I have a PVR 150 and a PVR 500 on my myth box. I have my digital cable plugged into one of these via svideo and RCA audio.<br>
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My cable box has a digital output on it--coax, and my mythbox has 2
digital ports. -- one optical and one digital. Its a nforce3 MB, w/ an
onboard snd card using driver snd_intel8x0 identified as a CK8S.
What makes me hopeful on this is the following<br>
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mythbackend pcm0c # cat /proc/asound/pcm<br>
00-00: Intel ICH : NVidia CK8S : playback 1 : capture 1<br>
00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : NVidia CK8S - MIC ADC : capture 1<br>
00-02: Intel ICH - IEC958 : NVidia CK8S - IEC958 : playback 1<br>
mythbackend pcm0c # cat /proc/asound/devices<br>
18: [0- 2]: digital audio playback<br>
25: [0- 1]: digital audio capture<br>
16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback<br>
24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture<br>
0: [0- 0]: ctl<br>
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I see digital playbacks and capture devices<br>
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What I'd like to do if hookup the optical out to my receiver which I
know is possible.. but having AC3 output is not very useful if you dont
have AC3 recorded in the first place. Can I use the COAX port on the
snd card as a recording device while using the optical as an output?
And if so, how do I convince myth to record the video via the
hauppauge, and merge in the sound from the sound card?<br>
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Oh, the is from cable in the US, not HDTV, plain old digital cable.<br>
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I've searched and searched, but what Ive found are lucky people w/ HDTV cable boxed recording via firewire.<br>
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Thanks alot<br>
Robert<br>