From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com ([209.85.221.181]:38183 "EHLO mail-qy0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751822AbZIHUTc (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:19:32 -0400 Received: by qyk11 with SMTP id 11so3121662qyk.1 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:19:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AA6BC70.4040007@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:20:00 +1000 From: Jed MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 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> <4AA0A317.6030605@gmail.com> <4AA54D9F.7060301@gmail.com> <4AA6B8E0.9070009@gmail.com> <4AA6B989.8070605@kernellabs.com> In-Reply-To: <4AA6B989.8070605@kernellabs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Steven Toth wrote: > 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. > Huh, but Hauppaguge site says hvr-2200 only does mpeg2 encode? My rationale was more flexibility by using software encode and free cpu cycles, I think it would be appealing to quite a few ;-) good night/morn