dual tuner questions (1 Viewer)

[chenks]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.4
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: Intel Celeron M 1.5Ghz
HDD: Samsung 80Gb
Memory: 1024MB DDR2 PC5300
Motherboard: AOpen i915MM-HFS
Motherboard Chipset: Intel 915GM, Intel ICH6-M
Motherboard Bios: Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS
Video Card: Onboard Intel Graphics
Sound Card: Azalia Codec on-Board embedded S/PDIF (ALC880) 7.1 Audio
1. TV Card: Hauppauge Nova-T 500
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV/MPA
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC-19
Remote: MCE Remote
TV: Sony KD28DX51S
TV - HTPC Connection: S-Video

have just installed a Nova-T 500 dual tuner card.

now.. i can set each tuner to be enabled for TV and for recording.
should i set one card as the "watching" card... and the other card as the "recorder"

or should i have them both set the same ?

also what about priority for each card?

 

[debaser_uk]

hi dude,

i have two twinhans in my pc - they are both set for viewing and recording and one has a priority of 1, the other is 2 and they are both working perfectly. you should be fine setting up your tuners in this way ... also i had to install the multi tuner patch to get it to work properly but that was the only glitch i had and wasn't even down to mp.

 

[chenks]

why is the priority set so low ?

1 is the lowest ?

 

[debaser_uk]

good question - i read somewhere that you should set the priorities differently, 1 and 10 were suggested but i just used 1 and 2. I wish I could give you a proper answer but never the less it all works fine for me so I never really questioned it.

 

[Marcusb]

It doesn't really matter what priorities they have, as long as one is higher than the other.
I think it's just human nature to set them very differently (I also use 1 and 10).
Doesn't really matter though

 

[bzamfir]

hi dude,

i have two twinhans in my pc - they are both set for viewing and recording and one has a priority of 1, the other is 2 and they are both working perfectly. you should be fine setting up your tuners in this way ... also i had to install the multi tuner patch to get it to work properly but that was the only glitch i had and wasn't even down to mp.

" ... also i had to install the multi tuner patch to get it to work properly ... "

I plan to purchase a hauppauge PVR500 dual tuner card, and I don't know what is this "multi tuner patch"

I run MP 0204. Do I need to install that patch to make the tunners running? Where should I get it and how to install.

Thanks, and please excuse my ignorance

 

[Taipan]

The multi-tuner patch is only required for DVB cards - you don't need it for the PVR500.