[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun Prime up for pre-order at Amazon

[Eric Sharkey]

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Don Lewis <dl-mythtv at catspoiler.org> wrote:
> On  2 May, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> On 5/2/2011 12:00, Josh Rosenberg wrote:
>>> So do people expect that a Prime will work in Myth as it exists now?
>>> If you just plug in the Prime and tell Myth to look for your HDHR,
>>> will it just work?
>>
>> The Silicondust folks were kind enough to update our libraries about a
>> year ago to support the device.  As I understand it, several of their
>> employees have been testing the device with MythTV since then.  Support
>> exists the same as before, with MythTV accessing the device directly
>> over the network, and no drivers required.
>
> Cool!
>
> Does anyone know if the Myth will be able to do overlapping recordings
> on the same channel using the same tuner with the HDHR Prime?  It works
> with the current HDHR, but I don't remember if Myth needs to use the
> virtual tuner feature.

In another thread on this list, Raymond Wagner wrote this:

  I don't know if this is a technical limitation of the CableCard system,
  or just one in Silicondust's design.  The HDHomeRun Prime has two
  operating modes.  With no installed card, it functions just like a
  3-tuner HDHomeRun.  Each tuner can record multiple streams through
  multirec, up to the soft limit of 5 imposed by MythTV.  With a card
  installed, each tuner only allows a single stream, meaning you can only
  record three shows simultaneously.

So, yes and no.

Eric