[mythtv-users] Has anybody put together a three tuner system ?

[cmisip]

I did not even think about the ide hd problems I might run into.  I
might be able to pick up a wintv go for cheap because of msn dollars.  I
think I will give it a try.  If it doesnt work I can always put it in
the other frontend in the kitchen ( a PIII 1 Ghz ) and make that a
backend also.  I have some questions though.  In a multiple backend
system, If one slave backend is offline, does the recording get
transferred to the main backend.  I dont intend to keep both machines up
and running all the time if I do put together another backend.  And is
the wintv go pci tv card ok ?  Does it work with btaudio?  Thanks



On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 23:41, Brian Foddy wrote:
> Yes, I have 2xWinTV 401 and a PVR250 running
> on a dual P2-450.  There are some minor problems,
> but I'm running a month old CVS version.  Nothing
> too major.
> 
> As for the power of your 2400, really depends on 
> how jacked up you want the resolution and quality
> numbers.  My 450's don't have the power to encode
> at a high quality number, but the dual cpus really
> help with the multiple tuners.  If I'm willing
> to accept a few jumps, I can record 3 and play 1
> at the same time.
> 
> I've considered specing out a new machine and
> from the info I've heard reported, I would guess
> your 2400 would have problems with 3 cards set
> at high quality numbers.  Once multiple PVRs 
> get stable, probably have less trouble, but
> you may run into HD limitations.  I have 3 SCSI
> 80MB drives in a raid.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> On Saturday 31 May 2003 11:13 am, cmisip wrote:
> > Is this even possible.  I have an XP2400 athlon and wonder if this is
> > powerful enough for this setup.  I recently was able to free 2 pci
> > slots.
> >
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