HELP s-Video and composite Video In (1 Viewer)

[ctflorian]

I have searched the site for the last few weeks and have found nothing on this issue.

I have a great PC:
- AMD 3800 running at 2.1 Ghtz
- 2GB DDR400 RAM
- an nVidea 7300 connected to my TV (No other monitor)
- 100GB IDE drive for my OS and programs
- 400GB SATA drive for the media storage
- an ATI TV Wonder card (and yes it is hardware encoding and the regular TV tuner functions work fine).

I have my satalite set top box connected to the ATI TV Wonder card via the composite video cable.

I am trying to do the following (in order of importance to me...)

1) Get my Line in (composite) to display in MP.

2) Be able to schedule recording times for the composite video in.

3) Have the scheduled recordings start even when MP is not currently running.
A 1 minute warning might be nice if I am doing something that might interfeer with the recording, like watching a DVD.

4) Be able to schedule programs through a TV listing ap but have them record off the composite video instead of the normal channel.

5) Record shows I like or have recorded before but didn't know that they were on at a different time or channel.

6) Telepathically transmit the finished recording (without comercials and no repeats) to my mind when I am in really boring places...

OK, 5 and 6 are basically nuts and when I get them working I will get to work on the transporter... (although Item 5 does sound like something a Microsoft Ap might try to do when you weren't looking.

I am interested in items 1-4 and 1-3 is a must! The new TV season starts soon and I don't want to relearn how to use my VCR.

Love MP and will start hacking it soon. Nothing like a good open source to sink your teeth into!
Thanks All.

 

[ctflorian]

Any Help Would be appreciated - video in

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thank you.

 

[Taipan]

Please do not double post - I have removed your other posting on this same topic .....

 

[Marcusb]

1) first of all, does your card show up as available in MP config when you choose to add a card?
if so, then you can press the buttong that says something like Add CVS in the tv channels set up.
Thn you have to configure all your channels (I know this can be a pain) and set them as "external".
There are a lot of guides on this site so a search will provide more info. I'm not sure why you haven't found anything so far. I'm pretty sure the wiki has info too.

2) same again, this should be pretty simple and is a standard function. MP should even be able to blast the signals to the STB to change channels when you have something set to record. The MCE Replacement plugin should help here...

3) for this, you need the new TV engine. The standard TV engine only works when MP is running (also when it's minimised) but the new engine runs as a service. There is a whole section in the forums for it and a link to the download on the home page. It's still a little time consuming to set up though.

4) Again, not too hard. just needs to be set up.

5) from what I understand you want, this is a standard feature. It still doesn't record shows it thinks you will like but that is nbeing worked on...