[mythtv-users] Blue-abstract update (Theme competition)

Another Sillyname anothersname at googlemail.com
Tue Feb 2 15:08:56 UTC 2010


On 2 February 2010 14:28, Mike Holden <mythtv at mikeholden.org> wrote:
> trebor_s at web.de wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:41:59 -0000, "Mike Holden" <mythtv at mikeholden.org>
>>> In Upcoming Recordings, 2-digit card numbers hang over the edge a bit
>> (I'm
>>> sure I'm not
>>> the only one with more than 9 tuners in this multirec world!).
>>
>> Wow 9 tuners! So all you usb and pci ports are full?
>> I will update the theme within the next two days. the issues you have
>> reported will then be fixed. Thanks for the information!
>
> 9 tuners, 3 PCI cards in 2 BEs - note the key word "multirec" in my post!
>
> I have 2 x Nova T dual tuner DVB-T (Freeview) cards in one box, 2 physical tuners on
> each card, 3 "virtual/multirec" tuners on each physical tuner, giving 12 DVB-T tuenrs in
> total. Add to this one PVR350 in a slave BE recording via S-Video from a cable
> settopbox.
>
> Not as OTT as it sounds!
>
> Now that multirec works on DVB-T, DVB-S and probably others as well, it's not uncommon
> for a single machine to be able to contain many "virtual" tuners without too much strain
> on the hardware.
>
> Add to that mix the ability to add cards on multiple slave backends, then I think you
> need to cater for double figures in card numbers, even for people with a clean
> installation and tuner numbers starting at 1. Delete and re-add a couple of cards a few
> times and you can easily end up with your first tuner as number 10 or higher!!
> --
> Mike Holden
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3 x DVB-S2 Hauppauge Cards - Multirec x 2 so 6 tuners
2 x Dual Tuner DVB-T Hauppauge Cards - Multirec x 2 so 8 tuners

14 Tuners total

All in one dedicated backend box, no problems.

Has recorded 2 x DVB-S HD and 6 x DVB-T all at same time (that was the
biggest load on it ever though).

One suggestion is have multiple disks to avoid bottlenecks on disk IO.


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