[Mageia-discuss] TV Cards

Tue Sep 4 11:08:50 CEST 2012

blind Pete skrev 4.9.2012 11:35:
+> ed wrote:
+>
+>> On 09/02/2012 03:17 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
+>>> I am mounting a Mageia PVR system.
+>>>
+>>> Is it possible to mount 2-3-4 TV cards on the same box? I've put 2
+>>> cards in and I am getting a "PCI device ... unknown header type 7f,
+>>> ignoring device ..." warning.
+>>>
+>>> I was hoping to PVR 2-3 programmes at the same time.
+>>>
+>>> Cheers,
+>>>
+>>> Marc
+>>>
+>>>
+>>>
+>> you won't have the hard drive I/O bandwidth, unless you go with a
+>> dedicated raid card and a ton of memory.
+>
+> You already have the hardware.  Try it and see.
+>
+> I have 3 digital tuners and an ordinary hard disk.  It seems to cope.
+>
+
+A normal hdd should have no problem with recording atleast 4 normal 
+streams or 2 HD streams at the same time.
+
+After all, that is what enduser tv-boxes do...
+
+But depending on the pvr cards it can get cpu bound if the cards
+do do all their work in software with no hw assistance...
+
+But the only way to know is to read specs & test :)
+
+--
+Thomas
+
+