[mythtv-users] MythTV server with 4 DVB-S cards ?
Linuxguy123
linuxguy123 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 16 17:53:19 UTC 2008
I'm an FTA guy. We have several receivers fed from 2 satellite dishes
with 5LNBs.
I'm a Linux guy. We have several PCs and laptops, all running Linux.
My house is networked both wired and wireless.
I'm tired of running coax everywhere I want to put a satellite receiver.
Some of my receivers do PVR, but to a USB drive. I'm tired of moving
that drive around and sometimes hooking up a laptop to watch a show on a
certain TV.
All my photos are digital. I want to be able to access (view) them on
any TV.
I think I want to marry my computer system to my FTA system by building
a mythTV server and putting a simple htpc at every TV.
Is it practical to build a mythTV server that operates 4 DVB-S cards ?
Would said server be able to stream video to 4 different receivers
simultaneously ? Or is that too much to ask ?
How much bandwidth does streaming take ? 2 or more of the feeds would
be HDTV. Unfortunately, the location of those TVs is such that their
HTPC would use a wireless connection. Would that work ?
If not, is there a way to run Ethernet on coax without it being a ring
structure ? (I have coax running to most of the TVs...)
Thanks
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