[mythtv-users] question involving multiple frontends

[Simon Hobson]

Michael T. Dean wrote:

>Simple formula:  1 capture card per simultaneous LiveTV user + 1 
>capture card per desired scheduled recording or 1 capture card per 
>channel (multiplex, if using multirec), whichever is smaller.

I have a supplementary question to this, at the risk of thread hijack ...

Is it possible to lock a card to a multiplex ? And is it possible to 
have the system work with that ?

Over in the UK, we have a max of 6 multiplexes on terrestrial 
digital. So with multirec, it would seem logical that with 6 tuners 
it should be possible to access any combination of channels - even 
well in excess of 6.

But unless the system can cope with it, we'd still be in a position 
where two LiveTV users could take up two tuners - set to the same 
multiplex.


And getting even more off topic, does the same hold true for 
Satellite, or does that use lots of different frequencies rather than 
a small number of multiplexed streams ?

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