[mythtv-users] USB Hub Bandwidth limitations?

[Lindsay Mathieson]

On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:38:33 +1000, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 2009/7/8 Lindsay Mathieson <lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com>:
> 
>> Interesting - is there anyway to tell if a device is self powered?
> 
> Most DVB-T tuners aren't.
> 
> They draw the power from the USB host.
> 
> running 4 DVT-T USB adapters on a single USB port is certainly going
> to draw to much power.
> 
> have to use a powered USB hub.


Ah, thought as much :) thanks. I had this vague though that a tuner might
be able to run of the rf signal but that didn't seem likely :)

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