[mythtv-users] PS2 connected to a PVR 350
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Nov 17 12:37:43 EST 2005
Jeff Simpson wrote:
> Since he's using VGA for Myth, he doesn't even need the S-Video
> switch--just a long S-Video cable. BTW, a good S-Video cable can
> go 50'
> (16m) without any problems.
>
> However, I definitely agree that taking the PS2 through the
> encoder card
> is a waste. Even if you get passthrough working in ivtv, you'll still
> have to get it working in Myth (which doesn't have any support for
> passthrough) or--more appropriately--in xawtv.
>
>
> I just found a command for ivtv to enable low-overhead passthrough
> directly on the card:
>
> http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=TvPassThrough
>
> So if the projector has an svideo input, that's how you could do it,
> just have the svideo
> output of the pvr go to the projector, and use that passthrough
> command pass the video.
>
> But if you're running an svideo cable all the way up to the projector
> anyway, why not just
> plug the game console into that directly? I can only assume that you
> don't have an svideo
> input on the projector, or you would have just used that from the
> get-go instead of an
> svideo converter.
Exactly!!!! ;)
Mike
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