Re: [linux-dvb] linux-dvb Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9

2007-10-04 Thread Eduard Huguet
2. Re: DiB0700 firmware problems (Darren Salt) -- Missatge reenviat -- From: Darren Salt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:52:09 +0100 Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] DiB0700 firmware problems I demand that Eduard Huguet may or may not have

Re: [linux-dvb] linux-dvb Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9

2007-10-04 Thread Richard (MQ)
Eduard Huguet wrote: 2. Re: DiB0700 firmware problems (Darren Salt) ... because the system hanged very often when I used the TV remote (and when I say hanged I mean hanged: That'd be remote control as executioner, then... ;-) (Hint: you mean hung.) [snip] ... LOL. It results obvious

Re: [linux-dvb] linux-dvb Digest, Vol 33, Issue 11

2007-10-04 Thread Eduard Huguet
-- Missatge reenviat -- From: Richard (MQ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:00:47 +0100 Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] linux-dvb Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9 Eduard Huguet wrote: 2. Re: DiB0700 firmware problems (Darren Salt) ... because the

[linux-dvb] RE : RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Thierry Lelegard
I think there is at least one usage case where one might want to have the DekTec card integrated into the linux-dvb driver framework, which already has been mentioned: us the existing linux-dvb applications with it! Especially dvbsnoop is a very helpful tool for some cases. I definitely

Re: [linux-dvb] RE : RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Manu Abraham
Thierry Lelegard wrote: you may need a generic dvb loopback driver as described in my previous post. In that case, the device-specific code is written in userland and feeds the loopback driver. In the ideal world, yes. Copying in and out of kernel is not fun and eats a lot of your CPU. Which

Re: [linux-dvb] RE : RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Wolfgang Wegner
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 10:30:50AM +0200, Thierry Lelegard wrote: I think there is at least one usage case where one might want to have the DekTec card integrated into the linux-dvb driver framework, which already has been mentioned: us the existing linux-dvb applications with it!

Re: [linux-dvb] DiB0700 firmware problems

2007-10-04 Thread Laz
My findings... 1) system (uname -a) Linux vdr-tng 2.6.20-rc6 #1 PREEMPT Tue Jan 30 10:27:20 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux (This is with DVB drivers checked out from mercurial repository on 28/09/07.) System is a Via Epia MII-12000 with a 1200 MHz Via Nehemiah processor. 2) lspci-output 00:00.0

[linux-dvb] RE : RE : RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Thierry Lelegard
Copying in and out of kernel is not fun and eats a lot of your CPU. Which is quite useless. It is not a matter of performance, it is a matter of operating system security and stability. Access to a device is a matter of security, it needs access to internal kernel structure, it needs user

Re: [linux-dvb] linux-dvb Digest, Vol 33, Issue 11

2007-10-04 Thread Sid Boyce
Eduard Huguet wrote: -- Missatge reenviat -- From: Richard (MQ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org mailto:linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:00:47 +0100 Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] linux-dvb Digest, Vol 33,

Re: [linux-dvb] RE : RE : RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Manu Abraham
Thierry Lelegard wrote: Copying in and out of kernel is not fun and eats a lot of your CPU. Which is quite useless. It is not a matter of performance, it is a matter of operating system security and stability. In the outlook that we can accept that fact that we can live with reduced

[linux-dvb] RE : RE : RE : RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Thierry Lelegard
What do you do about devices having HW filters ? Then you will need to implement them in userland, in your view, which brings in inconsistent userspace interfaces. I addressed this in a previous mail of this thread. The device driver should report capabilities in a standard way: able to demux

Re: [linux-dvb] RE : RE : RE : RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Manu Abraham
Thierry Lelegard wrote: What do you do about devices having HW filters ? Then you will need to implement them in userland, in your view, which brings in inconsistent userspace interfaces. I addressed this in a previous mail of this thread. The device driver should report capabilities in a

Re: [linux-dvb] a question

2007-10-04 Thread Manu Abraham
Erez D wrote: On 10/3/07, Manu Abraham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Erez D wrote: manu, i see you are the expert regarding linux dvb-s2. i would like to help make the TT 3600 work under linux. knowing it's status will help me know what part of the linux drivers i need to master. First

Re: [linux-dvb] RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Andrea Venturi
hi, ehi, what a thorough explanation.. maybe things are not all this black and white.. i wrote my first answer a bit quickly but now i'd like to give two more bits for added value! Thierry Lelegard wrote: Also, as you pointed out, Dektec products can be either input, output or both.

[linux-dvb] I-Frame Detection

2007-10-04 Thread Thomas Lagemann
Hi there, this is a bit off-topic since it is not a really linux-specific question, but maybe someone does know this right away. I'm lookig for a way to recognize the type of a video-frame in MPEG-2 (I.P or B) to create smooth transitions between video files, without having to decode the whole

Re: [linux-dvb] a question

2007-10-04 Thread Erez D
On 10/3/07, Manu Abraham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Erez D wrote: manu, i see you are the expert regarding linux dvb-s2. i would like to help make the TT 3600 work under linux. knowing it's status will help me know what part of the linux drivers i need to master. First of

[linux-dvb] Hauppauge HVR-4000

2007-10-04 Thread Ian Bonham
Hi All, I've been searching list archives for a while and can't find an absolute answer to this, but can someone please let me know the status of the HVR-4000 at the moment please? I'm using Steve's driver (thanks for the work on this Steve) and can get DVB-S/2 perfectly, including BBC-HD. I'm

