[mythtv-users] mythtv 0.24.2 and va-api with mplayer

Thu Mar 1 13:13:42 UTC 2012

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On 1. mars 2012 1:44 gacmb5 gacmb5 wrote:

> What kind of tuners are you using?
>
> There is a solution for DVB-C, DVB-S and DVB-T that allows eight 
> tuners to be connected through one PCIe slot.
> There is even a mini-PCIe version available.
> Of course you need have to have space for the tuner cards in your box.

Currently I'm using three external USBPVR2 PAL tuners from Hauppauge, but I want to replace them (for now) with my old PCI tuners (PVR500 and PVR350 from Hauppauge). In the near future I want to replace the PAL tuners with new HD tuners (for example Terratec Synergy which work with my local cable TV) or DVB-S tuners.

Space is no issue (I have to buy a new case anyway). I'm very interested in the PCIe to connect eight tuners. Can you provide some more details? Thanks.
-----Original Message-----

I have bought twice from here:
http://shop.digital-devices.de/epages/62357162.sf/en_GB/?ViewObjectID=25713421

It is the Octopus PCIe bridge that allows eight tuners, e.g. this one:
http://shop.digital-devices.de/epages/62357162.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/62357162/Products/091012

There are various hardware versions of the different components, and the driver support varies according to this.
In general I think the support for DVB-S2 and the PCIe bridges are quite good. I am a bit unsure about the status for DVB-C/T. On my test system DVB-S2 is working well, but DVB-T is a bit unstable.

I have used these drivers on OpenSUSE 11.3 with kernel 2.6.34:
http://linuxtv.org/hg/~endriss/ngene-octopus-test/

The drivers for the older versions of DVB-S and PCIe bridge should be included in newer kernels.

Jens