Single Stream vs. Multi Stream for the S3

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Terial-DeVo

Discussion Starter · Oct 12, 2007

I just got off the phone with Comcast because of a CC problem and i will be swapping out my 2 single Stream CC's.

The guy on the phone said that i should get 1 Multi Stream card for my S3 and that it will work the same as using 2 Single Stream Cards.

I am a bit weary of this because it just does not make sense to me.
Can 1 card continue to allow me to have the functionality of 2 Single Stream cards?

Also, will putting in 2 MS cards mess anything up in the TiVo, or will i be okay?

Apologies if this was answered elsewhere, i was not able to locate it in my tired state after crawling behind my TV at 3:00 for th epast few days

Thanks for the help

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richsadams

· #2 · Oct 12, 2007

Terial-DeVo said:
I just got off the phone with Comcast because of a CC problem and i will be swapping out my 2 single Stream CC's.

The guy on the phone said that i should get 1 Multi Stream card for my S3 and that it will work the same as using 2 Single Stream Cards.

I am a bit weary of this because it just does not make sense to me.
Can 1 card continue to allow me to have the functionality of 2 Single Stream cards?

Also, will putting in 2 MS cards mess anything up in the TiVo, or will i be okay?

Apologies if this was answered elsewhere, i was not able to locate it in my tired state after crawling behind my TV at 3:00 for th epast few days

Thanks for the help

The original TiVo Series 3 requires 2 "M" or "S" cable cards...it will not work with one "M" card at this time (requires a software upgrade). Installing two "M" cable cards will work no problem.

The new TiVo HD will work with one "M" card or 2 "S" cards.

Terial-DeVo

Discussion Starter · #3 · Oct 12, 2007

Thanks man, on the way to pick them up now

hopefully this will fix my issues

rainwater

· #4 · Oct 12, 2007

Terial-DeVo said:
Thanks man, on the way to pick them up now
hopefully this will fix my issues

I would definitely try to get to "M" cards though. Then when TiVo updates the software to support M cards in multistream mode, you can just remove the 2nd card and return it.

Terial-DeVo

Discussion Starter · #5 · Oct 12, 2007

went to pick up my cards, they only had 1 MS card available
so now i have
1 MultiStream Card
2 Single Sream Cards

Suggestions on where to put what?
I have the S3 Tivo and a Cable Card TV.

I was thinking
1 MS and 1 SS in the TiVO and 1 SS in the TV.

Thoughts?

wdwms

· #6 · Oct 12, 2007

Terial-DeVo said:
went to pick up my cards, they only had 1 MS card available
so now i have
1 MultiStream Card
2 Single Sream Cards

Suggestions on where to put what?
I have the S3 Tivo and a Cable Card TV.

I was thinking
1 MS and 1 SS in the TiVO and 1 SS in the TV.

Thoughts?

Shouldn't matter technically, but for the future, put the M-card in the bottom slot, and the s-card up top.

That way you won't have to swap the cards around when Tivo enables m-card support. Swapping kills the pairing information and you'll have to get the card re-set up.

Do it this way and just pop out the s-card after m-card is supported..

-t

Terial-DeVo

Discussion Starter · #7 · Oct 12, 2007

okay, i'll stick the MS card in slot 1 (bottom slot) SS in slot 2 (top slot)
and last SS card in the TV.

I hope this fixes my 9.1 issues, after 6 or 7 calls to comcast we decided to get new cards cause old ones were just not working.

atltom331

· #8 · Oct 12, 2007

So when they enable M card support will we be able to record 4 things at once?

SCSIRAID

· #9 · Oct 12, 2007

atltom331 said:
So when they enable M card support will we be able to record 4 things at once?

Dream on Alice....

SullyND

· #10 · Oct 12, 2007

atltom331 said:
So when they enable M card support will we be able to record 4 things at once?

1 M Card supports more than two tuners. However, the S3 is only capable of using two tuners at once.

richsadams

· #11 · Oct 12, 2007

Terial-DeVo said:
okay, i'll stick the MS card in slot 1 (bottom slot) SS in slot 2 (top slot)
and last SS card in the TV.

I hope this fixes my 9.1 issues, after 6 or 7 calls to comcast we decided to get new cards cause old ones were just not working.

Yep, as WDWMS suggested, that would be your best bet :up: ...although I'm betting that when M card support is enabled on the S3's the cablecos will figure out some way to have to get involved.

I am surprised that Comcast is allowing you to install your own cards though. They'll have no part of that here.

Joybob

· #12 · Oct 13, 2007

rainwater said:
I would definitely try to get to "M" cards though. Then when TiVo updates the software to support M cards in multistream mode, you can just remove the 2nd card and return it.

Has TiVo actually said that this is something they can enable through software? Or that they even plan on enabling?

wdwms

· #13 · Oct 13, 2007

Joybob said:
Has TiVo actually said that this is something they can enable through software? Or that they even plan on enabling?

I spoke with a very knowledgeable tech the other day and he said M-card support with SDV dongle is coming for the S3.

-t

dwit

· #14 · Oct 13, 2007

wdwms said:
I spoke with a very knowledgeable tech the other day and he said M-card support with SDV dongle is coming for the S3.

-t

Will TivoHD also have this SDV dongle capability? Or do they already have it?

bguzik

· #15 · Oct 13, 2007

dwit said:
Will TivoHD also have this SDV dongle capability? Or do they already have it?

It's called an "SDV Resolver" and will be distributed by the Cable Companies. My sources indicate to me that this is a direct result of TiVo soliciting the FCC....

It SHOULD work with any one-way CableCARD CE device (with an appropriate port interface of some kind...USB, etc.)...or at least that's the point of it being created...we'll see...

Barry

dwit

· #16 · Oct 13, 2007

bguzik said:
It's called an "SDV Resolver" and will be distributed by the Cable Companies. My sources indicate to me that this is a direct result of TiVo soliciting the FCC....

It SHOULD work with any one-way CableCARD CE device (with an appropriate port interface of some kind...USB, etc.)...or at least that's the point of it being created...we'll see...

Barry

Thank you.

sgcrockett1

· #17 · Oct 13, 2007

I have just acquired the motorola cable card with a picture that looks like a bat next to the name Motorola. Does that mean it is an "M" Card?

dwit

· #18 · Oct 13, 2007

sgcrockett1 said:
I have just acquired the motorola cable card with a picture that looks like a bat next to the name Motorola. Does that mean it is an "M" Card?

Sounds more like the Motorola logo.

sgcrockett1

· #19 · Oct 13, 2007

How do you tell if you have an m card versus an s card. Nothing on the cards I received indicates.

Graymalkin

· #20 · Oct 13, 2007

The M-card I have from Motorola actually says "M-Card" on it.

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