Good description, but some comments.. > > The next screen is Locale Settings. While we just finished (in another > post) talking about how we're now using ATSC instead of NTSC, NTSC is > the correct setting for TV Format.
I'm not sure, but if you have a recent TV that supports HD I think you may want ATSC. I'd have to check my setup to be sure. > I have VBI format set to none. I don't know what that does. VBI = Vertical Blank Interval. Some places (used to) encode data in there, like Teletext. Nothing here uses it. > > I also left the entries on the EIT Scanner Options screen alone. > Good choice. EIT is Event Information Table, which is program data that's broadcast as part of the digital signal stream, including upcoming shows. I think it also includes the channel mapping data (For instance, channel 6, KOIN, is actually channel 40. A channel scan will find the signal on channel 40 and the EIT will tell the TV to refer to it as channel 6). If you have any reception issues this can fill up your log files. :-( > > 2. Capture Cards > > Here is where you tell the backend what you're using to grab signals > from the ether or the cable. You'll create a separate capture card for > each signal source. For your HDHomeRun, assuming you have the one with > two coax connectors on the back, you'll need to create two capture cards > if you have separate antennas going into them. So far I'm just using one > of them. Mine has the name HDHOMERUN:10102DC6-0. I'm guessing that I'll > have another one ending in -1 once I put a second antenna on the box. An > alternative would be to put an antenna splitter between your antenna and > your HDHomeRun box, connecting to each of the inputs. I think all HDHomerun devices have at least two tuners. But some later ones only have a single antenna connection with an internal splitter. > > 4. Video Sources. > AFAIK, this is a misnomer. It seems to be more a source for video content information, not the actual video. I.e., what video is available and when. > This screen is where you tell the backend where to get information about > the programs available to you. You'll give the video source a name. I > called mine HDHomeRun - Antenna. I don't know if I'll have to do this > again for a second antenna, but I suspect I will need to do it if I get > a HDHomeRun Prime box and get a cable card from Comcast. No, not generally. There may be something here if you're dealing with multiple sources, such as OTA and cable on the same system, but I'm not sure. In most cases there's just one source of content info. I called mine "SchedulesDirect", which is might be a little less confusing. > > 5. Input Connec... > This associates the capture card with a listings source, i.e., what tuner to use when recording video associated with the listings. If you have both tuners configured you'll associate both of them with the same "Video Source". That way it will know that for a particular show from the guide it can use either tuner. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
