[mythtv-users] ivtv and stereo sound.

[Ajay Sharma]

Yup, those are the cables that I was talking about.  I have a Dish
Network receiver going to my pvr-250 with an s-video cable and RCA
jacks.

later,
ajay

On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 13:07, Boyd II, Willy wrote:
> Unless you're not using the tuner's coax input for tv (i.e. external box).
> I use
> an s-video cable and RCA->stereophono cable going into my pvr250.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarod C. Wilson [mailto:jcw at wilsonet.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:00 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv and stereo sound.
> 
> 
> On Friday, Oct 3, 2003, at 09:58 US/Pacific, Ajay Sharma wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 17:15, rwk at americom.com wrote:
> >> How do you tell if it's stereo or not?  I can't really tell just by 
> >> listening.
> >
> > Well, when I'm listening to MP3's the music is coming out of both 
> > speakers.  When I switch to mpeg's captured with my pvr-250 I'm only 
> > getting audio out of the right speaker.  And now that I'm typing this 
> > I think I'll double check my cables before blaming it on ivtv drivers.
> > ;)
> 
> Cables? What cables? The only audio cable that should be involved in 
> the process of recording and playing PVR-250 files is the output to 
> your speakers or amp, and that seems to be fine if mp3s play in 
> stereo...
> 
> I'd suggest checking your mixer settings. (And if by chance, you have 
> an audio jumper from the PVR-250 to your sound card's line in, remove 
> it!). Then look back at the ivtv drivers. I believe some rare 
> instances, the card won't do stereo for some reason (search the ivtv 
> list for specifics, and look in your syslog for clues).
> 
> --Jarod