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6 years, 9 months, 22 days and more - that's roughly how long my PVR have been running (according to MythTV statistics). Mostly trouble free, until last night - one of my USB tuners died and I just ordered this to replace it (and some others).
Am using 64bit Mandriva Linux (stock kernel 3.2.x) and a gigabyte motherboard (Q6600) :eek:... Hopefully this new tuner will fit in smoothly - if anybody have any gotcha's in Linux (and not mentioned in the dvbowners thread), please share.
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Digitalnow Quad Dvb-t Tuner Card
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renura
, Aug 18 2010 09:12 PM
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myrantz
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 08:41 PM
myrantz, on 16 March 2012 - 11:29 AM, said:
Am using 64bit Mandriva Linux (stock kernel 3.2.x) and a gigabyte motherboard (Q6600) :eek:... Hopefully this new tuner will fit in smoothly - if anybody have any gotcha's in Linux (and not mentioned in the dvbowners thread), please share.
Individual tuners All working ok.
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... Hmm..Edit: And it works!!!!!
Cheers renura.. Great stuff!
Edited by myrantz, 20 March 2012 - 10:02 PM.
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renura
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 07:16 AM
myrantz, on 20 March 2012 - 08:41 PM, said:
Ordered the card last Friday and received it today.. That's quick, can't ask for anything better than that. Individual tuners All working ok.
In a few hours time will find out if I can actually use multiple tuners - or ... Hmm..
Edit: And it works!!!!! Cheers renura.. Great stuff!
Individual tuners All working ok. or ... Hmm..Edit: And it works!!!!!
Cheers renura.. Great stuff! #129
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:56 PM
I've got my new Quad installed now and it's working really well in MediaPortal.
It replaced an Avermedia Twistar PCI-E and a KWorld Dual USB connected via a splitter. My signal level would drop down to ~54% with all tuners in use and this would cause picture break-up sometimes. I tried a Kingray powered splitter and it was no better than the passive splitter.
With all four tuners of the quad in use, the signal only drops to 65% (75% with one tuner in use) on the weakest channel with no sign of drop out. This was a pleasant surprise after what I'd read about the quad needing a strong signal.
I tried recording 13 channels at the same time on four transponders for an hour or so and there wasn't a single dropped packet. Very impressive.
Channel changing speed is about 1.75 seconds according to the MediaPortal stress test which isn't the fastest I've seen but it's very close.
Congrats renura on a great product.
It replaced an Avermedia Twistar PCI-E and a KWorld Dual USB connected via a splitter. My signal level would drop down to ~54% with all tuners in use and this would cause picture break-up sometimes. I tried a Kingray powered splitter and it was no better than the passive splitter.
With all four tuners of the quad in use, the signal only drops to 65% (75% with one tuner in use) on the weakest channel with no sign of drop out. This was a pleasant surprise after what I'd read about the quad needing a strong signal.
I tried recording 13 channels at the same time on four transponders for an hour or so and there wasn't a single dropped packet. Very impressive.
Channel changing speed is about 1.75 seconds according to the MediaPortal stress test which isn't the fastest I've seen but it's very close.
Congrats renura on a great product.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 01:33 PM
AndrewWilliams, on 01 June 2012 - 07:56 PM, said:
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Congrats renura on a great product.
Congrats renura on a great product.
