[mythtv-users] PVR350 Composite for dummies

James Pifer jep at obrien-pifer.com
Sun Aug 8 17:09:32 EDT 2004


On Sun, 2004-08-08 at 14:40, Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Sunday 08 August 2004 02:16 pm, James Pifer wrote:
> > I still must be missing something. I just get a blank screen. I'm
> > running the frontend on a seperate machine than the backend + PVR350.
> > Since I can watch LiveTV without a problem I 'assume' this isn't the
> > problem. If I change the default input bacjk to Tuner 0 I can watch
> > LiveTV again.
> >
> > So here's what I have:
> > 1) Change default input to Composite 0
> > 2) Video Source remains unchanged
> > 3) In Input Connections
> > 	make Composite 0 = My Video Source
> > 	make Tuner 0 = None
> > 4) Exit out and run mythfilldatabase
> >
> > When I try to view LiveTV I get a blank screen instead of my VCR plugged
> > into the PVR350 composite cables. Looking at the cables that come with
> > the PVR350 they are labeled Composite Out, Line R Out, and Line L Out.
> > Maybe I'm thinking I can do something that I can't really do?
> 
> Composite 0 generally isn't the composite input on the card.
> 
> Isaac


Can the composites on the PVR350 be used for input or do I need to try
and use the PVR350's S-Video/Line-in for capturing from another device?

Guess I'll try and error with the other composite inputs in Mythtv
setup.

Thanks,
James



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