[mythtv-users] PVR-150 MCE - Switching inputs

[Michael T. Dean]

CHRIS KOTTING wrote:

>I just got my PVR-150MCE card and am getting into configuration.  I'm a Myth 
>newbie, but fairly conversant in Linux.  All is going well thus far, but I 
>have a few questions about capabilities.
>
>The 150 has both a coax-in to the tuner and an S-video in.  I plan on using  
>the S-video input for my VCR (to capture my videotapes of my daughter, 
>eventually to edit them and burn to DVD), and the coax input to my cable.
>
>Understanding that the different inputs all feed into the same hardware 
>decoder, I know that the tricks that you can do with multiple cards or a PVR-
>500 (like picture-in-picture) are out, but:
>
>Is there an easy way to switch the inputs from the cable-in to the S-video 
>in without going into mythtvsetup?
>  
>
Change channels.

>If I were to do it from the command-line (using ivtvctl -p) would it trip up 
>Myth?
>  
>
Myth will undo it when you start the recording in Myth.  You /could/ 
start recording some regular channel in Myth and then switch it, but why 
not just do it right...

>I'd like to work out a convienient (1 click) way to switch between 
>the "recording my home videos" purpose an the "TIVO-ish" primary MythTV 
>purpose. That way I won't have to document a complex multi-step process for 
>my less geek-inclined family members.
>
>(It would also be cool to be able to watch live TV and flip back and forth 
>between the channel the PVR-150 tuner is on and the channel the VCR is tuned 
>to.)
>  
>
You just need to create a new video source and assign it to a channel.  
Lots in the archives about this.  Search on VCR.

Mike