Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

DVB-T

  • 13-08-2015 10:26AM
    #1
    Inconspicuous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭


    Lads,

    I originally posted this in the HTPC section but not getting any replies so hoping I might have better luck here. I'm in the middle of upgrading the TV server for the house. Looking to save a few shillings while I'm at it. Am I correct in assuming that Saorview is only broadcasting on 2 muxes at present? Is there any plans in the pipeline to add any more?

    If it's a case of just the 2 muxes, will I be ok with a dual DVB-T/T2 tuner card to serve the whole house? IE can say 4 tvs view the whole spectrum of channels on something like tvheadend from the one card as I only need it to be connected to the two muxes?

    The choice is between a dual or quad tuner and the difference in price is about €100. It's be nice to put the €100 towards something else if I can


Comments

  • #2
    that_other_guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭that_other_guy


    I think saorview is a DVB-T/MPEG-4 HD so you would only need a DVB-T tuner. You would need a DVB-T2 tuner for freeview in the UK.

    What you would beed is a dual or twin tuner so one tuner for each mux. Of course if more muxes are added in the futer, more tuners are needed if all a channel from each mux is to be watched at thte same time


  • #3
    Inconspicuous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭Inconspicuous


    that_other_guy wrote: »
    I think saorview is a DVB-T/MPEG-4 HD so you would only need a DVB-T tuner. You would need a DVB-T2 tuner for freeview in the UK.

    What you would beed is a dual or twin tuner so one tuner for each mux. Of course if more muxes are added in the futer, more tuners are needed if all a channel from each mux is to be watched at thte same time

    Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah the tuner cards for PC s these days are all DVB-T/T2, so will just be getting T2 by default.

    I thought all I'd need would be the 2 tuners to get everything at the same time, but just wanted to confirm. Thanks for the info.


  • #4
    lgs 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 692 ✭✭✭lgs 4


    Inconspicuous wrote: »
    Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah the tuner cards for PC s these days are all DVB-T/T2, so will just be getting T2 by default.

    I thought all I'd need would be the 2 tuners to get everything at the same time, but just wanted to confirm. Thanks for the info.
    this is what you need
    http://www.pctvsystems.com/Products/ProductsEuropeAsia/Hybridproducts/PCTVtripleStick/tabid/308/language/en-GB/Default.aspx i have used here and in the uk on freeview HD the picture quality in HD is brilliant


  • #5
    STB.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    Inconspicuous wrote: »
    Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah the tuner cards for PC s these days are all DVB-T/T2, so will just be getting T2 by default.

    I thought all I'd need would be the 2 tuners to get everything at the same time, but just wanted to confirm. Thanks for the info.

    You will need a twin/dual tuner if you want to record one, watch another especially if they are on separate mux frequencies.

    Your better off with a card rather than a stick. The PlayTV modules can also be picked up quite cheaply. They are dual tuners.


  • #6
    Inconspicuous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭Inconspicuous


    Thanks lads.

    I'm planning on putting in a TBS Moi pro streaming server running tvheadend. Was going to spec it up with one quad DVB-S/S2 pci-e card and one dual or quad DVB-T/T2 card. Idea is that this would then act as a server for the whole house via Ethernet and localised Kodi clients.

    What I was trying to figure out with the DVB-T card is that if one tuner is tuned to one mux and the other is tuned to the second mux, does this then mean that any tv in the house will be able to watch/record any of the channels on the two muxes.

    I think that this is the case and was going to go for the dual tuner as it was a 100 EUR cheaper.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    that_other_guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭that_other_guy


    tvheadend should be able to handle that but it may have a limitation so you should look into that


  • #8
    Inconspicuous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭Inconspicuous


    that_other_guy wrote: »
    tvheadend should be able to handle that but it may have a limitation so you should look into that


    Thanks for the advice. I might head over to their forum now and ask a few questions there to make sure the software isn't limited in anyway.


  • #9
    that_other_guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭that_other_guy


    tvheadend should be able to handle that but it may have a limitation so you should look into that

    Just google "tvheadend multiple tuners", hte answers suggest it will handle it no problem


  • #10
    Inconspicuous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭Inconspicuous


    that_other_guy wrote: »
    tvheadend should be able to handle that but it may have a limitation so you should look into that

    Just google "tvheadend multiple tuners", hte answers suggest it will handle it no problem


    Perfect. Will do a bit of reading later on so before putting in the order.


Advertisement