[mythtv-users] PCI-E Analog Card

[R. G. Newbury]

On 01/24/2010 05:51 PM, Brent Norris wrote:
> All,
> First, thanks for the conversation.
>
> We have extra servers sitting around, if we decide to go the pci route
> we have no shortage of chassis and motherboards to plug cards in.
>
> Mediacom is horrible in our area. Sitting down with one of their execs
> is probably impossible and even if we did he probably wouldn't know QAM
> from SPAM (either the meat or the mail). We will be testing for digital
> content probably on Monday, though even then I imagine because mediacom
> is so customer unfriendly most of it will be encrypted.
>
> If digital is available and carries what we need, then we will be using
> HDHomeruns most likely. SiliconDust's product is top notch and I love to
> give them money for it if I need it.
>
> We will be using some OTA stuff as in Kentucky (where my schools are)
> they have Kentucky Education Television (KET) which is used in schools a
> lot (carrying PBS content as well as other). We have USB tuners for that
> from before the HDHR existed.
>
> We have analog cable into all our buildings, and my main question is
> what card should I buy to record it if I am looking at doing so in a
> board with PCI-e slots. I would like as few cards as possible that are
> best supported in Linux and MythTV. We don't need to talk about PCI,
> because if that is where I go I will get the PVR500s using the servers I
> have.
>
> As far as clients we have around 150 classrooms that could be watching
> content from the server and potentially around 700 if every computer in
> the district was some how engaged in watching. That is beyond the scale
> of this conversation though.
>
> What I really need right now is what type of card should I be looking at
> for best support in this PCI-e system that I will be working with at the
> start.

After learning something about what you are doing, the only question I 
have is, why do you think you need 10 simultaneous recordings? I find it 
hard to believe that there are 10 channels of educational programming 
running at once.

Geoff

          Tux says: "Be regular. Eat cron flakes."