Hello,
I am still trying to work out what the best way is for adding four HD TV tuners to my server (for use with TVHeadend).
I am in the UK, so have the option for DVB-T or DVB-S for my TV. I have sought of come to the conclusion that DVB-S is probably the way to go as there are more channels and they are (supposedly better quality).
I therefore need four DVB-S2 tuners for maximum flexibility.
Whilst I have looked at SAT>IP servers, I am still not ruling out DVB-S2 tuner cards.
The only quad DVB-S2 card is made by TBS but lots of people have complained that whilst there are Linux drivers available, the firmware needs compiling after kernel updates.
In practice, how problematic is this?
1. What does compiling actually involve - is it difficult, lengthy to do?
2. How often would I actually need to be doing it?
Thanks