RE: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-20 Thread William
But that prompts another question - how I do split the cable coax connection between two tuner cards - is that another rf splitter, which is not a term that I understand but my borther will? I feel as though I have not read about any of these issues on the documentation pages, which

RE: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-19 Thread William
My newby question is therefore whether if I plug the coax cable connection into a P350 (the solution I will likely be taking), does it pass a clean feed through to the TV. If not, what sort of wiring tricks do I need to do to make sure that my TV tuner is not shunted into

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-19 Thread Jack Trout
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:39:17 +0100, Sim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 17 Dec 2004 23:01, TJ Hunter wrote: I'm thinking about getting two Hauppauge PVR-250 capture cards so that I can record (or watch) more than one channel at a time. I also need another card that has video-out,

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-19 Thread Sim
On Sunday 19 Dec 2004 12:36, William wrote: I dont have a 350 but I know the 250 does not do passthru. I doubt the 350 does either. You would have to use a rf splitter ahead of the capture card and then feed a differeent input on the tv with the split signal. This would cause you to lose the

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-19 Thread Bill Chmura
You just need to get a splitter before the capture cards. You should be able to get one at any local store. halfway down this page there are some photos... you've seen them before http://www.hometech.com/video/splitters.html 350 and a 250 would be cool. I only have a 350 and it works

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-18 Thread Sim
On Friday 17 Dec 2004 23:01, TJ Hunter wrote: I'm thinking about getting two Hauppauge PVR-250 capture cards so that I can record (or watch) more than one channel at a time. I also need another card that has video-out, correct? What card would you all recommend for this? Do you really need

RE: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-17 Thread Paul Kidwell
-Original Message- From: TJ Hunter Hello All, I'm in the process of reading the documentation and getting a MythTV setup. I'm getting ready to purchase my hardware and I have a few questions to make sure I understand the documentation. I'm thinking about getting two Hauppauge

RE: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-17 Thread William
Hello All, I'm in the process of reading the documentation and getting a MythTV setup. I'm getting ready to purchase my hardware and I have a few questions to make sure I understand the documentation. I'm thinking about getting two Hauppauge PVR-250 capture cards so that I can record

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-17 Thread Phill Edwards
I'm thinking about getting two Hauppauge PVR-250 capture cards so that I can record (or watch) more than one channel at a time. I also need another card that has video-out, correct? What card would you all recommend for this? nVidia-based cards seem to be pretty good. I have a nVidia

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-17 Thread Jason
My second, and current, MythTV box is an Asus Pundit (not the Pundit-R) with a 2.4 Mhz P4 (overclocked to 2.8), 256MB RAM, and a PVR-350. On my first MythTV box, (with was a 400 Mhz AMD K-6) I was using the PVR-350's video out. It definitely took some work to get the video-out working, but now