[mythtv] MythTv with DVB: Multiple PID support ?

[Terry Barnaby]

Hi Hamish,

If the user want's to change a channel and this requires a different
tuned frequency, then the system could easily display a message
stating that another user or a recorder is currently using the
tuner and no more tuners are available. Basically just the same as
it does now if you try and watch TV when another user is using the
single DVB-T card.

In my area in the Uk (Mendip transmitter) it would be very useful.
Most of the main channels are on just two multiplexes.

Multiplex1: BBC THREE, BBC NEWS 24, BBC ONE, BBC TWO, CBBC Channel
Multiplex2: ITV 1, ITV 2, Channel 4, E4, Bloomberg, UKTV Food, ITV News, price-drop.t

So with just two DVB-T cards I could service any number of TV's and
recorders in my house watching these channels ...

Terry

Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 10:12:06AM +0100, Terry Barnaby wrote:
> 
>>I note that at the moment MythTv is not able to allow multiple frontends
>>to share a DVB card for watching the same or different programs on the
>>same DVB multiplex. (I beleive ...).
>>
>>I would like my MythTv server to be able to support multiple MythTv
>>front ends in the house without having to have a DVB-T card for
>>every MythTv system ...
>>
>>Is there any thoughts on providing this ability ?
> 
> 
> What would you do if one of the users wants to change channel to another
> multiplex and no free DVB cards are available?
> 
> It sounds useful but there are some issues to be resolved.
> (Actually not that useful in Australia where there is pretty much one
> channel per multiplex anyway.)
> 
> 
> Hamish
> 
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