DVB-T cards??

[bezza]

Hi I was hoping someone could give me some advice with a query I have.

I want to buy a DVB card or cards to plug into my PC to record programmes to my hard drive.

I am going to recording quite a lot off the TV- approximately 20 hours a week.

I will need to record 2 channels at once.

I would really like a card(s) that allows me to record 2 channels at once or I guess I will have to buy two cards though i am a little concerned that this might overload my CPU.

Also I would like a card that allows me to record broadcasts in a flexible format (.wmv?, AVI?) where I can sacrifice recording quality for smaller file sizes.

Can anyone recommend a card or cards for this purpose

Thanks Bezza

[Baldrick]

Moving you to our dvb forum section.

Some dvb-t cards have dual tuners like https://www.videohelp.com/capturecards/dvico-fusionhdtv-dvb-t-dual-digital/719 but I have no experience of it.

[RabidDog]

Bezza .. investigate hauppage td500 twin tuner .. seems to work well and can record two channels .
20 hours per week? Shiftworker?

[bezza]

Cheers rabiddog

No I am actually a researcher and I need to record all the news/current affairs every week.

I checked the tuner you suggested which looks good but only seems to record in standard DVD format which MPEG-2. I want to to archive all this stuff on my harddrive (approx 1000hrs/year) so I fear that I will need to compress it again into another file format (AVI, MMV??) in order to save disc space.

Any suggestions?

[itsonlyme]

Have a look at this site.

Highly recommended.

http://www.nebula-electronics.com/

On one PCI or USB device you can record more than one program at the same time provided they are on the same multiplex (eg BBC1 and BBC2, but not BBC1 and ITV1), add a second USB device and you have a second multiplex, and so on until your drive cannot keep up with the amount of data being recorded.

See also http://www.digitv-forum.co.uk/

Not the cheapest, but I have used for about 5 years without problem.

Malcolm

[RabidDog]

Hauppage now includes (for free) wingse. . which is their own transcoder so you can, I think, either record directly in divx (or apple or PSP) or re-encode already recorded broadcasts . I have installed this software , but hesitate to use it as the standard recording software is so Sh*t. I plan on transcoding quite a few films etc but prefer to use other, more proven software.. eg autogk .. this also allows you to keep a better track of the filesizes. Incidentally recording two streams onto one hard disc which also includes the OS really stretchs the software/hardware.

[Bjs]

Take a look at the leadtek winfast dtv2000 h

http://www.leadtek.com.tw/eng/tv_tuner/overview.asp?lineid=6&pronameid=252

If your system is new and enough slots available , you can setup twin recording by installing 2 units .