Bonjour, On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:09:23 +0200, Philippe Bégou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jakob, > > The cabling seems OK, although it might be done in a different way (I > use a [S-video+ 1 audio jack] to SCART cable purchased at Carrefour to > connect my VHS recorder to my Hauppauge PVR 350 video acquisition card. > Because the SCART plug is directional, I had to exchange input and > output pins)
so would you say, S-video + 1 audio is to be preferred over the cabling shown? > However a great function of myth is the ability to program recordings > directly from the TV guide. How do you intend to do this with the freebox ? honestly, I don't know yet. I will mainly use my mythbox to watch dvb-s, and the freebox tv is just an added bonus. although, it has been pointed out to me that I'll have a problem changing channels if the freebox is not near the tv. well, an IR blaster may be a solution to this problem. how do you use your myth box? > Jakob Fix a écrit : > > >Hi, > > > >I am in the planning phase for my myth box (for quite some time ... :-) > > > >First some background: I am living in France, and ISPs here offer > >settop boxes for the ADSL connexions. I am with a provider called > >Free (http://adsl.free.fr) who offers the "freebox" which is as they > >say a "triple play" terminal, ie it provides me with 10MBit/s (the > >adverts say up to 20MBit/s) internet access, TV channels, and free > >voip telephone. > > > >For the tv functionality they provide a "peritel" output (I'm pretty > >sure it's not the correct term, and may be called differently > >elsewhere), it's this almost rectangular plug except that one of the > >short sides of the rectangle being slightly "skewed". > > > >I read in a forum > >(http://forums.grenouille.com/index.php?showtopic=14658, it's in > >French but with lots of pictures) a way to connect the peritel output > >to a video acquisition card (the one shown is an external USB device > >from Dazzle). > > > >I'd like to know whether people on this list have experience with this > >kind of setup, and what kind of internal video acquisition cards they > >can recommend for this scenario. My current tv card is a Leadtek > >Winfast which only has a RCA connector. > > > >Unlike the intended purpose (to put the box underneath or on top of > >the telly), I'd like to connect it to my myth(ical) backend in the > >garage and watch the output on a frontend ... > > > >Thanks for any input. > > > > -- cheers, Jakob. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users