If you need two receivers but can only spare up to one PCI or PCIe
slot,
why not use two USB or FireWire attached receivers?
FireWire ones seem to be out of production now though and weren't
exactly on the cheap side. OTOH one can drive up to 3 DVB FireWire
receivers on a single FireWire bus; and for those who need even
more
there are dual link FireWire PCI and PCIe cards readily available.
Thanks for offering your thoughts Stefan.
Any specific recommendations?
Ideally I want two or more dvb-c tuners in a pci/e form-factor.
If there's FW or USB tuners that are mounted onto a PCI/e card,
work
well in Linux, & are relatively cheap, then I'd love to know!
We have USB DVB-C/T hybrid devices which are supported with Linux.
http://support.sundtek.com/index.php/topic,4.0.html (the driver is
mostly independent from
Linux Kernels).
Aside of that we just made it work on a Dreambox 800 (300 Mhz
MIPS as
well, and looking forward
to support other platforms as well).
http://sundtek.com/shop/Digital-TV-Sticks/Sundtek-MediaTV-Digital-Home-DVB-CT.html
Best Regards,
Markus
Thanks but I'd prefer PCI/e form-factor...
If there's something fw or usb-based x2,& squeezed into that
form-factor, I'm very interested!
I may only have room for 1x pci/e dvb-c card (hopefully one that
has two
single fw tuners mounted).
So I may still look at USB based tuners like yours...
There are also MiniPCIe USB DVB-C/T solutions available, although we
have only seen single
PCIe - MiniPCIe solutions yet (and those required an additional
internal USB connection for the USB part)
Another option might be a PCI/PCIe USB Bridge + USB DVB-C, we tested
3x USB DVB-C devices
with a notebook at the same time (maybe 4 are possible, our test PC
only had 3x USB Slots back then).
Not sure what you mean, I don't suppose you could clarify?
You mean I might be able to buy 2x mini-PCIe cards that can be mounted
onto a PCIe <-> USB bridge & then that card (bridge) will have two usb
cables that need to be connected to 2 USB headers on the motherboard?
If yes, that'd be fairly pricey wouldn't it?
I'm only writing about the technical possibilities.
Personally I prefer the USB Dongles, since they are flexible. Once you
leave your
home you can just unplug the DVB-C tuner connect it to a
notebook/netbook and use
it for FM, analog TV or DVB-T.
Markus
Oh, so you're not aware of anything like that, which is purchasable?
I am not aware of any dual dvb-c PCI/PCIe only device.
Righto thanks, I'm unsubscribing from this list...
If anyone contributes to this thread, please CC me & I'll rejoin.
All the best everyone!
Jed
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