Re: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

Re: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Soeren Moch]

 > > Hi. I would be happy to hear if anyone has tried both the NOVA-TD 
and the
 > > NOVA-T. The NOVA-T has always worked perfectly here but I would 
like to know
 > > if the -TD will do the job of two NOVA-T's. And there also seems to 
be a new
 > > version out with two small antenna connectors instead of the previous
 > > configuration. Anyone tried it? Does it come with an antenna 
adaptor cable?
 > > http://www.hauppauge.de/de/pics/novatdstick_top.jpg
 > > Thankful for any info.
 >
 > Well I've this usb stick with these two small connectors - and it runs
 > just fine.
 >
 > Though I think there is some problem with suspend/resume recently
 > (2.6.32-rc5)  and it needs some inspection.
 >
 > But it works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing.
 >
 > And yes - it contains two small antennas with small connectors and
 > one adapter for normal antenna - i.e. 1 antenna input goes to 2 small
 > antenna connectors.

zdenek, your nova-td stick works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing?
I always had this problem:
When one channel is streaming and the other channel is switched on, the
stream of the already running channel gets broken.
see also: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg06376.html

Can you please test this case on your nova-td stick?

Thanks,
Soeren

Re: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Zdenek Kabelac]

2009/11/2 Soeren Moch <Soeren.Moch@stud.uni-hannover.de>:
>
>> > Hi. I would be happy to hear if anyone has tried both the NOVA-TD and
>> > the
>> > NOVA-T. The NOVA-T has always worked perfectly here but I would like to
>> > know
>> > if the -TD will do the job of two NOVA-T's. And there also seems to be a
>> > new
>> > version out with two small antenna connectors instead of the previous
>> > configuration. Anyone tried it? Does it come with an antenna adaptor
>> > cable?
>> > http://www.hauppauge.de/de/pics/novatdstick_top.jpg
>> > Thankful for any info.
>>
>> Well I've this usb stick with these two small connectors - and it runs
>> just fine.
>>
>> Though I think there is some problem with suspend/resume recently
>> (2.6.32-rc5)  and it needs some inspection.
>>
>> But it works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing.
>>
>> And yes - it contains two small antennas with small connectors and
>> one adapter for normal antenna - i.e. 1 antenna input goes to 2 small
>> antenna connectors.
>
> zdenek, your nova-td stick works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing?
> I always had this problem:
> When one channel is streaming and the other channel is switched on, the
> stream of the already running channel gets broken.
> see also:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg06376.html
>
> Can you please test this case on your nova-td stick?

I'll recheck in the evening whether there are no regression, but I've
been able to get 3 dvb-t independent (different mux) TV streams (with
the usage of the second stick Aver Hybrid Volar HX & proprietary Aver
driver) with 2.6.29/30 vanilla kernels played at the same time on my
C2D T61.

Zdenek

Re: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Zdenek Kabelac]

2009/11/3 Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@gmail.com>:
> 2009/11/2 Soeren Moch <Soeren.Moch@stud.uni-hannover.de>:
>>
>>> > Hi. I would be happy to hear if anyone has tried both the NOVA-TD and
>>> > the
>>> > NOVA-T. The NOVA-T has always worked perfectly here but I would like to
>>> > know
>>> > if the -TD will do the job of two NOVA-T's. And there also seems to be a
>>> > new
>>> > version out with two small antenna connectors instead of the previous
>>> > configuration. Anyone tried it? Does it come with an antenna adaptor
>>> > cable?
>>> > http://www.hauppauge.de/de/pics/novatdstick_top.jpg
>>> > Thankful for any info.
>>>
>>> Well I've this usb stick with these two small connectors - and it runs
>>> just fine.
>>>
>>> Though I think there is some problem with suspend/resume recently
>>> (2.6.32-rc5)  and it needs some inspection.
>>>
>>> But it works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing.
>>>
>>> And yes - it contains two small antennas with small connectors and
>>> one adapter for normal antenna - i.e. 1 antenna input goes to 2 small
>>> antenna connectors.
>>
>> zdenek, your nova-td stick works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing?
>> I always had this problem:
>> When one channel is streaming and the other channel is switched on, the
>> stream of the already running channel gets broken.
>> see also:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg06376.html
>>
>> Can you please test this case on your nova-td stick?
>
> I'll recheck in the evening whether there are no regression, but I've
> been able to get 3 dvb-t independent (different mux) TV streams (with
> the usage of the second stick Aver Hybrid Volar HX & proprietary Aver
> driver) with 2.6.29/30 vanilla kernels played at the same time on my
> C2D T61.
>


Ok - I could confirm, I'm able to play two different muxes at the same
time from this USB stick. And I do not experience any stream damage.
I'm running Fedora Rawhide with vanilla kernel 2.6.32-rc5, kaffeine
0.8.7 for the first adapter and relatively fresh mplayer compilation
for the second adapter

Thought there are things to be reported and fixed (some USB regression
I guess) - I'll handle this via lkml.


