[vdr] Re: AW: Re: Problem with 2 dvb cards and vdr1.2.1

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Benkesch Harry-Roy wrote:
> 
> > Benkesch Harry-Roy wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > i had (and still have on a seperate hdd) a vdr ver.1.0.4 running.
> > > I have 2 dvb cards, a low budged and a full featured card.
> > > The dish is connected to the low budged card.
> > > With this setup it's (1.0.4) running fine.
> > >
> > > Now i try to install the new 1.2.1 version of vdr.
> > > But i only get a picture on tv if i connect
> > > the dish to the full featured card!
> > > Where do i have to change the settings?
> >
> > If you have no dish connected to the full featured card,
> > what sense does that make? Rather than connecting the
> > dish to the budget card and watching all channels in
> > Transfer Mode, you could just drop the budget card and
> > use the full featured card with the dish connected to it.
> > I see no gain in your combination...
> >
> > Klaus
> 
> Hello Klaus,
> as i wrote on top i had(have) a vdr ver. 1.0.4 running
> and i thought there it's necessary to do time-shifting
> to have such a setup.
> (a low budget with dish on it and full-featured to watch)
> 
> So, if you say the low-budget card is no more needed,
> i can connect a second dish and record more films at the same time?
> Or is it recommended to use the old setup with both cards
> for a better stability of the system? (as Emil wrote)

I would suggest connecting both DVB cards via a multiswitch.
Then you can record from two different transponders simultaneously,
and VDR version 1.2 can do parallel recording and replay on a
full featured card.

Klaus


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