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

[Mark Hutchinson]

Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> On Feb 11, 2008 4:06 PM, Mark Hutchinson <mark at onnow.net 
> <mailto: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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Do you do anything different for HD recording?  I may try to make a 
separate profile for recording HD channels from firewire ( channel 
change and capture ) as that worked fine, SD capture from firewire was 
where I ran into most problems.