From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f192.google.com ([209.85.211.192]:55506 "EHLO mail-yw0-f192.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932159AbZIDFXr (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:23:47 -0400 Received: by ywh30 with SMTP id 30so1162750ywh.25 for ; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:23:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AA0A317.6030605@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:18:15 +1000 From: Jed MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Krufky CC: Linux Media Mailing List Subject: Re: PCI/e with dual DVB-T + AV-in? References: <4A9F5B73.8060004@gmail.com> <4A9FFD29.7090607@gmail.com> <37219a840909031126w2cbde9e2ld3cbffe8dfa64353@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <37219a840909031126w2cbde9e2ld3cbffe8dfa64353@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: >>> Hi Ya'll, >>> >>> Going on response levels thus far I'm not expecting much :-D but I was >>> wondering if someone could possibly help me out here. >>> >>> Is there anything with half-decent driver support that is PCI/e, and has >>> dual DVB-T + A/V-in?* >>> As a bonus it would be dual Hybrid and have hardware encode, but I >>> wouldn't expect either to work at this stage. >>> >>> I'm still trawling through mail-lists & wiki's etc, so I may yet find the >>> best solution, but I was hoping some might already know. >>> Any advice or even just a response to chastise me is greatly appreciated! >>> :-D >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jed >>> *Is HVR-2200 the only option? >>> I wish there was something with better AV-in but it might end-up being my >>> final choice. >>> >>> >>> >> Jed wrote: >> I've stopped looking for an alternative card, going to have a crack at >> getting my 7162-based device working. >> Still, any suggestions in the meantime are most welcome! I've also decided >> AV-in isn't that important... >> So just a known, nicely working PCI/e + dual DVB-T card, having the other >> features is nice but they needn't be working yet. >> >> Wish me luck! :-D >> >> > > HVR2200 is in well supported now for digital-only. It is a dual tuner > board using a PCI-E interface. It has A/V capabilities that are not > *yet* supported in Linux. Don't know when A/V will be supported, but > it will probably happen, eventually. > > It is a dual hybrid, and it does do hardware encode. (although not > yet in Linux) This probably is the device for you. > > To follow the development more closely, see the blog on kernellabs.com > > I hope this helps. > > Regards, > > Mike > > Thanks Michael for your efforts to make a suggestion! I know about this one and so far it looks to be the best candidate in-terms of overall features + support. Unless people on this list believe there's something that's _potentially_ better? Cheers, Jed