[mythtv-users] Need hardware advice for DVB-S HD

johan johan.vanderkolk at dommel.be
Mon Feb 16 17:08:46 UTC 2009


Bumping......Guess there are not too many people running a config like 
this. 

Johan

On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 22:22 +0100, johan wrote:
> I have been running Mythtv for sometime, using a DVB-S (nexus-s) card
> and a PVR500. After some initial problems to get my CAM/smartcard combo
> to work everything worked just fine. 
> 
> The cable signals were really poor on the PVR500 (lots of interference,
> have a strong terrestrial transmitter very close, transmitting DVB-T and
> analogue in the same frequency range)
> My DVB-S card has two CAM slots, so I decided to get a second
> CAM/smartcard for a second provider, which would decode a second set of
> channels. (duplicating my poor cable channels)
> 
> Each of channelsets worked fine in isolation (only one smartcard
> inserted) but in combination they seemed to confuse MythTV. I could not
> switch between channelsets, without being told that I had no
> subscription.
> 
> I have switched to VDR, which did not give me this problem. (I wish I
> could have debugged the problem, but I lack the time and the
> understanding of the code, and did not want to raise a ticket for
> something that probably only affected me)
> 
> VDR does not meet my requirements (that is a personal preference, not
> worth a discussion) and I am looking at possibilities to switch back to
> MythTV. 
> Part of that is to ditch my nexus-s and get new receiver cards.
> 
> What I want to achieve is to receive two channelsets, both with the use
> of a CI/CAM/smartcard, in HD, with the possibility to use multirec. 
> By multirec I mean that I would like to be able to view/record multiple
> channels from the multiplex the receiver card is tuned to (probably
> unnecessary to explain, but just in case I am using the wrong term). My
> CAM/smartcards are supporting this (tested). 
> 
> Is anyone running a configuration like this, or can someone recommend a
> supported configuration?
> 
> For the paranoid, my subscriptions are official and paid for..  :-)
> 
> Johan
> 
> 
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