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[vdr] Re: Primary card for playback only
Thanks, this seems to work,
but i get sometimes panic restarts when recording
two channels at the same time.
Have to figure this out...
Thomas
----- Original Message -----
From: Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: Primary card for playback only
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Thomas Mungai (TM) wrote:
>
> TM> Now i want to upgrade with a third card, a low budged.
> TM> What i want is to record two movies at the same time
> TM> and watch a recorded one.
> TM> I've got only two LNB-cables with no chance for
> TM> a third one.
> TM> when i connect the LNB to the second and third card, i get
> TM> those "channel xy not synched and DVB-card 1" messages
> TM> and the whole system is slowing down, reacts slow
> TM> on remote commands etc.
> TM> Is there a chance to prevent the first card from tuning?
> TM> limiting the channels to a specific card is no solution.
> TM> Sorry if this should have been discussed earlier, couldn't find
> TM> anything about that...
>
> It has been, but IIRC only for a two-card system with only one
> LNB. Here is (in short) what you have to do:
>
> create a new mode in ca.conf, say
>
> MySpecialFTA 777
>
> then set both non-primary cards to be able to receive
> MySpecialFTA and set every FTA (0) channel to MySpecialFTA (777)
> in channels.conf
>
> With this setup you should be able to watch live tv (always in
> transfer mode from the second or the third card and while both
> non-primary cards are recording, you should still be able to
> watch a recording or one of the channels currently recorded in
> time shift mode.
>
> (Although I didn't try this configuration myself)
>
>
> c ya
> Sergei
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