[mythtv-users] Can't get my projector to work with Myth - HDMI Switch

[Allen Edwards]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 9:47 AM Barry Martin <barry3martin at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Allen:
>
> It would be nice to have an HDMI switch so I don't have to switch the
> cables but that is the next step.
>
> A couple things come to mind with my use of HDMI switches around here.
> Main one is if using a Raspberry Pi the RPi sometimes doesn't see the final
> HDMI device (i.e. TV) fast enough and switches to its composite video
> output and stays there until rebooted.  There is a simple fix to the boot
> configuration file.
>
> The switches won't work without a 5v (?) input, which is usually snagged
> from an HDMI input; you may need an external DC Input, so either another
> wall wart or a charging adapter with multiple 2A outputs.  (Thinking up
> here where I have an RPi and HDMI switch, both need power.)
>
> My switches (so limited experience) will automatically switch to the last
> active device -- maybe better phrased 'latest activated input'.  If you
> power up your BluRay player the switch will automatically switch to that
> input, which isn't bad unless you're watching a different input.  That's
> happened once in over a year here.
>
> I have found it handy to have an HDMI coupler for troubleshooting, that
> way can take out the switch, connect the two male ends of the cable
> together.  (I get mine from an out-of-country source at around 50¢ each.)
>
> I need two outputs and one input and a switch not a splitter but the
Amazon reviews make me think they will not work with my 30 feet cable to
the projector.

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