[mythtv-users] Record >1 channel per multiplex?

[Dawson, Guy]

> > I don't believe that actually recording the individual 
> streams would 
> > be a huge problem.  As various posters have pointed out, 
> there are any 
> > number of pieces of software that will do this.  It seems 
> to me that 
> > the issue is that Myth is not so much a piece of software as a 
> > complete system.  For example, it would be necessary to 
> figure out how 
> > such a change would effect the conflict resolution code in 
> the scheduler.
> 
> Very simply. The scheduler would not have to look for 
> conflicts per device but per transponder (identified by 
> source type (DVB-C/S/T), frequency and polarization (DVB-S)). 
> If recordings match these parameters, the scheduler would 
> have to count them as one recording.
> 
OK That one extra issue covered,  but there are probably other.  For
example, what if the schedule changes after the first program has
started recording.  Or, is there already code in the scheduler to look
ahead to determine any imminent recordings that may be on the same
'plex. Or...

The point I was making is that it is not JUST a matter of recording or
splitting the 'plex,  more a question how you fit such changes into the
overall system. 

> > It remains an attractive proposition,  but as another 
> poster pointed 
> > out, extra cards are easy to fit.
> 
> No, they aren't!
> 
> Cons:
> 
> - At least 60 EUR per DVB-S card
> - between 10 and 20 extra Watts per card (consider cooling, 
> noise an costs per year: 10 Watts * 24 hours * 365 days = 87 
> KWh per year and card)
> - limited number of PCI-slots/IRQs
> 
> Usually four DVB cards is the limit of a PCI system.
> 
> 

Point taken.  However,  if you that concerned about power consumption,
why run 24/365?  My first myth box (still) runs using nvram-wakeup so
it's only on to record or playback.

As a matter of interest,  how many channels do you get on a DVB-S 'plex?
My experience is all UK DVB-T.

Guy

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