[mythtv-users] settop box with peritel output

[Philippe Bégou]

Jakob Fix a écrit :

>Bonjour,
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>On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:09:23 +0200, Philippe Bégou <pbegou at tele2.fr> wrote:
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>>Jakob,
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>>The cabling seems OK, although it might be done in a different way (I
>>use a [S-video+ 1 audio jack] to SCART cable purchased at Carrefour to
>>connect my VHS recorder to my Hauppauge PVR 350 video acquisition card.
>>Because the SCART plug is directional, I had to exchange input and
>>output pins)
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>so would you say, S-video + 1 audio is to be preferred over the cabling shown?
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I wouldn't say it is THE solution, it will depend on the acquisition 
card you have. It works for me with the Hauppauge PVR 350 card and is 
not expensive (~ 8 €). This card has a S-Video input plug, which can be 
configured to either acquire a S-Video (luminance + chrominance 
separated) or composite signal. The latter is the one I use for 
connecting my VHS recorder, which outputs a composite video signal 
through the SCART connector.

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>>However a great function of myth is the ability to program recordings
>>directly from the TV guide. How do you intend to do this with the freebox ?
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>honestly, I don't know yet.  I will mainly use my mythbox to watch
>dvb-s, and the freebox tv is just an added bonus.  although, it has
>been pointed out to me that I'll have a problem changing channels if
>the freebox is not near the tv.  well, an IR blaster may be a solution
>to this problem.
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>how do you use your myth box?
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1/ as a video recording tool (analog TV via antenna coaxial cable, VHS 
recorder for digitizing my old VHS tapes)
2/ as a video server over my home network: I have bought a Hauppauge 
MediaMVP because it is a small, very silent and easy to install device. 
The MediaMVP connects physically on one side to the TV (SCART connector 
again) and on the other side to the Ethernet network. It runs the mvpmc 
open source software :-) .

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>>Jakob Fix a écrit :
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>>>Hi,
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>>>I am in the planning phase for my myth box (for quite some time ... :-)
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>>>First some background:  I am living in France, and ISPs here offer
>>>settop boxes for the ADSL connexions.  I am with a provider called
>>>Free (http://adsl.free.fr) who offers the "freebox" which is as they
>>>say a "triple play" terminal, ie it provides me with 10MBit/s (the
>>>adverts say up to 20MBit/s) internet access, TV channels, and free
>>>voip telephone.
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>>>For the tv functionality they provide a "peritel" output (I'm pretty
>>>sure it's not the correct term, and may be called differently
>>>elsewhere), it's this almost rectangular plug except that one of the
>>>short sides of the rectangle being slightly "skewed".
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>>>I read in a forum
>>>(http://forums.grenouille.com/index.php?showtopic=14658, it's in
>>>French but with lots of pictures) a way to connect the peritel output
>>>to a video acquisition card (the one shown is an external USB device
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>>>from Dazzle).
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>>>I'd like to know whether people on this list have experience with this
>>>kind of setup, and what kind of internal video acquisition cards they
>>>can recommend for this scenario.  My current tv card is a Leadtek
>>>Winfast which only has a RCA connector.
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>>>Unlike the intended purpose (to put the box underneath or on top of
>>>the telly), I'd like to connect it to my myth(ical) backend in the
>>>garage and watch the output on a frontend ...
>>>
>>>Thanks for any input.
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