Re: [linux-dvb] RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Felix Domke
Andrea Venturi wrote: - the PowerPc SoC inside some DVB SET TOP BOX as Dreambox and the DGStation CubeCafe (Vulcan and Pallas) they do have actually a linux kernel running on the powerpc core but the decoding API are a bit home made and binary too (maybe thing are changing..) The

Re: [linux-dvb] RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Manu Abraham
Felix Domke wrote: Andrea Venturi wrote: - the PowerPc SoC inside some DVB SET TOP BOX as Dreambox and the DGStation CubeCafe (Vulcan and Pallas) they do have actually a linux kernel running on the powerpc core but the decoding API are a bit home made and binary too (maybe thing are

[linux-dvb] SkyStar2 Flexcop IIB 2.6D

2007-10-04 Thread Nicholas Colyer
Hi, I have tried to setup my debian etch with a skystar2 dvb-s card. Using dvbscan to create the channels.conf file and dvbtune to tune to one of the channels. mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 Mplayer reports No Video PID but has Audio which works and I can listen to it. The dvbtune shows the

Re: [linux-dvb] I-Frame Detection

2007-10-04 Thread Manu Abraham
Thomas Lagemann wrote: Hi there, this is a bit off-topic since it is not a really linux-specific question, but maybe someone does know this right away. I'm lookig for a way to recognize the type of a video-frame in MPEG-2 (I.P or B) to create smooth transitions between video files, without

Re: [linux-dvb] I-Frame Detection

2007-10-04 Thread Nico Sabbi
Il Thursday 04 October 2007 15:34:11 Thomas Lagemann ha scritto: Hi there, this is a bit off-topic since it is not a really linux-specific question, but maybe someone does know this right away. I'm lookig for a way to recognize the type of a video-frame in MPEG-2 (I.P or B) to create smooth

[linux-dvb] Warning, there seems to be a new Nova TD stick out!!

2007-10-04 Thread Henrik Beckman
Hi, I´ve posted some yesterday and I´ve done some more poking around and it just doesn´t find any signal in linux I´ve tried with two different antenna feeds who both works with windows, if I spilt my primary feed I can still run the t-500 PCI card but no matter what the TD stick never finds

Re: [linux-dvb] KNC1 DVB-S2 Plus, Satelco DVB-S2, TT S2 3200, Technisat DVB-S2

2007-10-04 Thread Gernot Pansy
hy, is there a updated mantis snapshot available that is compatible with the multiproto hg tree? i'd like to see my VP-1041 tunning faster (not 35 seconds)... thx, notz On Saturday 29 September 2007 02:29:16 Manu Abraham wrote: Hi folks, I have pushed out a tree containing support for the

Re: [linux-dvb] KNC1 DVB-S2 Plus, Satelco DVB-S2, TT S2 3200, Technisat DVB-S2

2007-10-04 Thread Manu Abraham
Gernot Pansy wrote: hy, is there a updated mantis snapshot available that is compatible with the multiproto hg tree? Not right now. But, soon. After this initial session. i'd like to see my VP-1041 tunning faster (not 35 seconds)... :) Manu

Re: [linux-dvb] DiB0700 firmware problems

2007-10-04 Thread Laz
On Thursday 04 October 2007 10:09, Laz wrote: My findings... When I was using the DVB drivers from this kernel (built back in January, I think) the system would work fine for a few days and then I would see a USB disconnect followed by lots of dib-usb (I think: they've now rotated out of my

Re: [linux-dvb] RE : RE : RE : RE : linux-dvb and Dektec [was: DVB API update]

2007-10-04 Thread Trent Piepho
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Thierry Lelegard wrote: What do you do about devices having HW filters ? Then you will need to implement them in userland, in your view, which brings in inconsistent userspace interfaces. I addressed this in a previous mail of this thread. The device driver should

Re: [linux-dvb] Technisat DVB-S2 Skystar HD

2007-10-04 Thread Manu Abraham
Manu Abraham wrote: Artem Makhutov wrote: Hi, On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 05:09:59PM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote: Artem Makhutov wrote: It is possible to tune to DVB-S and DVB-S2 channels. The driver has the same issues like the old driver on getting a LOCK on both DVB-S and DVB-S2 channels.

Re: [linux-dvb] Technisat DVB-S2 Skystar HD

2007-10-04 Thread Artem Makhutov
Hi, On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 01:30:53AM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote: Manu Abraham wrote: On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 05:09:59PM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote: Can you please get the log for (with STB0899 and STB6100 with verbose=5) [...] What's up ? Haven't heard after this. Just been quite

[linux-dvb] UltaView DBV-T Plus

2007-10-04 Thread Grahame Jordan
Hi, I have a UltaView DBV-T Plus TV card and am unable to get it working. This card is found in the gallery however there is no info on what parameters to pass to kernel. Presently I am using card=42 tuner=54 which is probably totally wrong. Can anyone help with the correct parameters? I am

[linux-dvb] Medion Quad(ro) - first tries on DVB-S

2007-10-04 Thread hermann pitton
Folks, since yesterday I got my dirty ;) fingers on a used double saa7131e Medion Quadro and got it up for the first PCI bridge in an MSI orange PCI slot on some nforce3 AMD stuff. Analog TV, noticeable worse than on my prior Asus P7131e Dual, works. DVB-T too, also with significant loss

[linux-dvb] Yuan Stratford PG300 DVB-T Remote

2007-10-04 Thread Sir Moloth
I got the card working with: options cx88xx card=43 and now I get the following in dmesg: [17179585.336000] cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.5 loaded [17179585.336000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:0b.0[A] - GSI 19 (level, low) - IRQ 193 [17179585.336000] CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 12ab:2300,