[linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards

[linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards

[Claes Lindblom]

Hi,
I currently have a Azurewave AD-SP400 CI (Twinhan VP-1041)  DVB-S2 card 
but I'm not sure if it
that stable to have it running 24h every day on a server.
I'm looking for a good DVB-S2 card that works out of the box in Linux 
kernel, does anyone have any good
recommendations, both with or without CI. It's important that it is 
stable so I don't have to restart the server.
I'm running Ubuntu Server 9.04 64-bit with kernel 2.6.28-11-server.

/Claes

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[linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards

[sacha]

Claes
Forget all that has with stability to do on Linux, it will never work!
It is my experience after three years of desperate trying. I have the
same card and some others. Sometimes they works sometimes no. 24 hours
running is called High Availability in IT world and can be assured only
by the commercial solutions. Believe me, I spent 14 years in commercial
Unix and know what I am talking about.

KR

>Hi,
>I currently have a Azurewave AD-SP400 CI (Twinhan VP-1041)  DVB-S2
>card 
>but I'm not sure if it
>that stable to have it running 24h every day on a server.
>I'm looking for a good DVB-S2 card that works out of the box in Linux 
>kernel, does anyone have any good
>recommendations, both with or without CI. It's important that it is 
>stable so I don't have to restart the server.
>I'm running Ubuntu Server 9.04 64-bit with kernel 2.6.28-11-server.

</Claes


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Re: [linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards

[Simon Kenyon]

sacha wrote:
> Forget all that has with stability to do on Linux, it will never work!
> It is my experience after three years of desperate trying. I have the
> same card and some others. Sometimes they works sometimes no. 24 hours
> running is called High Availability in IT world and can be assured only
> by the commercial solutions. Believe me, I spent 14 years in commercial
> Unix and know what I am talking about.
>   
that cannot go unchallenged
my linux boxes never crash
not unless i do something really stupid

they have been up for 16 days
and that is so short because i had a power failure

and i've been using unix/linux for over 25 years
--
simon

Re: [linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards

[Jens.Peder.Terjesen]

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Re: [linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards

[Claes Lindblom]

Jens.Peder.Terjesen@devoteam.com wrote:
>
> -----sacha wrote: -----
>
> >To: claesl@gmail.com
> >From: sacha <sacha@hemmail.se>
> >Sent by: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org
> >Date: 22-06-2009 21:21
> >cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> >Subject: [linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards
> >
> >Claes
> >Forget all that has with stability to do on Linux, it will never
> >work!
> >It is my experience after three years of desperate trying. I have the
> >same card and some others. Sometimes they works sometimes no. 24
> >hours
> >running is called High Availability in IT world and can be assured
> >only
> >by the commercial solutions. Believe me, I spent 14 years in
> >commercial
> >Unix and know what I am talking about.
> >
> >KR
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>I currently have a Azurewave AD-SP400 CI (Twinhan VP-1041)  DVB-S2
> >>card 
> >>but I'm not sure if it
> >>that stable to have it running 24h every day on a server.
> >>I'm looking for a good DVB-S2 card that works out of the box in
> >Linux 
> >>kernel, does anyone have any good
> >>recommendations, both with or without CI. It's important that it is 
> >>stable so I don't have to restart the server.
> >>I'm running Ubuntu Server 9.04 64-bit with kernel 2.6.28-11-server.
> >
> ></Claes
> >
>
> I have three Hauppauge HVR-4000. Two that have been used for DVB-S for
> about one year and one for DVB-S2 for about half a year without any
> stability issues.
> In the beginning it was a little fiddly with patching v4l-dvb, but
> support for this card was included in v4l-dvb last autumn and in the
> 2.6.28 kernel in November or December last year.
>
Thats sounds really good, does it work well with DVB-S2 and Mythtv?
By the way to use them in the same computer?

What's the status of Technotrend TT 1600 and 3200 in the main dvb-tree?
And how about the issues noted in this thread
http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2009-February/031779.html ?

Re : [linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards

[Manu]

