<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/14/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Curtis White</b> <<a href="mailto:soaro77@gmail.com">soaro77@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have my MythTV setup on Fedora 4. I followed the excellent<br>instructions by Jarod. Everything is working great. I can record and<br>watch shows from DirecTV without any problem. I am using a PVR350 card<br>and am using the TV out to my TV. I have DirecTV coming out and going
<br>into the card (using standard cable). Then I ran composite cables from<br>my VCR to the composite inputs on the card. But I don't know how to<br>set things up to read that composite input on the card to record the<br>
VCR.<br><br>I really don't want to have to run cable out from the VCR and have to<br>swap the cable in on the card back and forth between the VCR and<br>DirecTV. I would like to find a way to read the composite inputs on<br>
the card so I can just switch inputs in MythTV and see the VCR. But<br>nothing I try seems to work. I did try setting up a composite input on<br>the mythtv-setup but it didn't work. I don't know what device to tell<br>it to use.
<br><br>I've tried doing some searches through the mailing list and haven't<br>really come up with a good answer. Maybe I'm just not doing the right<br>searches. I don't know. But I would appreciate any help anyone could<br>
give me on this.</blockquote><div><br>
I have a PVR350, too. In mythtv-setup, I found Composite 0 corresponded to the composite inputs on the card.<br>
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The following may be incomplete, it's from my notes of October 2004 - thirteen months ago.<br>
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In mythtv-setup, I defined a Video Source called VCR, but DID NOT try
to get any lineups for it. Then, in Input Connections, I assigned
VCR to Composite 0. I left the Start Channel blank there.<br>
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Then, in Channel Editor, I defined a new channel with the Channel Name
of WVCR, assigning the Video Source to VCR. I gave it a unique
Call Sign..., something like MYVCR - don't remember now.<br>
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While watching TV on the PVR350, I just hit the "c" key to change inputs on the card and watch what's playing on the VCR.<br>
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To record from the VCR, I use manual scheduling. It's not too
hard to play a tape on the VCR just before or after the scheduled
recording starts.<br>
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Sorry for the incompleteness, but a little experimenting should get you
closer to being able to have the VCR be "just another channel",
so-to-speak.<br>
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Good Luck!<br>
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MM<br>
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