Anyway here is dmesg USB stick identification (labeled  WinTV  Nova-TD)

USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=5200
USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Product: NovaT 500Stick

Regards

Zdenek

Re: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Soeren Moch]

Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
 > 2009/11/3 Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@gmail.com>:
 >> 2009/11/2 Soeren Moch <Soeren.Moch@stud.uni-hannover.de>:
 >>>>> Hi. I would be happy to hear if anyone has tried both the NOVA-TD and
 >>>>> the
 >>>>> NOVA-T. The NOVA-T has always worked perfectly here but I would 
like to
 >>>>> know
 >>>>> if the -TD will do the job of two NOVA-T's. And there also seems 
to be a
 >>>>> new
 >>>>> version out with two small antenna connectors instead of the previous
 >>>>> configuration. Anyone tried it? Does it come with an antenna adaptor
 >>>>> cable?
 >>>>> http://www.hauppauge.de/de/pics/novatdstick_top.jpg
 >>>>> Thankful for any info.
 >>>> Well I've this usb stick with these two small connectors - and it runs
 >>>> just fine.
 >>>>
 >>>> Though I think there is some problem with suspend/resume recently
 >>>> (2.6.32-rc5)  and it needs some inspection.
 >>>>
 >>>> But it works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing.
 >>>>
 >>>> And yes - it contains two small antennas with small connectors and
 >>>> one adapter for normal antenna - i.e. 1 antenna input goes to 2 small
 >>>> antenna connectors.
 >>> zdenek, your nova-td stick works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing?
 >>> I always had this problem:
 >>> When one channel is streaming and the other channel is switched on, the
 >>> stream of the already running channel gets broken.
 >>> see also:
 >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg06376.html
 >>>
 >>> Can you please test this case on your nova-td stick?
 >> I'll recheck in the evening whether there are no regression, but I've
 >> been able to get 3 dvb-t independent (different mux) TV streams (with
 >> the usage of the second stick Aver Hybrid Volar HX & proprietary Aver
 >> driver) with 2.6.29/30 vanilla kernels played at the same time on my
 >> C2D T61.
 >>
 >
 >
 > Ok - I could confirm, I'm able to play two different muxes at the same
 > time from this USB stick. And I do not experience any stream damage.
 > I'm running Fedora Rawhide with vanilla kernel 2.6.32-rc5, kaffeine
 > 0.8.7 for the first adapter and relatively fresh mplayer compilation
 > for the second adapter
 >
 > Thought there are things to be reported and fixed (some USB regression
 > I guess) - I'll handle this via lkml.
 >
 >
 > Anyway here is dmesg USB stick identification (labeled  WinTV  Nova-TD)
 >
 > USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=5200
 > USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
 > Product: NovaT 500Stick
 >
 > Regards
 >
 > Zdenek
 >

Very strange. Playing of two different muxes is also no problem for me, 
as long
as no new stream is started (of course after switching off one of the 
streams
before). In the start moment of the new the stream the already running 
stream
is disturbed and I see a demaged group of pictures in the old stream. After
these few pictures the stream is running fine again.

I cannot imagine that this is a specific problem of my stick, however,
thank you for testing!

Regards,
Soeren

Re: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Zdenek Kabelac]

