From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.198]:33365 "EHLO mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751283AbZIHUHp (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:07:45 -0400 Received: from steven-toths-macbook-pro.local (ool-18bfe0d5.dyn.optonline.net [24.191.224.213]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KPO001WE58PO541@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:37 -0400 From: Steven Toth Subject: Re: PCI/e with dual DVB-T + AV-in? In-reply-to: <4AA6B8E0.9070009@gmail.com> To: Jed Cc: Linux Media Mailing List Message-id: <4AA6B989.8070605@kernellabs.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <4A9F5B73.8060004@gmail.com> <4A9FFD29.7090607@gmail.com> <37219a840909031126w2cbde9e2ld3cbffe8dfa64353@mail.gmail.com> <4AA0A317.6030605@gmail.com> <4AA54D9F.7060301@gmail.com> <4AA6B8E0.9070009@gmail.com> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 9/8/09 4:04 PM, Jed wrote: > >>>>>> 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 >> >> Hi saa7164 devs, once(if) the software support is in place for A/V-in... >> Do you know if it'd be possible to bypass hw encode and dump >> uncompressed HD/SD with this card? >> Or is it limited hardware-wise to even do this? >> >> Cheers, >> Jed > Hi, could I possibly get a response to this please? No idea, I have yet to look into this. All things considered I doubt it's worth spending time on raw analog when the goal for most people is to have the mpeg2/4/wmv hardware encoder working. -- Steven Toth - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com