[mythtv-users] DVB-S multirec: how many recordings per card?

[Andre]

On 19 Nov 2010, at 21:40, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

> Am 19.11.2010 19:45, schrieb Andre:
> 
>> Oh and forgot to mention, 2 of the 6 tuners are Nova S plus, same as
>> you, these have been the better performing cards too. Sadly both have
>> developed the same fault, unable to select high band but they still
>> work fine for BBC & ITV HD both of which can be found in low band
>> DVBS.
> 
> Thanks for all your feedback, I will stay with a setting of 3 for now.
> 
> I am not sure about that highband-issue, I only know that I always apply
> a certain patch when changing kernels.
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9476

That's interesting, I was aware of a driver regression some years ago that broke H-V switching, I got caught by it! This patch looks worthy of further investigation, although I've sent back two cards in warranty for this "fault" and got no argument from the manufacturer, current ones are well out of warranty.


> 
> I do this every time and it helps, otherwise I can't tune many channels.
> 
> Is this your issue maybe?
> 
> Stefan
>