Building a HTPC, Wintv HVR 3000 yes or no?

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silver565

170 posts

Master Geek

#226845 19-Jun-2009 20:12

Ok cheers. I'll let you know what happens. I'm currently waiting for the cables so i probably won't be able to tackle this until mid next week.

I'll most likely end up with the Hvr 3000. I'll have a look around the forums to see what i need to do

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Biggles69

83 posts

Master Geek

#227874 24-Jun-2009 09:39

If you ever wanted to record or watch/record 2 channels on 2 different mux's ie tv2 & tv3 at the same time you will need 2 DVB-S Cards.
I'm using a HVR-3000 (only for DVB-S) & a Nova-S using Win XP Pro & Mediaportal
The HVR-3000 works fine but is overkill for what i'm doing, 2 Nova-S's would have been just fine.

walt12

324 posts

Ultimate Geek
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#227891 24-Jun-2009 10:41

MediaPortal and GB-PVR will allow you to record/watch 2 channels simultaneously provided they are both on the same mux.

silver565

170 posts

Master Geek

#227899 24-Jun-2009 11:02

Yea thats a good point. i won't be doing that at the moment, i doubt the computer will handle it. I'll wait for a new build before i do that

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davidcole

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#227946 24-Jun-2009 13:13

Recording only takes disk access. It does not use much CPU at all.

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silver565

170 posts

Master Geek

#227947 24-Jun-2009 13:14

Ok cool. Although the problem i'm facing at the moment is the fact that the remote isn't working

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Biggles69

83 posts

Master Geek

#227952 24-Jun-2009 13:38

silver565: Yea thats a good point. i won't be doing that at the moment, i doubt the computer will handle it. I'll wait for a new build before i do that

Your PC will handle it sweet as, I'm running a similar setup with 2 DVB-S cards & I can record lots of channels at once no problem at all.
The DVB-S cards record the TS video feed directly on to yor hard drive (So it doesn't use a lot of the CPU)

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