[Mageia-discuss] TV Cards

Tue Sep 4 11:52:45 CEST 2012

On Tuesday 04 Sep 2012 12:08:50 Thomas Backlund wrote:
+> 
+> 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 
+
+Using DVB-T in the UK most SD programs are between 2.5 -> 4.5 mbit a second. I 
+use a sheevaplug with 3 DVB-T USB dongles which can record up to 6 programs 
+from 3 separate muxes at a time. This backend device runs MythTV with the UPNP 
+module. It writes to an external disk using e-sata.
+
+Next to the TV I have a Dune HD101 connected to powerline adapter. This sees 
+the MythTV  box as a DLNA server. Various laptops in the house can run MythTV 
+frontend to also view programs/setup recordings.
+
+The same setup could possibly be duplicated with two Raspberry PIs.
+
+Deri
+
+