Le 06/07/2009 15:12:00, Claes Lindblom a écrit :
> Jens.Peder.Terjesen@devoteam.com wrote:
> >
> > -----sacha wrote: -----
> >
> > >To: claesl@gmail.com
> > >From: sacha <sacha@hemmail.se>
> > >Sent by: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org
> > >Date: 22-06-2009 21:21
> > >cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> > >Subject: [linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards
> > >
> > >Claes
> > >Forget all that has with stability to do on Linux, it will never
> > >work!
> > >It is my experience after three years of desperate trying. I have
> the
> > >same card and some others. Sometimes they works sometimes no. 24
> > >hours
> > >running is called High Availability in IT world and can be assured
> > >only
> > >by the commercial solutions. Believe me, I spent 14 years in
> > >commercial
> > >Unix and know what I am talking about.
> > >
> > >KR
> > >
> > >>Hi,
> > >>I currently have a Azurewave AD-SP400 CI (Twinhan VP-1041)  DVB-
> S2
> > >>card 
> > >>but I'm not sure if it
> > >>that stable to have it running 24h every day on a server.
> > >>I'm looking for a good DVB-S2 card that works out of the box in
> > >Linux 
> > >>kernel, does anyone have any good
> > >>recommendations, both with or without CI. It's important that it
> is 
> > >>stable so I don't have to restart the server.
> > >>I'm running Ubuntu Server 9.04 64-bit with kernel
> 2.6.28-11-server.
> > >
> > ></Claes
> > >
> >
> > I have three Hauppauge HVR-4000. Two that have been used for DVB-S
> for
> > about one year and one for DVB-S2 for about half a year without any
> > stability issues.
> > In the beginning it was a little fiddly with patching v4l-dvb, but
> > support for this card was included in v4l-dvb last autumn and in 
> the
> > 2.6.28 kernel in November or December last year.
> >
> Thats sounds really good, does it work well with DVB-S2 and Mythtv?
> By the way to use them in the same computer?
> 
> What's the status of Technotrend TT 1600 and 3200 in the main
> dvb-tree?
> And how about the issues noted in this thread
> http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2009-February/031779.html ?

Here TT 3200 works great (using CI) for DVB-S pnmy. I cant tell for S2 
as there is no transponder (apart for one but which has a way too high 
symbol rate). I use the v4l-dvb tree and mythtv's trunk (dont remember 
if I use a patch or not).
Bye
Manu

Re: Re : [linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards

[hermann pitton]

Am Montag, den 06.07.2009, 21:31 -0400 schrieb Manu:
> Le 06/07/2009 15:12:00, Claes Lindblom a écrit :
> > Jens.Peder.Terjesen@devoteam.com wrote:
> > >
> > > -----sacha wrote: -----
> > >
> > > >To: claesl@gmail.com
> > > >From: sacha <sacha@hemmail.se>
> > > >Sent by: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org
> > > >Date: 22-06-2009 21:21
> > > >cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> > > >Subject: [linux-dvb] Best stable DVB-S2 cards
> > > >
> > > >Claes
> > > >Forget all that has with stability to do on Linux, it will never
> > > >work!
> > > >It is my experience after three years of desperate trying. I have
> > the
> > > >same card and some others. Sometimes they works sometimes no. 24
> > > >hours
> > > >running is called High Availability in IT world and can be assured
> > > >only
> > > >by the commercial solutions. Believe me, I spent 14 years in
> > > >commercial
> > > >Unix and know what I am talking about.
> > > >
> > > >KR
> > > >
> > > >>Hi,
> > > >>I currently have a Azurewave AD-SP400 CI (Twinhan VP-1041)  DVB-
> > S2
> > > >>card 
> > > >>but I'm not sure if it
> > > >>that stable to have it running 24h every day on a server.
> > > >>I'm looking for a good DVB-S2 card that works out of the box in
> > > >Linux 
> > > >>kernel, does anyone have any good
> > > >>recommendations, both with or without CI. It's important that it
> > is 
> > > >>stable so I don't have to restart the server.
> > > >>I'm running Ubuntu Server 9.04 64-bit with kernel
> > 2.6.28-11-server.
> > > >
> > > ></Claes
> > > >
> > >
> > > I have three Hauppauge HVR-4000. Two that have been used for DVB-S
> > for
> > > about one year and one for DVB-S2 for about half a year without any
> > > stability issues.
> > > In the beginning it was a little fiddly with patching v4l-dvb, but
> > > support for this card was included in v4l-dvb last autumn and in 
> > the
> > > 2.6.28 kernel in November or December last year.
> > >
> > Thats sounds really good, does it work well with DVB-S2 and Mythtv?
> > By the way to use them in the same computer?
> > 
> > What's the status of Technotrend TT 1600 and 3200 in the main
> > dvb-tree?
> > And how about the issues noted in this thread
> > http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2009-February/031779.html ?
> 
> Here TT 3200 works great (using CI) for DVB-S pnmy. I cant tell for S2 
> as there is no transponder (apart for one but which has a way too high 
> symbol rate). I use the v4l-dvb tree and mythtv's trunk (dont remember 
> if I use a patch or not).
> Bye
> Manu
> 

For the TT 1600 S2 are no further reports since then.

The only reason not to have one yet is being short of PCI slots (1
special, 1 as usual) and I would have to remove a triple capable card,
but still some PCIe slot is free, with not much getting back. The S2
stuff here is mostly what BBC HD already had last year.

If you fail on that one, I would still take it at the level of
dvbshop.net and pay for all previous and additional shipping.


Cheers,
Hermann