[mythtv-users] What's the practical limit on capture cards?

[Krzysztof Adamski]

On Mon, 2008-24-03 at 15:26 -0400, Eric Mesa wrote:
> The following is for a master backend system I wish to build.  I
> already have a combo front/backend using the Hauppauge 500 MCE dual
> tuner.
> 
> Let's say I had this board:
> ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131200 )
> which, as you can see supports Core 2 Duo.  It also has 4 PCIe slots
> and 2 PCI slots.  Now, I want to be able to record ATSC and QAM, so
> let's say I choose these cards
> ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116016 )
> and
> ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116009 ) so
> that I can fill all 6 slots.  
> 
> So with a Core 2 Due processor, would it be possible to have a six
> tuner setup?  Anyone on the list actually have this many tuners in one
> box?  Issues you encountered?  

In my backend I have:
pcHDTV5500
pcHDTV3000
Hauppauge 250
Hauppauge 500
HDHR

the CPU is Pentium 4 D 3.0GHz

Once I scheduled 6 concurrent recording and there was no problems.

>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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