Sharing one STB with two tuners

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by wayner

For some reason the Hauppauge IR stuff has always been kind of shaky. For example, you can use multiple Hauppauge tuner cards but only one of their IR blasters in a system. The HD-PVR seems even worse as some folks report substantial increases in the stability of the product by covering up the IR window.

have you successfully used more than one hauppauge device in a single HTPC with a single STB and one IR blaster?

[wayner]

My Sage Server (running WHS) has four tuners - 2x Hauppauge HD-PVRs connected to SA3250HD cable boxes using firewire for channel tuning, a Hauppauge PVR-150 connected to a SA3200 (SD) cable box using a USB-UIRT for tuning and a Kworld OTA HD card that doesn't need any IR/firewire for tuning. So I have multiple Hauppauge devices using multiple cable boxes but I don't use any Hauppauge IR or drivers for channel tuning.

Does that answer your question?

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by wayner

My Sage Server (running WHS) has four tuners - 2x Hauppauge HD-PVRs connected to SA3250HD cable boxes using firewire for channel tuning, a Hauppauge PVR-150 connected to a SA3200 (SD) cable box using a USB-UIRT for tuning and a Kworld OTA HD card that doesn't need any IR/firewire for tuning. So I have multiple Hauppauge devices using multiple cable boxes but I don't use any Hauppauge IR or drivers for channel tuning.

Does that answer your question?

almost - I was looking for an example that used one STB and two tuners.

[AC-T660]

I also have 1 STB and 2 tuners (HD-PVR & HVR-1600(svideo)) that I'd like to get configured. What I'd like to do is have everything record on both because I'm getting sick of the HD-PVR issues especially 50 minutes into an hour program. If it also recorded on the 1600 then at least I'd have a backup.

Is there a way to set this up automatically? I assume the straight forward way would be to set up separate guides for both sources and program everything twice, but I'd prefer if I could just use 1 guide and pick once.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by AC-T660

I also have 1 STB and 2 tuners (HD-PVR & HVR-1600(svideo)) that I'd like to get configured. What I'd like to do is have everything record on both because I'm getting sick of the HD-PVR issues especially 50 minutes into an hour program. If it also recorded on the 1600 then at least I'd have a backup.

Is there a way to set this up automatically? I assume the straight forward way would be to set up separate guides for both sources and program everything twice, but I'd prefer if I could just use 1 guide and pick once.

ah - good, then I'm not the only one having HD PVR troubles

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by davephan

I installed the PVR-350 first, then the 2250, then the HD-PVR. All three Hauppauge devices work together in the same computer. I do not use the Hauppauge IR, since I could never get it to work, even when using just one Hauppauge card at a time. I use the USB-UIRT multiple zones feature. I currently using two USB-UIRT zones to control two cable boxes. The cable boxes are separated by about five feet. The IR devices are inside small sturdy cardboard boxes which used to house compact fluorescent bulbs. One side of each cardboard box is open to each cable box, restricting the IR light to only go in front of each cable box.

Dave

Do you ever get problems with channels changing automatically when unwanted?