[vdr] Re: (1+n) dvb-s card

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

Stefan Lang wrote:
> 
> Am Freitag, 26. April 2002 16:36 schrieben Sie:
> > Stefan Lang wrote:
> > > Am Freitag, 26. April 2002 15:38 schrieben Sie:
> > > > you CAN take a low budget card as second card.
> > > > and you CAN use a full featured dvb-s card as well.
> > > > as you wish.
> > > >
> > > > afaik 4 cards is the maximum.
> > > >
> > > > servus hannes!
> > >
> > > Okay! That explained the dvb-s card stuff!
> > >
> > > But what's about the CI-Moduls? How many are -or will be- supported!
> > > AFAIK the low budget card has no connector for a CI-Modul, so if only one
> > > CI-Modul is supported by vdr there is know problem in buying such a card!
> >
> > VDR could support any number of CAMs on any card - if only the
> > driver/firmware would support that...
> >
> > The way it is now there can be only _one_ CAM, and it has to be in the
> > highest DVB card. If there is only one DVB card, there may even be problems
> > with switching encrypted channels after a replay session :-(
> 
> And AFAIK the primary card has to be a full featured dvb-s, too!
> Therefore only the third or forth card could be a low bidget card ... sitting
> in the middle of the primary and the last card with the CI-Modul connected???

Yes, you're right about that.

Klaus
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