[vdr] Re: vdr 1.2.6, Nexus & Hyperthreading/SMP

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Hi Udo,

nice to see you on this list ;)

Udo Wolter wrote:

> BTW, it should also be possible to record several programmes as long as they
> are on the same transponder. I tried it with acpi=off (no hyperthreading)
> and could record 2 programmes at once. Recording 3 programmes leaded to
> a crash of the vdr program. At first it got more and more errors and
> in the end it showed nothing at all, only black. Then it just crashed.
> I read in a FAQ (I think it was vdr-portal.de) that even budget cards
> and slow PCs (they are talking about 1 GHz Athlon) can record upto
> 3 channels at once without any problems. Is a Nexus card more problematic
> regarding recording several channels at once ? Very strange...

Nope. Must be specific to your setup. As I write this mail I'm recording
four programms (all on the same frequency) with one DVB-T premium card.
It works, but VDR get's real sluggish on P4-2.4GHz.

Cheers,
Juri



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