On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 08:02 -0600, David Schmidt wrote: > On 1/25/06, Bill Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 08:02 -0600, David Schmidt wrote: > [snip] > > > 1) The 350 *can* output sound (use the red/white RCA plugs on the > > > svideo adapter cable that should have come with it--make sure it is > > > plugged into svideo out, not svideo in). > > > > I have it connected to the VID/AUD port on the back of my pvr-350. Is > > that what you meant? > > Hmmm. Yours seems labelled differently in your documentation than > mine. I got documentation that looks like here: > http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/manuals/qi-pvrpci-150250350.pdf > > Looking at the diagram of the back of the card on that URL, I was > referring to the "A/V Output connector." In any case, thinking about > it now, as long as you're using the Svideo/triple RCA adapter and > you're getting menus **ON THE TV**, I can't imagine you don't have it > in the right port.
Yeah, I have the same documentation as the above URL. It's just that the back of my card labels the A/V Output connector as "VID/AUD". > > > > 3) Also in this case, only live and recorded TV will have sound > > > MythMusic and most, if not all MythVideos will be silent (and > > > MythGame, if you use that). > > > > Again, not a problem for me, but wouldn't the sound go out through the > > TV anyway? > > It will if you do the loopback I mentioned in [4]. The non-TV apps > only talk to a sound card. They don't know how to talk to the 350's > audio decoder. OK, I see. > > Thanks for your reply. It was very helpful. Have you experienced the > > black screen when you choose "Watch TV"? That's the major problem I've > > encountered. All other problems are merely secondary to that one. > > Nope, video worked from day 1. Had no audio at first, but that was a > problem with it actually being muted in the card. testioctl fixed it > right up. [If anyone hits this in the archives looking for the same > problem, search for "pvr 350 audio testioctl"]. > > If you can get TV audio and/or video in any other way (xawtv, dd > if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16, whatever), I'm stumped. xawtv just gives me a black screen, as well. dd just sits there and does nothing until I hit Ctrl-C. When I hit Ctrl-C, it gives me something like: 16866+27 records in 16879+0 records out > If you can't get video in any way (looking back over your posts I > don't see one), I'd check that you don't accidentally have the antenna > on the FM input instead of the TV one (see the documentation URL > above) and, if it's not that, try to find a windoze box to slap it in > to make sure you don't have a defective card. During setup, while I was following the instructions on wilsonet.com, I was actually able to get the TV out to work. But ever since I switched the screen over to the TV, I can't get anything but a black screen. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
