On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 23:02 -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote: > On 01/26/2006 10:54 PM, Bill Baker wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 22:49 -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote: > > > >> On 01/26/2006 10:29 PM, Bill Baker wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 13:04 -0800, G S wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> I don't quite understand how you have your PVR-350 hooked up to your > >>>> tv. I'm assuming you're using a video out from your video card to the > >>>> TV screen. If this is so, I'm not sure exactly how you would set that > >>>> up. My recommendation is to just run xorg off the PVR-350's S-video > >>>> out. That's the way I have mine setup and there's instructions for it > >>>> in the Fedora Mythtv guide. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> So I shouldn't use the red, white and yellow cables and just use the > >>> S-video adapter? Or should I use the S-video adapter in addition to the > >>> red, white and yellow cables? > >>> > >>> > >> Red and white cables are audio, yellow is composite video. Therefore, > >> you probably want red, white, and S-Video. > >> > > So I want to unplug just the yellow cable and plug in an S-video cable? > > Would that make a difference, since I can actually get a TV recording by > > typing "cat /dev/video0 >/video/recording/temp_capture.mpg" and playing > > it back with mplayer? What are the advantages of S-video compared to > > composite? > > > > Basically, composite mixes 3 pieces of information in one signal. > > S-Video breaks the 3 pieces of info into 2 "components" > > Component video breaks the 3 pieces of info into 3 "components" > > So, you can think of each step up (each new component) providing more > bandwidth, allowing for better picture quality. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video for more details.
OK, thanks. I'll consider that after I get my system going. :-\ _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
