- March 3, 2011
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Hi there,
I am running an HTPC with Windows 7 (64-bit) and 4GB RAM.
The HTPC is a standalone setup and I use this to stream to two other clients.
I currently have an HVR-2200 and Nova-S2, but am going to sell these for a Blackgold BGT3600 (Dual DVB-T2, Dual DVB-S2).
I have three hard drives: The first one is used for the OS and Timeshifting only (500GB of which the OS is on a 60GB partition) and two others for recording and storage (1.5TB and 2TB).
It seems a bit of a waste to keep such a big hard drive partition just for Timeshifting and I have decided to try a RAMDisk instead.
How much RAM, do you I need to dedicate just for time shifting? - e.g. I could sell the 2X2GB of RAM I have and buy 2X4GB insteard or add an additional 2x4GB to give 12GB RAM.
I don't really understand how the timeshifting settings in media portal relate to the number of tuners.
For example, if I get this new Tuner Card, which has four tuners and 8GB RAM and dedicate 4GB to the RAMDisk, does this mean that I need to the time shifting files never become bigger than 1 GB (e.g. 4 tuners x 1GB = 4GB of RAMDisk available)?
If this is the case, what I don't understand is that this does not take into account the fact that a tuner can hand more than one channel on the same multiplex. For example:
Say I am using both DVB-S2 channels and one of the DVB-T2 tuners for recording.
I then have one DVB-T2 tuner for watching live TV, but what happens if I watch two live channels on the same multiplex on two separate computers? If this tuner has been given 1GB of RAMDisk space, do the two people using it at the same time automatically on get half 1GB of timeshift as long as they are both using the same tuner?
Sorry if this has got really technical - please feel free to ask for any clarification!
Perhaps I am overcomplicating things unnecessesarily, but I want to be sure that using a RAMDisk is going to work for me.
Also, has anyone got any experience generally of using a RAMDisk for time shifting?
Thanks very much.
I am running an HTPC with Windows 7 (64-bit) and 4GB RAM.
The HTPC is a standalone setup and I use this to stream to two other clients.
I currently have an HVR-2200 and Nova-S2, but am going to sell these for a Blackgold BGT3600 (Dual DVB-T2, Dual DVB-S2).
I have three hard drives: The first one is used for the OS and Timeshifting only (500GB of which the OS is on a 60GB partition) and two others for recording and storage (1.5TB and 2TB).
It seems a bit of a waste to keep such a big hard drive partition just for Timeshifting and I have decided to try a RAMDisk instead.
How much RAM, do you I need to dedicate just for time shifting? - e.g. I could sell the 2X2GB of RAM I have and buy 2X4GB insteard or add an additional 2x4GB to give 12GB RAM.
I don't really understand how the timeshifting settings in media portal relate to the number of tuners.
For example, if I get this new Tuner Card, which has four tuners and 8GB RAM and dedicate 4GB to the RAMDisk, does this mean that I need to the time shifting files never become bigger than 1 GB (e.g. 4 tuners x 1GB = 4GB of RAMDisk available)?
If this is the case, what I don't understand is that this does not take into account the fact that a tuner can hand more than one channel on the same multiplex. For example:
Say I am using both DVB-S2 channels and one of the DVB-T2 tuners for recording.
I then have one DVB-T2 tuner for watching live TV, but what happens if I watch two live channels on the same multiplex on two separate computers? If this tuner has been given 1GB of RAMDisk space, do the two people using it at the same time automatically on get half 1GB of timeshift as long as they are both using the same tuner?
Sorry if this has got really technical - please feel free to ask for any clarification!
Perhaps I am overcomplicating things unnecessesarily, but I want to be sure that using a RAMDisk is going to work for me.
Also, has anyone got any experience generally of using a RAMDisk for time shifting?
Thanks very much.