Alan Walls wrote: > Thanks. > > Using MythTV as the backend might work but my WAF would drop > dramatically. It is an interesting option though. > > I had assumed that I could record one channel per card and so was going > to setup 9 channels (ie TV1-Sat1, TV1-Sat2, TV1-Aerial, ... ). But your > comment suggests I can only record one channel even if I have two or > more cards. So would my plan work? > No. Freevo 1.x allows you to watch one program while recording another but that's it. The recordserver has no ability to use more than one card to record simultaneously. > I do know python but haven't looked at the Freevo code so I don't think > changing the recordserver is a good idea for me. Putting effort into > helping with V2.0 would be a better plan. > That would certainly be welcome. The wiki is horribly out of date. The devel list is the place to ask to get you started.
John > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Molohan [mailto:john.molo...@gcd.ie] >> Sent: Sunday, 5 July 2009 9:43 p.m. >> To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Video groups and mutliple channels >> >> Alan Walls wrote: >> >>> I'm a MythTV user who is considering moving my system to Freevo. I >>> >> came across an issue that might be a deal breaker and want to make >> > sure > >> its not my misunderstandings and/or prejudice. >> >>> Consider this system (which is a simplification of what I have) >>> >>> * A server with two DVB-S card and one analogue card >>> * My family has three channels (TV1,TV2 & TV3 {newzealand has >>> >> creative channel names ;-) } ) they watch all the time. >> >>> * They are available on all three cards but the analogue signal has >>> >> very bad reception with lots of ghosting. >> >>> What is the best way to setup Freevo? >>> >>> >> With mythtv as the backend doing the recordings and freevo as your >> frontend. >> >>> At least I would like to record any two programs on any of the three >>> >> channels using the DVB-S cards. >> >>> Ideally I would like to record a third program using the lower >>> >> quality card. >> >>> I can live without watching live TV. >>> >>> >> I'm afraid that it's only possible to record from one device at a time >> regardless of whether you're watching tv on another device or not. I >> haven't looked at the recordingserver code but it should be possible >> > to > >> add multiple simultaneous recordings if you know python. >> >>> If this isn't possible will version 2.0 be able to do this? >>> >>> >> Yes. Jason and Dischi would be the people to comment on when the 2.0 >> branch might be ready with a pre release that will allow you play >> around >> with this. >> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> >>> >> John >> >> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------- >> _______________________________________________ >> Freevo-users mailing list >> Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
