this.
> Not as clear as firewire, but S-Video should look OK.  Any comments on
> quality of S-Video?


This is the setup I use for all the SD digital content from my 6200, and it
looks pretty good.

-Jerry
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