[vdr] Re: LNB-sharing patch for VDR 1.3.13

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

christian jacobsen wrote:
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> > > The LNB-sharing patch for VDR 1.3.13 is available at:
> > >
> > http://www.xn--ltzke-jua.de/dvb/VDR_LNB_sharing_patch/lnb_sharing_vdr-
> > > 1.3.13.patch
> > >
> > >
> > > Matthias.
> > >
> >
> > What does this patch do? Allow me to use two receiver cards
> > with one lnb
> > at the same time or something?
> 
> Exactly, you can use one cable and two DVB cards. But they can only
> either Vertical or horizontal at the same time. Not one Vertical and the
> other horizontal. (IIRC)
> 
> What I (we) would like is a feature to use 3 or more cards with two
> cables and a way to tell what cards are shareing what LNB. An older
> veriosn could that.

Wouldn't it be much easier to just use a decent multiswitch?

Klaus