Hi!
Thinking of going for dedicated TV-server with DVB-T USB 2.0 dongles.
Just made a test run with my old (very old) test rig, a Intel Celeron 1.7 GHz CPU, and noticed almost no CPU usage at all when tuning into a FTA channels. Sending the stream to a MP client worked without any problems.
I figure I'll need about 4 or 5 DVB-T USB 2.0 dongles connected to a USB 2.0 hub (only 2 ports on motherboard) to cover all recordings and live TV needs around the house.
Today I run a ASRock ION330, both client and server, with 3 DVB-T USB 2.0 dongles without any problems.
Every dongle can handle 2 tuned channels at the same time provided that the channels are on the same MUX.
Q: What will be the bottleneck here, CPU load, USB 2.0 transfer rate, RAM memory, network bandwidth? How many DVB-T USB 2.0 dongles can one USB 2.0 port handle?
/Jonas...
Thinking of going for dedicated TV-server with DVB-T USB 2.0 dongles.
Just made a test run with my old (very old) test rig, a Intel Celeron 1.7 GHz CPU, and noticed almost no CPU usage at all when tuning into a FTA channels. Sending the stream to a MP client worked without any problems.
I figure I'll need about 4 or 5 DVB-T USB 2.0 dongles connected to a USB 2.0 hub (only 2 ports on motherboard) to cover all recordings and live TV needs around the house.
Today I run a ASRock ION330, both client and server, with 3 DVB-T USB 2.0 dongles without any problems.
Every dongle can handle 2 tuned channels at the same time provided that the channels are on the same MUX.
Q: What will be the bottleneck here, CPU load, USB 2.0 transfer rate, RAM memory, network bandwidth? How many DVB-T USB 2.0 dongles can one USB 2.0 port handle?
/Jonas...