I used to have tvheadend on a reasonably spec'd HTPC with PCI (Express) DVB-S2 card installed. This blew up and have since tried to run it on a HP Microserver NL36, with a low profile TBS 9982 card.
The Microserver unit only seems capable of SDTV and ended up having to use custom drivers for the card I chose that needed recompiling after every kernel upgrade.
Having moved house, I am in an area that does cable services (Virgin Media in UK), so I need a DVB-C card instead. But I was also wondering what the minimum or recommended specs would be to have HDTV working well?
I have a Zotac Zbox Nano AQ01 for my Kodi (XBMC) front end. Could this be capable, with USB-based DVB-C dongle? Any clues as to its performance?
My cabling options are limited in the new house as it's rented, so whichever box is used needs to be the sole TV source for the whole house, providing an internal network IPTV stream.
Also, any recommendations for USB-based DVB-C cards? Only ever previously used PCI cards, but if I use something like the Zotac, it will need to be USB dongle.
Thanks