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<blockquote data-quote="Zapp" data-source="post: 574731" data-attributes="member: 60235">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?&nbsp;&nbsp; /Jonas...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zapp, post: 574731, member: 60235"] 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... [/QUOTE]

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