[mythtv-users] Adding DVB-S

[Ray Kinsella]

Nick,

Genius stuff, I didn't realize that the channels where mux'ed before now! I
just checked it out and all the Irish channels are on the same mux. I could
have been doing far more recording than I have been :-), will need to
upgrade to 3TB disks now!.

Thanks for the help on DVB-S, me thinks one tuner is enough to start, can
add another one later if its not enough. Thanks for the help, very
enlightening.

Ray K


On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 8 April 2011 23:13, Ray Kinsella <raykinsella78 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > My mythv box has been working perfectly for the past few months as a
> DVB-T
> > receiver.
> > Its going so well I am considering adding DVB-S card to my rig.
> > Question is pretty simple, I have dual tuner DVB-T card that enables me
> to
> > watch and record tv at the same time.
> > I will want the same flexibility from the satellite receiver ...
> > All the Hauppauge DVB-S receiver all appear to have one coaxail
> connection,
> > Do these enable recording and watching more than one satellite channels
> at
> > the same time ... or do I need multiple cards?
>
> DVB-S in the UK is multiplex-based and is supported in MythTV with
> "multirec" in the same way as DVB-T. Whilst Freeview (DVB-T) currently
> has 6 muxes, there are dozens of multiplexes broadcast from the Astra
> 2 cluster that provide the Freesat (DVB-S) service and other
> free-to-air channels.
>
> If you have a single DVB-S tuner, you are only be able to record
> multiple channels that are available from a single multiplex at a
> time. Note that this is the same situation you would face with a
> single DVB-T tuner, so if you find yourself wanting to record from
> different DVB-S muxes at the same time you will need another tuner. In
> order to provision enough DVB tuners, you therefore need to
> guesstimate the number of different muxes you are likely to want to
> record from at any time.
>
> In a combined DVB-S/T system - I currently have a single Hauppauge
> Nova-S Plus and 3 DVB-T cards (plus a PVR-150 to record from a Virgin
> TV STV) - there is a great deal of channel overlap (and repeats!)
> between the two services. In my experience I have only wished for a
> second DVB-S tuner a handful of times in the 2-3 years I've had
> Freesat reception, although with more HD services launching as DVB-S2
> transmissions on the way, a DVB-S2 tuner may well be added to the mix
> soon,
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
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> Nick Morrott
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