Matthijs Mourits wrote: > Tony, > > I just went to the satellite store (yes, I want one ;-) and > they told me that the Skystar2 (or any pc card) can not record more > then one stream at the same time because the receiver (settop box or > pc card) sends a command to the receiver on the dish that will "tune" > to a specific frequency. you can tune only 1 frequency at a time, but on the same frequency there are generally many channels, all of which can be saved at the same time > > They also told me that the "receiver unit" on the dish needs to be of > a type that can handle multiple channels if you want to watch 2 (or 4) > different channels _at the same time_. Is this true? BS. The LNB just receives whatever is transmitted. > > I will rephrase my question. I am looking for a solution that can record > multiple video streams _at the same time_ on to a computer. Can this > be done with one pci card or will I always need 1 card per channel? any budget card (without hw mpeg decoder) can do it > > I also found out that to record public Dutch TV ( not free to air) I > need to pay for a smartcard by monthly subscription. > > So I need a pci card that can take a smart card. Do you guys have any > recommendation for cards like this that work nicely under linux?? > > Many thanks, > > Matthijs
