[Freevo-users] I'm about to build myself a Freevo - do you think I'm buying the right card?
Hi, I've 100GB free, and feel more at home in Linux than programming a useless old eighties technology VCR - my mouse pointer hovers over an order page for a WinTV PVR 350 PCI. However - Hauppauge's tech-sales bunch say its not RF-loop through - which is a bit annoying, as I'd like to chain the 350 card into my coax loop (Cable box- VCR - (new 350 card) - TV) and be able to record off all possible channels/watch another channel live and playback without messing with cables. But it looks like I'll have to do that with the 350. Anyone got any advice to help me sort my dream setup? I was guessing a WinTV PVR USB 2.0 is loop through (so you have channels 1-6 still coming through the unit, with an extra channel 7 from the PVR) - but being on USB makes it a Freevo no-no doesn't it? I suppose I should just chain it as above, and use the Hauppauge remote as the master-channel selector, with just one signal reaching the TV. If so - can I play-through the PVR to the TV BBC1 (for example) whilst recording BBC2 with Freevo? Thanks in advance for correcting/aiding my fuzzy thinking above, Cheers, Nick. Nick Flowers www.thehungersite.com / www.therainforestsite.com --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] I'm about to build myself a Freevo - do you think I'm buying the right card?
Maybe I misunderstood. I thought it was about getting rf from the cable box to the tv and freevo. This would allow all channels to be viewed or watched without switching rf leads. I had assumed he was using composite/rgb/component etc from freevom my mistake :). Mark On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:01:40 + Chris Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mark wrote: On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:01:01 +0100 Nick Flowers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've 100GB free, and feel more at home in Linux than programming a useless old eighties technology VCR - my mouse pointer hovers over an order page for a WinTV PVR 350 PCI. However - Hauppauge's tech-sales bunch say its not RF-loop through - which is a bit annoying, as I'd like to chain the 350 card into my coax loop (Cable box- VCR - (new 350 card) - TV) and be able to record off all possible channels/watch another channel live and playback without messing with cables. But it looks like I'll have to do that with the 350. Anyone got any advice to help me sort my dream setup? I dont have a PVR board, but I would think you could just put a splitter (either passive or an rf amplifier) in the cable rf lead. That way you could send one cable to the tv and one to freevo. Mark I think what Nick was wanting (and what I want to do with Freevo) is to have a radio-frequency output from Freevo that carries all the usual channels (from the aerial) plus a Freevo-playback-channel. In other words, how to you get Freevo to act like a VCR's RF-out socket? I know there may be some loss of picture quality in converting the MPEG back to RF rather than using plain composite video (or RGB, or S-video), but it would be more convenient when plumbing the Freevo into my house's existing co-ax wiring. I thought initially that the PVR 350 had an RF output, but the specs seem to say otherwise. Maybe it's possible to buy or make a separate gadget that adds a video signal back into an RF feed on a suitable channel. Any ideas? regards Chris (Yes, I'm new to this list, so 'Hi'.) --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] I'm about to build myself a Freevo - do you think I'm buying the right card?
mark wrote: On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:01:01 +0100 Nick Flowers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've 100GB free, and feel more at home in Linux than programming a useless old eighties technology VCR - my mouse pointer hovers over an order page for a WinTV PVR 350 PCI. However - Hauppauge's tech-sales bunch say its not RF-loop through - which is a bit annoying, as I'd like to chain the 350 card into my coax loop (Cable box- VCR - (new 350 card) - TV) and be able to record off all possible channels/watch another channel live and playback without messing with cables. But it looks like I'll have to do that with the 350. Anyone got any advice to help me sort my dream setup? I dont have a PVR board, but I would think you could just put a splitter (either passive or an rf amplifier) in the cable rf lead. That way you could send one cable to the tv and one to freevo. Mark I think what Nick was wanting (and what I want to do with Freevo) is to have a radio-frequency output from Freevo that carries all the usual channels (from the aerial) plus a Freevo-playback-channel. In other words, how to you get Freevo to act like a VCR's RF-out socket? I know there may be some loss of picture quality in converting the MPEG back to RF rather than using plain composite video (or RGB, or S-video), but it would be more convenient when plumbing the Freevo into my house's existing co-ax wiring. I thought initially that the PVR 350 had an RF output, but the specs seem to say otherwise. Maybe it's possible to buy or make a separate gadget that adds a video signal back into an RF feed on a suitable channel. Any ideas? regards Chris (Yes, I'm new to this list, so 'Hi'.) --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
