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<blockquote data-quote="zicoz" data-source="post: 379892" data-attributes="member: 24585"><p>Here is how I do it with my multi-HTPC setup</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://bildr.no/view/348732" target="_blank"><img src="http://bildr.no/thumb/348732.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I have one computer running TV-Server serving TV-signals to all of the HTPCs at the moment it only has 1 TV card, but since there is normally only one TV used to actually watching TV (the others are mostly used for movies and other localy stored media) it's not a problem.</p><p></p><p>I have all my media stored on one file server running Solaris and ZFS.</p><p></p><p>With one TV-card I can watch two channels (have not tested with three, but how many you can watch is dependent on what TV-card you have) on the same transponder at the same time. And one transponder from my TV suplier has maybe 5-6 channels.</p><p></p><p>So since I have about 17 channels it has 3 or 4 transponders. A transponder is basically a group of channels.</p><p></p><p>If I want to be able to watch any channel I want on 4 different computers I will need 3 TV cards.</p><p></p><p>Example:</p><p></p><p>Here is a list of my channels and the --- line separates the transponders</p><p></p><p></p><p>NRK1 Møre og Romsdal</p><p>NRK2</p><p>NRK3</p><p>NRK Midtnytt </p><p>NRK tegnspråk </p><p>----------------</p><p>TV2</p><p>TV2Zebra</p><p>TV2Film</p><p>Discovery</p><p>Animal Planet</p><p>TV2 Nyhetskanalen</p><p>--------------------</p><p>TVNorge</p><p>SportN</p><p>National Geographic</p><p>FEM</p><p>BBC World News</p><p>TVSunnmøre </p><p></p><p>Since I only have one TV card atm I can not watch NRK Midtnytt and TV2 at the same time on different computers.</p><p>But I can watch NRK Midtnytt and NRK2 at the same time.</p><p></p><p>If I get one more TV card I could watch NRK1 on one computer, NRK2 on another, TV2 on a third and Discovery on a fourth computer.</p><p>But I could not watch NRK1, TV2 and TVNorge at the same time.</p><p></p><p>But If I get two more TV cards so that I have a total of three cards I can watch NRK1, NRK2, TV2, TV2 Zebra, TVNorge and SportN at the same time.</p><p></p><p>If I have 3 TV cards that can decode 6 channels at the same time I can watch all the channels on 17 different computers at the same time.</p><p></p><p>And the same rules aply for recording. If I am recording a program on NRK Møre I can only watch NRK2, NRK Midtnytt, NRK3, NRK tegnspråk as long as that recording is active.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So botomline is:</p><p></p><p>If you have 4 HTPCs and want to watch any channel you want on any of these computers you'll need 4 TV cards (or perhaps 2 with dual tuners not sure about those).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zicoz, post: 379892, member: 24585"] Here is how I do it with my multi-HTPC setup [url=http://bildr.no/view/348732][img]http://bildr.no/thumb/348732.jpeg[/img][/url] I have one computer running TV-Server serving TV-signals to all of the HTPCs at the moment it only has 1 TV card, but since there is normally only one TV used to actually watching TV (the others are mostly used for movies and other localy stored media) it's not a problem. I have all my media stored on one file server running Solaris and ZFS. With one TV-card I can watch two channels (have not tested with three, but how many you can watch is dependent on what TV-card you have) on the same transponder at the same time. And one transponder from my TV suplier has maybe 5-6 channels. So since I have about 17 channels it has 3 or 4 transponders. A transponder is basically a group of channels. If I want to be able to watch any channel I want on 4 different computers I will need 3 TV cards. Example: Here is a list of my channels and the --- line separates the transponders NRK1 Møre og Romsdal NRK2 NRK3 NRK Midtnytt NRK tegnspråk ---------------- TV2 TV2Zebra TV2Film Discovery Animal Planet TV2 Nyhetskanalen -------------------- TVNorge SportN National Geographic FEM BBC World News TVSunnmøre Since I only have one TV card atm I can not watch NRK Midtnytt and TV2 at the same time on different computers. But I can watch NRK Midtnytt and NRK2 at the same time. If I get one more TV card I could watch NRK1 on one computer, NRK2 on another, TV2 on a third and Discovery on a fourth computer. But I could not watch NRK1, TV2 and TVNorge at the same time. But If I get two more TV cards so that I have a total of three cards I can watch NRK1, NRK2, TV2, TV2 Zebra, TVNorge and SportN at the same time. If I have 3 TV cards that can decode 6 channels at the same time I can watch all the channels on 17 different computers at the same time. And the same rules aply for recording. If I am recording a program on NRK Møre I can only watch NRK2, NRK Midtnytt, NRK3, NRK tegnspråk as long as that recording is active. So botomline is: If you have 4 HTPCs and want to watch any channel you want on any of these computers you'll need 4 TV cards (or perhaps 2 with dual tuners not sure about those). [/QUOTE]
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