From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.kapsi.fi ([217.30.184.167]:50738 "EHLO mail.kapsi.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751210Ab3FDKS3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2013 06:18:29 -0400 Message-ID: <51ADBECD.1070102@iki.fi> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:17:49 +0300 From: Antti Palosaari MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luca Olivetti CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Diversity support? References: <507EE702.2010103@ventoso.org> <5091691A.4070903@ventoso.org> <51ACB2CA.6060503@ventoso.org> <51AD23F1.1050903@iki.fi> <51AD9758.2050009@ventoso.org> In-Reply-To: <51AD9758.2050009@ventoso.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/04/2013 10:29 AM, Luca Olivetti wrote: > Al 04/06/13 01:17, En/na Antti Palosaari ha escrit: > >>> I'm not easily discouraged :-) so here's the question again: is there >>> some dvb-t usb stick (possibly available on the EU market) with >>> diversity support under Linux? >> >> I have feeling AF9035/IT9135 dual devices could do that. > > Looking at the wiki, most devices based on those demodulators are either > unsupported or have a dual tuner but not diversity. Because diversity is not interesting feature at all in normal use case. Whole DVB-T standard fits poorly for mobile usage and you cannot make situation that much better using diversity. Dual hardware could support diversity, but it is not usually enabled by software. regards Antti -- http://palosaari.fi/