TV Server channel configuration (1 Viewer)

[RecoveringYu]

I have a digital cable set top box which I'm trying to use with MediaPortal RC1 and the TV Server.

I have ServerBlaster configured to control the set top box and that is working. When I select a TV channel from the guide the blaster changes to the proper channel. Unfortunately, it is also changing the tuner channel. Since the set top box is always outputting on channel 3, this is a problem. The only channel I can receive is channel 3. If I manually change the channel on the set top box it works fine but, of course, that isn't terribly useful.

So what is the trick for telling TV Server to change the set top box to a channel but leave the tuner in the video capture card on channel 3?

Thanks

Found a way that seems to work: Set the source to "tuner" and the frequency for every station to 61.25.

 

[milhouse]

You're using the coax input? Why don't you use S-video input into your tuner card, instead? Higher quality signal that way.

 

[RecoveringYu]

I tried that just to make sure I understood how things worked. Unfortunately, that meant no sound since the audio outputs from my cable box aren't directly compatible with my capture cards audio in. But I suppose that can be worked with. That may be the way I wind up going.

I suppose I could set up the configure a couple chanells both ways (coax vs. S-Video) and do a side by side comparison on the picture quality. I'll try that tonight.

Thanks

 

[milhouse]

Even picture quality aside, that makes your "tuner card is changing channels" problem go away by changing source to SVHS instead of Tuner.

 

[RecoveringYu]

You're right about the picture quality, S-Video was better. Working out the audio wasn't so hard, I just needed an RCA to mini cable. The manual I had for my set top box had incorrectly identified the RCA outputs as carrying digital audio. Since that was simply wrong there was no trouble getting the audio going.