Edit: See solution later in the thread.

I'm trying to feed my VCR into the composite input on the PVR-250. It appears it should be easy, but apparently, I've missed something.

What I've done:

Create a new source for the VCR in the setup.

Add a dummy channel into this source (are there any requirements on the setup of this dummy channel?)

Associate the source with composite0 in the connections setup

I end up getting the "you-setup-your-card-wrong" black screen. I have tried:

Removing the normal cable association to tuner0

All the other composite0-4 connections (why are there so many when there is only one composite input?)

Verifying with ivtvctrl that the correct composite0 input was being used (it was and would correctly switch between composite0 and tuner0)

Plugging the composite cable directly into the TV to ensure it really was working (it was)

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Allen

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ASUS AT3N7A-I (Atom 330)
TBS 8922 PCI (DVB-S2)

Hi,
I am assuming 250 simular to 350. What I do is add a source as Video, then create a channel ntsc video on channel 1, page 2 assign freq id of 1, Then add video to compoiste 0 as channel 1.

I would suspect you could also map it to different channel number.

Mike

That is pretty much what I did. The only difference is I used PAL and a valid freqID for my area (I figured the card might complain if it was requested to tune an invalid freq). I also tried NTSC (I have some NTSC tapes) but that didn't work. I will try a freqID of 1 just in case, but I don't think that really matters.

Cheers,

Allen

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ASUS AT3N7A-I (Atom 330)
TBS 8922 PCI (DVB-S2)

Okay, I figured it out. Turned out it was my inability to read exactly what was on the setup screen.

The connection options are:I completely missed the Composite 4 farther down on the list. Guess which one I needed to use?

The other good news is that it is possible to have more than one connection specified in the setup (ex. Tuner 0 and Composite 4) and switch between them. Reading older posts, this seems to be a recent enhancement.

Allen

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ASUS AT3N7A-I (Atom 330)
TBS 8922 PCI (DVB-S2)