[mythtv-users] What is "Input Connections" setting?

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Fri Jan 7 09:57:17 EST 2005


clemens at dwf.com wrote:

>I don't understand what the "Input Connections" window is setting, 
>or to say the same thing, what is it trying to tell me?
>
>I have the entries:
>
>    [HDTV:/dev/dtv1](Antenna-0)->Antenna
>    [MPEG:/dev/video0](Tuner0)->Antenna
>
>OK, I can understand that this is associating both the pcHDTV hd2000 card
>(HDTV), and the PVR-250 card (MPEG) with the Antenna database.  There could
>be other databases if I were connected to say cable.
>
>the /dev/dtv1 and /dev/video0 are just where we find the pcHDTV and PVR-250
>card.
>
>But what is this Antenna-0 and Tuner0 business trying to tell me?
>Clearly BOTH boards have tuners, but 'tuner' is not an option when 
>setting up the HDTV card.  What is that trying to tell me?
>
>Confused.
>  
>
That is just probably the Video4Linux name of the "source".  For 
example, on your PVR-250 card, you probably have the Tuner input as well 
as a Composite/S-Video input.  One is listed as Tuner0 and Composite0.  
The HDTV probably just calls it's input Antenna0 instead.

Kevin



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