[mythtv-users] USB DVB-T2 tuners

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Thu Mar 26 16:58:54 UTC 2015


Hoi Andre,

Thursday, March 26, 2015, 5:19:00 PM, you wrote:


> On 26 Mar 2015, at 15:07, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hoi Hika,
>> 
>> Thursday, March 26, 2015, 4:06:26 PM, you wrote:
>> 
>>> Hoi Ian,
>> 
>>> Thursday, March 26, 2015, 3:37:05 PM, you wrote:
>> 
>>>> In article <234984910.20150326125338 at gmail.com>, Hika van den Hoven 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> It's a modular system. Every tuner card has 2 tuners. You have the
>>>>> pci-e cards and you have the add-on card. So if you have both you have
>>>>> 4 tuners. You can also mix T2 and S2, add card readers etc.
>>>>> Or you get the pci-e bridge card and you can add 4 add-ons!
>> 
>>>> So what combination of products would get me 4 x DVB-T2 connected to a
>>>> mini PCIe card?
>> 
>>>> This bundle?
>> 
>>>> http://www.dvbshop.net/Digital-Devices-DuoFlex-CT-Dual-DVB-C/DVB-T-
>>>> miniPCIe
>> 
>>>> Digital Devices DuoFlex CT Dual DVB-C/DVB-T miniPCIe which is Digital 
>>>> Devices DuoFlex CT Extension (V2) + Digital Devices miniPCIe Bridge (f.
>>>> DuoFlex / CI)
>> 
>>>> and then an additional extension card?
>> 
>>>> But then there's a V3 card.
>> 
>>>> Digital Devices DuoFlex CT2 V3 - Dual DVB-C/T/T2
>> 
>>>> Maybe I need two of the CT2 V3 cards (which come with a backplate for 
>>>> two cards) and the mini PCIe adaptor?
>> 
>>>> <later>
>> 
>>>> Hmmm, on the digital devices site, the bundle comes with the V3 card.
>> 
>>>> About €300 for the lot, so £220 ish. I could probably be at break even
>>>> if I flogged all my tuners and my aerial splitter!
>> 
>> 
>>> If you want T2 (HD) you need the V3 card. But if half of your
>>> recordings are still SD you could mix the two cards. You always can
>>> later add a second V3.
>> 
>> Oh and if your signal is encrypyed you have to add a Flex CI-Common
>> interface for your CAM which you can put in a diskbay with CI
>> Extension kit Frontslot

> I’d be a little cautious with the CI kit, I don’t think it’s as
> straight forward in Linux as with the Windows driver or with other
> integrated CI tuners. I haven’t looked at that aspect recently but
> it wasn’t handled within the driver originally. The manufacturers
> did ask some questions on the myth developer list about what
> features and approach would be wanted by MythTV but I think they got
> the usual frosty response to anything about encryption.

> There aren’t (currently) any encrypted channels on DVBT or T2 in
> the UK that you can decode with a CI and a readily available card.
> So until our public broadcasters are all herded in to Pay TV systems you don’t need any CI’s here.

Ah, I thought that was handled in the card itself. That's among others
why I liked this solution so much! If I make the jump, I'm gone need a
solution with CI. :( So I'll probably will have to look further at the
solution with a simple cardreader and card software

>> 
>> I'm not sure but I think you need one for every card, so you then can
>> take the dual version.     
>> 
>> Tot mails,
>>  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>> 




Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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