<div><br></div><font color="#990099">-----mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org wrote: -----<br><br></font>&gt;To:&nbsp;"Discussion&nbsp;about&nbsp;mythtv"&nbsp;&lt;mythtv-users@mythtv.org&gt;<br>&gt;From:&nbsp;"James&nbsp;Skimming"&nbsp;&lt;James.Skimming@portraitsoftware.com&gt;<br>&gt;Sent&nbsp;by:&nbsp;mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org<br>&gt;Date:&nbsp;20-08-2008&nbsp;15:05<br>&gt;Subject:&nbsp;Re:&nbsp;[mythtv-users]&nbsp;Dual-tuner&nbsp;Freesat&nbsp;setup<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Hi&nbsp;Mike,<br>&gt;<br>&gt;I've been considering the same move for that DVB-S2 card. There's<br>&gt;been<br>&gt;discussion&nbsp;earlier&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;subject.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/341247<br>&gt;<br>&gt;I'd&nbsp;prefer&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;DVB-S2&nbsp;card&nbsp;to&nbsp;future&nbsp;proof&nbsp;myself,&nbsp;should&nbsp;it<br>&gt;become necessary e.g. Channel 4 (if it's to be broadcast<br>&gt;unencrypted).<br>&gt;<br>&gt;What I'd like to know is can a DVB-S2 card (particularly the<br>&gt;NOVA-HD-S2)<br>&gt;run with DVB-S drivers? That way, it'll just be a software upgrade<br>&gt;when<br>&gt;DVB-S2&nbsp;is&nbsp;required&nbsp;later.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Jim.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;-----Original&nbsp;Message-----<br>&gt;From:&nbsp;mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org<br>&gt;[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org]&nbsp;On&nbsp;Behalf&nbsp;Of&nbsp;Mike&nbsp;Baker<br>&gt;Sent:&nbsp;20&nbsp;August&nbsp;2008&nbsp;10:32<br>&gt;To:&nbsp;Discussion&nbsp;about&nbsp;mythtv<br>&gt;Subject:&nbsp;[mythtv-users]&nbsp;Dual-tuner&nbsp;Freesat&nbsp;setup<br>&gt;<br>&gt;I'm new here, and after spending several days googling for answers, I<br>&gt;&nbsp;<br>&gt;hope&nbsp;this&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;the&nbsp;right&nbsp;place&nbsp;to&nbsp;ask&nbsp;questions!<br>&gt;<br>&gt;I&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;build&nbsp;a&nbsp;dual-tuner&nbsp;Freesat&nbsp;box.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Looking&nbsp;at&nbsp;http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-S2_PCI_Cards&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&gt;lists&nbsp;a&nbsp;bunch&nbsp;of&nbsp;"experimental"&nbsp;DVB-S2&nbsp;PCI&nbsp;cards.&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;thinking&nbsp;of&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&gt;basing things around the Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2 card. I wondered<br>&gt;&nbsp;<br>&gt;if&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;has&nbsp;used&nbsp;this,&nbsp;and&nbsp;can&nbsp;either&nbsp;tell&nbsp;me&nbsp;it&nbsp;works&nbsp;or&nbsp;not?&nbsp;Or&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&gt;are&nbsp;there&nbsp;any&nbsp;other&nbsp;recommendations?<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Of course, if anyone has already built a Freesat mythtv box, and can<br>&gt;&nbsp;<br>&gt;give&nbsp;any&nbsp;advice&nbsp;at&nbsp;all,&nbsp;I&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;very&nbsp;grateful!<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Thanks,<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Mike.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;_______________________________________________<br>&gt;mythtv-users&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list<br>&gt;mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br>&gt;http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br><br>I have two HVR-4000 which have worked very stable for the past 5-6 months with patched multi frontend v4l-dvb drivers. The DVB-S/DVB-S2 part of the HVR-4000 is the same as on the NOVA-HD-S2 and thus the same drivers should work on this card too.<br><br>I do have a problem with active EIT scan not working in MythTV, but that does not seem to be caused by the HVR-4000 cards or drivers as I have the same problem with a Twinhan card on another test-backend.<br><br>Jens<br><br>