[mythtv-users] Automatic Swith of Incoming Connections

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/22/2008 04:10 PM, Jay Broussard wrote:

>  On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
> > On 02/22/2008 03:46 PM, antonluque wrote:
> >
> >> I have mythtv running on ubuntu 7.10 on a intel mac mini with a
> >> hauppauge pvr, which is connected directly to the antenna via a
> >> coax cable, and is able to decode most of my channels with a few
> >> exceptions. In order to be able to watch and record programs from
> >> those other channels, I have to connect the cable box to the tv
> >> tuner via a svideo cable.
> >>
> >> That means that every time before doing so I have to go to myth
> >> setup and change the incoming connections from coax to svideo, is
> >> there a way be able to watch and record from one or the other
> >> inputs without going to the setup?
> >
> > You need to set up a video source for the coax source and another
> > for the s-video source, then just connect them to the appropriate
> > inputs.
>
>  A related question...when you set up connections like that with
>  multiple inputs on the same card (e.g., s-video and coax), I've been
>  told only one input can be active at a time. Is mythtv smart enough
>  not to try to record off the second input if the first input is in
>  use?

Yep, though with trunk/0.21-fixes, you can explicitly enable MythTV to 
use multiple inputs on the same card if your card supports it.  (If you 
don't do anything special, though, Myth assumes that your card can only 
use one input per card at any given time as this is far more common.)

Mike