2006-06-29, 09:46 PM
I was recording Lost & Invasion on one channel and CSI NY & Prison Break on the other (I know I'm a junky, but 3 of those and House are my favorite programs at present - along with Trailer park boys).
The problem was
Lost 7:30 - 8:25 - Invasion 8:25 - 9:30
CSINY 7:30 - 8:30 - Prison Break 8:30 - 9:30
So I had an issue at that there was an intersection that required more than 2 tuners. My solution was to normally quick record tv3 (CSI and Prison Break) and then record Lost with a 1 hour 10 minute post padding. This all looked good in principal but obviously GBPVR's desire to switch tuners overode my 1 hour post padding. In hindsight I should have done a manual recording I guess but the upshot is I missed this weeks invasion (nooooooooooooo - finally a program with intrigue where something actually HAPPENS each week!).
This leads me to a question which noone will probably notice in this post but I'll ask it anyway - Anyone no of a nice SFF pc thats as efficiently cooled as the Shuttles (the heatpipe system is sooooo quiet) that has 2 pci slots. My current shuttle has 1 agp and 1 pci - I have obtained another MCE500 dual tuner card which would give me 4 tuners - 1 more than I'm every likely to need in NZ for the forseeable future so I'm on the scout for a replacement pc in the lounge to take 2 x PCI Tv cards. I really want AMD 64 support as they run a little cooler than Intel so if you have temperature controlled cooling it'll be quiet more.
The problem was
Lost 7:30 - 8:25 - Invasion 8:25 - 9:30
CSINY 7:30 - 8:30 - Prison Break 8:30 - 9:30
So I had an issue at that there was an intersection that required more than 2 tuners. My solution was to normally quick record tv3 (CSI and Prison Break) and then record Lost with a 1 hour 10 minute post padding. This all looked good in principal but obviously GBPVR's desire to switch tuners overode my 1 hour post padding. In hindsight I should have done a manual recording I guess but the upshot is I missed this weeks invasion (nooooooooooooo - finally a program with intrigue where something actually HAPPENS each week!).
This leads me to a question which noone will probably notice in this post but I'll ask it anyway - Anyone no of a nice SFF pc thats as efficiently cooled as the Shuttles (the heatpipe system is sooooo quiet) that has 2 pci slots. My current shuttle has 1 agp and 1 pci - I have obtained another MCE500 dual tuner card which would give me 4 tuners - 1 more than I'm every likely to need in NZ for the forseeable future so I'm on the scout for a replacement pc in the lounge to take 2 x PCI Tv cards. I really want AMD 64 support as they run a little cooler than Intel so if you have temperature controlled cooling it'll be quiet more.
[SIZE="1"]Matt Beechey
Intel i5-4440, 4096mb DDR3 Ram, Windows 7 Pro
2 x Hauppauge Nova-T 500 (2 out of 4 of these I've bought works! Great QC Hauppauge!)
1 x Hauppauge hvr-2200 and 1 x Hauppauge Colossus
500gb Seagate for O/S
2 x 500GB SATA3 WD Black in a Windows Stripe for recordings
All hidden in the garage with an Intel i5 NUC and a logitech Harmony one remote in the lounge for playback.
Panasonic 65" 2013 GT Series 3D plasma
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New Zealand - Go Crusaders![/SIZE]
Intel i5-4440, 4096mb DDR3 Ram, Windows 7 Pro
2 x Hauppauge Nova-T 500 (2 out of 4 of these I've bought works! Great QC Hauppauge!)
1 x Hauppauge hvr-2200 and 1 x Hauppauge Colossus
500gb Seagate for O/S
2 x 500GB SATA3 WD Black in a Windows Stripe for recordings
All hidden in the garage with an Intel i5 NUC and a logitech Harmony one remote in the lounge for playback.
Panasonic 65" 2013 GT Series 3D plasma
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New Zealand - Go Crusaders![/SIZE]