From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ffm.saftware.de ([83.141.3.46]) by www.linuxtv.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Kdnu4-0004qK-DQ for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:16:16 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffm.saftware.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6B1E6E2B for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:16:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ffm.saftware.de ([83.141.3.46]) by localhost (pinky.saftware.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id d3Lm3TaAUOHC for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:16:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [172.22.22.60] (unknown [92.50.81.33]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ffm.saftware.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E7CC9E6E1D for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:16:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48C9363C.6070801@linuxtv.org> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:16:12 +0200 From: Andreas Oberritter MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org References: <200809111621.44365.hftom@free.fr> In-Reply-To: <200809111621.44365.hftom@free.fr> Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Multiple frontends on a single adapter support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: Christophe Thommeret wrote: > Uri Shkolnik said: > "Some of the hardware devices which using our chipset have two tuners per > instance, and should expose 1-2 tuners with 0-2 demux (TS), since not all DTV > standard are TS based, and when they are (TS based), it depends when you are > using two given tuners together (diversity mode, same content) or each one > is used separately (different frequency and modulation, different content, > etc.)." > > > > So, here are my questions: > > @Steven Toth: > What do you think of Andreas' suggestion? Do you think it could be done that > way for HVR4000 (and 3000?) ? > > @Uri Shkolnik: > Do you mean that non-TS based standards don't make use of multiplexing at all? > I guess diversity mode should be transparent to the user, so such a device would register only one frontend (and thus only one demux) per set of tuners used in diversity mode. While your statements about non-TS based standards make sense, those standards would require further work to be covered by a future API. In this special case, however, we're discussing correct usage of the current (TS based) demux API. Regards, Andreas _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb