2 Fusion 5 Lite w/Sage 4.0?

[Mitchman]

Anyone running 2 Dvico Fusion 5 Lite cards with Sage 4.0? Any Problems?
How about 2 AverMedia A180 cards with Sage 4.0? Any problems?

[SPHurley]

Well I would list it as a work in progress, I have my old HTPC still running (WAF) while I build the new one. It has a Fusion 5 Gold+ and 2 Fusion 5 Lites in it. If I try to use them for SD OTA I get a conflict msg. So far I have had it record 3 HD streams at once with no problems but I would not list it as overly stable. I have Fusion 314 drivers on it. One card alone works well. Processor load with 3 channels of HD recording is under 20%. Playback is the bitch at about 50% load. Pentium 4 3.0E 2gig ram, 1.2Tb on two Sata Raid0 drives (320gig x2 x2) 100gig PATA for system. I'm trying to fix the conflicts and I'll post the results.

[dcardellini]

Had no problems with one Fusion 5 Lite. With two Fusion 5 Lites, I often have total system crashes when recording on one and switching channels. Don't know if this is a Fusion driver issue (ver 3.11) or a SageTV 4.0 problem.

Have spent a lot of time and money for three PC's and a bunch of cards on assumption that two cards in a PC will work fine. BSOD's will kill the WAF.

[Polypro]

Originally Posted by SPHurley

...I have Fusion 314 drivers on it.

3.14? Are they on the FTP only? Site shows only 3.11

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[SPHurley]

I think I am up to 3.19.xx and it gets updated daily, Yes it is only on the FTP site. Many of the changes are for the QAM,cable guys, I only have OTA to look at. I have no problem recorded multiple channels, ITS PLAYBACK that almost always locks up in SAGE 4.0. You have to do a hard reset. I still have a HTPC running v3. with 4 PVR250 cards and it has worked flawless for 2 years with just the upgrades. I wish I could say the same for my new one.
I have tried Fusion5 Gold, fusion5 Lite and Fusion 5 USB, None have played back well in SAGE.