Can I build by own Engima box using a powerful processer like intel i7 or add a GPU

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    Hello


    I have been using the dreambox DM Two Box and its a powerful device.

    I am using it with 2 tuners


    But I want to build a very strong and reliable device that can record 4 channels or more simultaneously 24 Hours a day and doesn't lag or have issues.

    would love to hear your suggestions on what to do.


    Can I build a device using a powerful cpu or even add a GPU and even better if in can convert the streams and record in MP4 file format instead of TS.


    Please share with me your ideas .. I am new to this

    one does not simple go out and buy a dreambox dm920. :smiling face with halo:

    One there is no stock anywhere and 2, they cost an absolute fortune when you can get a box half the price that does the exact same thing.

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    TVHeadend is probably the best option for a monster recording setup.

    Supports transcoding on the fly too.

    The only downside is the tuners aren't cheap.

    It's also not a "box".

    But you could run Kodi on the same machine as a front end.

    I run a headless TVHeadend server with thin Kodi clients (Veros and Firesticks).

    If i am not wrong you can talk about a virtual machine under windows or ubuntu for enigma 2 platform for sharing purpose.

    but if your concern is sharing without channel and tuner, then Linux is much better then enigma, also enigma available BCM CPU's

    enigma is basically a compiled version with tuner drivers and channel searching saving

    still this post is good for developers if someone here.

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    one does not simple go out and buy a dreambox dm920. :smiling face with halo:

    One there is no stock anywhere and 2, they cost an absolute fortune when you can get a box half the price that does the exact same thing.

    I don't know any boxes that cost half the price of the 920 with FBC tuner, can you point me to some?

    I remember an equipment : CW4000 this is a CPU with skywalker that tunes practically everything, to build a similar or better equipment with TBS card you could easily obtain 4:2:2 and now at much less than half the price of a professional equipment...

    Ok so i went ahead and ordered the TBS 6909x Card that has the 8 tuner

    (TBS6909X DVB-S/ S2/ S2X 8 Tuner PCI Express Digital Satellite TV Card for Live TV)



    Whats the next step?


    Should i set it up with windows Desktop or Linux?


    Does it support windows 11?


    and what program (Software) does i use to do the scheduled recording?


    I need something very reliable and not laggy or buggy.


    Also what computer processing power will i need to record and be able to pull the video from the computer over the network.


    If ill be recording 8 channels simultaneously will it be able to handle? i5, i7, i9 ? RAM 16GB 32GB 64GB?


    Do i need a GPU as well or no need? RTX 4060 RTX 4070, RTX 4080 RTX 4090?


    If somebody can help me with this I would be very thankful

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