Nova-HD-S2 - install in server or use over network ?

[brewston]

Hiya

Ever since I kicked out my Sky box and demoted my Shuttle server, I have a spare cable from my Sky dish coming in to the lounge, begging me to attach it to a tuner.

My options would be :

o Make the Shuttle a server again and install a Nova-HD-S2 in there
o Make the Shuttle a network tuner with this card and use DVBViewer and Stephane's network recorder.

From browsing the forums, I'm thinking the network recorder may be easier as I've seen people having tuning problems with DVB-S2 cards. Doesn't have to be the Hauppauge card but thats the only tuner company I've used and I'm used to them

Any opinions ?

Cheers

Tim

[doc]

I don't know which option is best, but the hauppauge card does now scan properly with the latest beta and latest stv update.

[jaminben]

I also have no problems at the moment with Hauppauge cards (I did to start with). If I were you I'd make the shuttle a server and stick a card in that. I'd stay away from network encoders as they never seemed all that reliable to me, however other people have them running fine with only a small delay in channel changing speed.

But thats just my opinion.

[brewston]

cheers

For the sake of 15euros I can try it out. Stephane told me DVBviewer can use DVB-T tuners too, so I can try it out without yet buying the DVB-S card. A slow channel change would be a killer for me (Due to my wife's impatience - not mine! )

Anyone know if its possible to run a server in client mode ? ie I'd configure the Shuttle as a new server but to try it out, I'd need to point my Lumina Server/Client to it as a client only