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From: Richard Zidlicky <rz@linux-m68k.org>
To: Pedro =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=F4rte-Real?= <pedro@pedrocr.net>
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Subject: Re: Trouble getting DVB-T working with Portuguese transmissions
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 02:28:38PM +0100, Pedro Côrte-Real wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Richard Zidlicky <rz@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > berr is supposed to be the bit error rate. The values displayed here appear to be
> > bogus - then again I am not familiar with this particular driver so maybe just the
> > error reporting is bogus. The w_scan results also look pretty bad.
> >
> > Newest kernel is allways worth a try.
> 
> I have tried a git snapshot of Linus' 2.6.35 kernel. Is there another
> non-mainline tree I should try?
> 
> Would it help to get some kind of dvbsnoop log of this? I've tried
> doing "dvbsnoop  -s pidscan" and "dvbsnoop 0" but didn't get anything
> that seemed valid.

did you test the hardware with the evil OS? 

> Alternatively what is a well supported usb DVB-T tunner? I've also
> bought an Avermedia Volar HX and a Gigabyte 7200 which seem to have at
> best some half-assed out-of-tree drivers.

I am using 
 idVendor=2040, idProduct=5500
 WinTV MiniStick
 Manufacturer: Hauppauge Computer Works

works reasonably well, needs a patch to enable remote.

Richard