[mythtv-users] PS2 connected to a PVR 350

[Michael T. Dean]

Jeff Simpson wrote:

>     Since he's using VGA for Myth, he doesn't even need the S-Video
>     switch--just a long S-Video cable.  BTW, a good S-Video cable can
>     go 50'
>     (16m) without any problems.
>
>     However, I definitely agree that taking the PS2 through the
>     encoder card
>     is a waste.  Even if you get passthrough working in ivtv, you'll still
>     have to get it working in Myth (which doesn't have any support for
>     passthrough) or--more appropriately--in xawtv.
>
>
> I just found a command for ivtv to enable low-overhead passthrough 
> directly on the card:
>
> http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=TvPassThrough
>
> So if the projector has an svideo input, that's how you could do it, 
> just have the svideo
> output of the pvr go to the projector, and use that passthrough 
> command pass the video.
>
> But if you're running an svideo cable all the way up to the projector 
> anyway, why not just
> plug the game console into that directly? I can only assume that you 
> don't have an svideo
> input on the projector, or you would have just used that from the 
> get-go instead of an
> svideo converter.

Exactly!!!!  ;)

Mike