[mythtv-users] Help with 2nd source on S-Video

Gregorio Gervasio, Jr. gtgj at pacbell.net
Mon Dec 8 22:19:24 EST 2003


>>>>> Joseph A Caputo writes:

j> Okay, what am I doing wrong?
j> I have a WinTV 401 dbx card that I've been using with Myth for about a 
j> year now with no problems.  This weekend I decided to finally hook up 
j> my VCR on the S-Video input so I could import some videotapes.  I split 
j> my VCR output & piped the video to the WInTV's S-Video-in and the audio 
j> to the WinTV's Line-In.  I'm using btaudio so I have no other patch 
j> cables or anything.  I set up a new video source with 1 channel and 
j> bound it to my S-Video input.  So far, so good.

j> Now, when watching LiveTV, I press 'C' and switch to the VCR input.  I 
j> get video, but no sound!  I'm going to double-check my cabling tonight 
j> when I get home, but is there anything else I should be aware of?  This 
j> issue has come up before, see:

j> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=75368

j> but I didn't see a resolution.


        I did this once with the same card and I think I was able to
get audio, but it was from the tuner input.  I ended up just sending
the VCR audio directly to my regular sound card input and temporarily
switching MythTV's sound capture device.

-- 
Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.


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