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Possible to view two TV stations on one PCI TV card

I'm wondering if a TV tuner card in a computer can view two stations at once because I don't really want to have a server with a TV card that is inadequate for the network...

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NachoMahma says: Jun 7, 2009. 10:54 AM
. My card (Leadtek WinFast TV2000XP) will do PIP.
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thermoelectric (author) in reply to NachoMahmaJun 7, 2009. 1:58 PM
I wonder if it could have dual audio though..
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øPossum says: Jun 7, 2009. 10:59 AM
Dual external tuner (ethernet) for 8VSB/QAM:

http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun_atsc

Any computer on your network can access this.
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thermoelectric (author) in reply to øPossumJun 7, 2009. 1:57 PM
Hmm, thats interesting, thanks.
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lemonie says: Jun 7, 2009. 6:34 AM
Depends upon the card & software. My set up will preview all channels (although I never use that). I'm sure it's possible - how hard have you looked? L
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thermoelectric (author) in reply to lemonieJun 7, 2009. 6:43 AM
Well, I can't really use the card I have at the moment because it doesn't want to function, It had a "tv wall" feature. I don't know if it was supposed to show all the stations in real time, because they just seemed to keep scanning through and putting a new frame in each every loop... Will your setup give audio for all of them (if you networked the card, would every station get sound)
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lemonie in reply to thermoelectricJun 7, 2009. 7:32 AM
I think mine's like yours, and as I said I never use that feature (just know it's there). Having thought about it I shouldn't think many / any cards can decode two streams simultaneously. Like Joe Martin suggests.

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thermoelectric (author) in reply to lemonieJun 7, 2009. 1:50 PM
Yeah, you're probably right...
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Joe Martin says: Jun 7, 2009. 6:37 AM
It would have to be a twin tuner card for it to work.
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thermoelectric (author) in reply to Joe MartinJun 7, 2009. 6:44 AM
Oh, Thanks.
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