[mythtv-users] analog video camera and Mythtv?

[Nick]

On 18/01/06, Roger Hanson <roger at rogerhanson.com> wrote:
> I have a KnoppMyth box (front and back end) with a PVR-350 card that
> runs great.
>
> I'd like to try connecting my Analog video camera to the PVR-350 card
> using the S-video port and the line-in port on the PVR-350 card.
>
> In mythtv-setup,
> I've added a video source called camera
> In the input connections, I chose S-video 0
>
> I go back to the frontend watch tv, press the C key on the keyboard and
> nothing happens.  ( have the video camera turned on and playing a tape)
>
> Did I do something wrong?

Does it return you to the menu, or does it go back to the source that
was playing?

You will need to create a dummy channel for the S-Video camera source
(called CAMERA or something) so that LiveTV can switch to it. It's
likely this is stopping LiveTV from successfully switching to the
S-Video input.

Nick