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A quick and simple question for you guys. Will a PVR-150 pull the Dolby Digital track from my STB via the F-pin connector, or will I have to use the Digital Coax out on the STB?
 
i believe it only does stereo. what DD are you running to it? the only TV that uses DD is HD stuff, and the 150 won't do HD. well, technically you could have your HD STB output via svideo and capture it that way. wouldn't be HD quality after the encode though.

oh, and if you ran the video to the PVR150 and the audio directly to a receiver, you would have synch issues. the PVR puts in a delay of 2-5 seconds.
 
From my understanding, Digital Cable broadcasts a portion of it's programming in DD. I am looking to build an HTPC, but I would like to output the digital signal from my STB to my receiver. The onboad sound on my mobo has optical in/out, but my STB has digital coax. I know I can output S-video to the PVR-150. If I get a soundcard that has coax in, would there be an issue with audio/video sync? Or do I even need a tuner card if I user a video capture card and separate sound card? What is the best bet for me?
 
well, if you are going to use a pvr150, you have to use it's audio inputs, as all the encoding is done on the card. it's a moot point though, becuase as far as I know, the PVR cards only encode to stereo audio.
 
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