Multiple tuners (DVB-S) and CA Module etc. (1 Viewer)

[jsimo01]

Hi,

I presently have a TechnoTrend S2-3200 (DVB-S2) tuner with conditional access module and I was thinking of adding another (or alternative; FireDTV possibly). I've never played with multiple tuners before so I am not really sure of the problems I may encounter.

Ideally I would like to be able to watch/record two channels at the same time (FTA or Subscription), I know this has likely been touched upon before but on searching the forums I could not find an answer:-

1.) Is it possible to access the smartcard via a phoenix card reader and software CAM (running NDSCAM, or similar) from each tuner?

This as an alternative to using a CAM attached to each card with independant subscription cards. I have been working on the assumption that the smartcard is only accessed when tuning to a channel as opposed to constantly while watching an encrypted channel but this may be incorrect!

2.) Can this work in MP, does anybody have a working solution/alternative?

Many Thanks,

John

 

[funkstar]

Software CAM's are not supported in any way shape or form.

My understnading is that a CAM will be linked to a tuner, so you would need two CAMs for two tuners. Something that can help things though is MPs handling of DVB multiplexes. Channels are broadcast in groups called a multiplex (or MUX). Some CAMs and cards can decode multiple programs at once, so you can get more than one channel out of the MUX at one time.

 

[jsimo01]

That was pretty much what I thought, Pity!

Do you know which cards (DVB-S or S2) that support this feature?

Thanks,

John

 

[funkstar]

I believe the decoding-miltiple-channels-from-one-multiplex is a CAM finction rather than a tuner/CI function. I could be wrong however.

Having not installed a satellite dish yet, I'm still unsure of some of the details of this setup. Once I move to a new flat, I'll be getting a satellite setup running

 

[jsimo01]

Thanks, I've found a solution.

 

[_Leo_]

I do have a Technotrend s2-3200 and I can view several channels from the same mux simultaniously. I have also planned to add another s2-3200 and hope the cam can handle both cards.

Can you explain more about the solution you found?

Regards