Can install 2 tv cards in 1 pc ?

[pchan]

Hi All,

I have 2 tv cards (Hauppauge WinTV and Compro VideoMate Gold+).
OS-Win XP Pro
Motherboard - Chiantech 7NIF2
RAM - 512MB
CPU - Xp2500+

Current the WinTV is intalled in the PC. My intention is to record programs from antenna and cable at the same time.

Thanks for your comment.

[glockjs]

you might be able to...try it. i think they might conflict with eachother though. and is your cpu powerful enough for that? and thats gonna be really hard on your hdd

[rallynavvie]

I know it's possible with MCE to have multiple PVRs, even of different manufacturers. People are using the ATi HDTV capture card (as it's the only HD PVR on the market IIRC) and something like the Hauppauge 250/350 for normal captures or realtime while recording. There are also dual-tuner cards but I can't recall what kind of support they have outside of MCE.

[hudsonf]

I have a ATI AIW Card , a Hauppauge PVR 250 card and a Hauppauge USB2 device and they work great together. I use the latest version on BeyondTV 3.5 with my Hauppauge cards to record two channels with no problem.

[glockjs]

ya but wouldnt agp+pci be different than running dual pci cap cards?

[hudsonf]

I never tried it but I have heard of people using two pci cards. This link may be of help. http://www.shspvr.com/

[pchan]

Hi All,

Thanks for your comments. For get to mention that I am using ShowShifter for scdeduled recording. It only support one tv card. Will give it a try on installing 2nd tv card but need another recording software.

[hudsonf]

You download a trail of BeyondTV or SageTV