[mythtvnz] Re: TV tuner cards - low cost recommendations?

[mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz]

> Graeme Nelson wrote:
> (...)
>  > As I am planning on only having 1 (or maybe 2 at the most) analogue =
TV
>  > cards in my eventual/"production" PVR system (with 2 or 3 DVB(-S) ca=
rds
>  > providing the balance of the 4 tuner cards I plan to have), it sound=
s
>  > like having a frame grabber card should not be a problem (based both=
 on
>  > the posts here and on the MythTV FAQ etc.).
> (...)
>
> I'd hold off on getting more than one. We should be expecting proper
> multiplexing support any day (or month, or year), after which having
> more than one DVB-S card will provide no real benefit (in NZ at least)
> unless you have more than one dish. See
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Record_multiple_channels_from_one_=
multiplex
> for more details.

I have a non-myth box that I put my SkyStar 2 in, just to play around. I
can record two channels at once, its easy:

dvbstream -f 1371 -s 22500 -p h  -o 1004 1104  1005 1105 >
/mnt/hda5/dvb/one_two.ts

You can add and subtract PIDS from the stream at will. I haven't tried to
see how many pids it will do before the disk bandwidth craps out. It's al=
l
very manual though.

But as is pointed out in the myth mailing lists, VDR can do it. Has anyon=
e
got VDR up and running in NZ? The docs are rudimentary (I am usre I oculd
understand more about it if I knew German). What I'd love to find is an
english version with a complete install, like knoppmyth