From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m78C6Rse031602 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:06:27 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.153]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m78C67tI010330 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:06:07 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e21so565303fga.7 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:06:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <489C36A3.4060603@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:05:55 +0100 From: zePh7r MIME-Version: 1.0 To: video4linux-list@redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Support for Asus My-Cinema U3000Hybrid? List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com List-ID: Sometime ago, I bought this usb hybrid tv tuner with FM radio, an Asus My-Cinema U3000Hybrid, which considering some Googling I've made on the subject seems to be a tuner primarily marketed to eastern and southern Europe markets. Asus is very scarce concerning information related to the device specifications. "Official" information is here http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1639&l1=18&l2=84&l3=254&l4=0 and here http://www.asus.com.au/products.aspx?l1=18&l2=84&l3=254&l4=0&model=1639&modelmenu=2 why the second link mentions a so-called "IXCEIVE" tv tuner and the first one omits it beats me completely. The device seems unsupported out-of-the-box in my OpenSUSE 11.0 (2.6.25.11 kernel) and when I tried googling about linux support I found a complete vacuum concerning it. The official support page (forum) has some questions related to linux support, all left unanswered. Also, I tried inquiring the direct email help support from asus, getting non-clear answers (all the operator told me was that "the specification of TV Tuner is Philips"). I was also surprised to see that this device is not mentioned in the mailing lists. my lsusb: Bus 007 Device 002: ID 04f3:0210 Elan Microelectronics Corp. AM-400 Hama Optical Mouse Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 003: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 007: ID 0b05:1736 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Bus 004 Device 005: ID 064e:a101 Suyin Corp. HP Pavilion dv9640us WebCam Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub and my lsusb -v concerning only to the asus device: Bus 004 Device 007: ID 0b05:1736 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0b05 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. idProduct 0x1736 bcdDevice 1.00 iManufacturer 1 iProduct 2 iSerial 3 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 46 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 4 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 0 bInterfaceProtocol 0 iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 1 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 1 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 1 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 1 can't get device qualifier: Operation not permitted can't get debug descriptor: Operation not permitted cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1) I think there is some confusion in the available information concerning the chips used in this device. According to other resource I found: http://www.senorg.ro/tv-tunere/asus , a Philips chipset seems to be used in older models, some analog only. In the other hand I since xceive tuners seem to do the job on both the analog and digital sides, I don't see the need to add a a DibCom chipset as well... As so I'm a little sceptical about the information available. I was thinking about trying the xc3028 or the other members of the xceive family of drivers but I was not sure as to em28xx would be an important part to add as well or what would be its role in it... I could think of opening the encased device but I'd preferably rather not, as it normally turns out to be irreversible... Thanks in advance, --zePh7r -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list