[mythtv-users] DVB

[Marian Aldenhoevel]

Hi,

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I am currently evaluating "digital video recorders on linux systems" for an
upcoming project of mine (I want to build one ;-)). And have found MythTV
to at the very least be the best looking of the lot[1].

There is one thing I could not glean from the website and I do not yet have
the hardware to try it out:

I understand DVB-input is relatively new to the project. How well does it
handle it currently? Especially if faced with two cards. Can it
simultaneously record from one while watching a different channel? Will
it - for extra points - even record two or more programmes from the second
card at the same time if they share the same transponder?

If the answer is no: How hard would it be to implement such a "maximum
coverage"-feature? I am not afraid of getting my hands dirty on code but
maybe someone familiar with the architecture could give a short assessment
on the feasability.

Ciao, MM

[1] I have looked into Freevo, VDR and the Multimediabox from the 
NMM-Project.
    The latter uses a _very_ promising architecture that would make it 
really
    simple to do what I am planning, but it is as of yet still missing some
    other features I would love to have.