[mythtv-users] Composite1?

[Schlomo Schapiro]

Hi,

I am also fighting with this problem, here what I found out:

- switching inputs with C works well
- Defining a channel for the composite works also well

(I setup a second video source and connected it to the corresponding 
composite4 input on my pvr 250)

What doesn't work at all is recording from the composite input. If I 
record while having switched with C, it records from the tuner channel I 
was watching before.

If I tune to the composite input with as a normal channel, then I cannot 
record, nothing happens (a "QDateTime::fromString: Parameter out of range" 
error message is produced). I also managed once to get the channel defined 
so, that it is connected to some xmltv Programm, then I was able to record 
only a program as defined there (which is quite pointless for a camera or 
video tape).

What did work, was to define a manual recording. But this is not very 
practical for converting something from a camera or VCR.

Why can't the normal Record button not work without the channel having an 
associated programme information ?

And BTW, the GUI doesn't really allow to set an input that doesn't have a 
tuner associated at all. Seems to me like the whole topic of non-tuner 
input is not yet well enough developed in mythtv.

So the question of composite input is not a RTFM issue, there are some 
real problems there.

To the developers: Is there any improvemend planned for this issue ?

Regards,
Schlomo

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Tom Craddock wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I would suggest reading the documentation at mythtv.org, in particular the
> section on Using Mythtv.
> 
> Tom 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cuddles -- "Soft and furry,but I've got CLAWS!"
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:14 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Composite1?
> 
> Ok folks, for my next question... How do I access composite1 on the 
> video card?
> 
> 

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Regards,
Schlomo