2009/11/4 Soeren Moch <Soeren.Moch@stud.uni-hannover.de>:
> Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
>> 2009/11/3 Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@gmail.com>:
>>> 2009/11/2 Soeren Moch <Soeren.Moch@stud.uni-hannover.de>:
>>>>>> Hi. I would be happy to hear if anyone has tried both the NOVA-TD and
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> NOVA-T. The NOVA-T has always worked perfectly here but I would like
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> know
>>>>>> if the -TD will do the job of two NOVA-T's. And there also seems to be
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> new
>>>>>> version out with two small antenna connectors instead of the previous
>>>>>> configuration. Anyone tried it? Does it come with an antenna adaptor
>>>>>> cable?
>>>>>> http://www.hauppauge.de/de/pics/novatdstick_top.jpg
>>>>>> Thankful for any info.
>>>>> Well I've this usb stick with these two small connectors - and it runs
>>>>> just fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Though I think there is some problem with suspend/resume recently
>>>>> (2.6.32-rc5)  and it needs some inspection.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing.
>>>>>
>>>>> And yes - it contains two small antennas with small connectors and
>>>>> one adapter for normal antenna - i.e. 1 antenna input goes to 2 small
>>>>> antenna connectors.
>>>> zdenek, your nova-td stick works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing?
>>>> I always had this problem:
>>>> When one channel is streaming and the other channel is switched on, the
>>>> stream of the already running channel gets broken.
>>>> see also:
>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg06376.html
>>>>
>>>> Can you please test this case on your nova-td stick?
>>> I'll recheck in the evening whether there are no regression, but I've
>>> been able to get 3 dvb-t independent (different mux) TV streams (with
>>> the usage of the second stick Aver Hybrid Volar HX & proprietary Aver
>>> driver) with 2.6.29/30 vanilla kernels played at the same time on my
>>> C2D T61.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ok - I could confirm, I'm able to play two different muxes at the same
>> time from this USB stick. And I do not experience any stream damage.
>> I'm running Fedora Rawhide with vanilla kernel 2.6.32-rc5, kaffeine
>> 0.8.7 for the first adapter and relatively fresh mplayer compilation
>> for the second adapter
>>
>> Thought there are things to be reported and fixed (some USB regression
>> I guess) - I'll handle this via lkml.
>>
>>
>> Anyway here is dmesg USB stick identification (labeled  WinTV  Nova-TD)
>>
>> USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=5200
>> USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
>> Product: NovaT 500Stick
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Zdenek
>>
>
> Very strange. Playing of two different muxes is also no problem for me, as
> long
> as no new stream is started (of course after switching off one of the
> streams
> before). In the start moment of the new the stream the already running
> stream
> is disturbed and I see a demaged group of pictures in the old stream. After
> these few pictures the stream is running fine again.
>
> I cannot imagine that this is a specific problem of my stick, however,
> thank you for testing!


Hmm - well I haven't made a close inspection (frame by frame) of every
frame during the startup of second player.
Kaffaine seems to have blocked screen refresh because Xorg gets locked
via starting mplayer.
So there is definitely frame skipping viewing experience - but that's
the flaw of Xorg - sound is played just fine.

If I should check whether there are no TS stream errors only at the
moment of startup, I'll need to grab both streams and make a better
analysis.  My current statement was purely based on the fact, that I
could watch both channels without any picture artefacts or sound
distorsion - but during startup there is surelly a period, when some
frames are not even visibile, because kaffeine cannot even refresh
playing window - but that's another story....


Zdenek

SV: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Magnus Hörlin]

> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media-
> owner@vger.kernel.org] För Zdenek Kabelac
> Skickat: den 4 november 2009 12:34
> Till: Soeren Moch
> Kopia: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> Ämne: Re: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?
> 
> 2009/11/4 Soeren Moch <Soeren.Moch@stud.uni-hannover.de>:
> > Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
> >> 2009/11/3 Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@gmail.com>:
> >>> 2009/11/2 Soeren Moch <Soeren.Moch@stud.uni-hannover.de>:
> >>>>>> Hi. I would be happy to hear if anyone has tried both the NOVA-TD
> and
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> NOVA-T. The NOVA-T has always worked perfectly here but I would
> like
> >>>>>> to
> >>>>>> know
> >>>>>> if the -TD will do the job of two NOVA-T's. And there also seems to
> be
> >>>>>> a
> >>>>>> new
> >>>>>> version out with two small antenna connectors instead of the
> previous
> >>>>>> configuration. Anyone tried it? Does it come with an antenna
> adaptor
> >>>>>> cable?
> >>>>>> http://www.hauppauge.de/de/pics/novatdstick_top.jpg
> >>>>>> Thankful for any info.
> >>>>> Well I've this usb stick with these two small connectors - and it
> runs
> >>>>> just fine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Though I think there is some problem with suspend/resume recently
> >>>>> (2.6.32-rc5)  and it needs some inspection.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But it works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And yes - it contains two small antennas with small connectors and
> >>>>> one adapter for normal antenna - i.e. 1 antenna input goes to 2
> small
> >>>>> antenna connectors.
> >>>> zdenek, your nova-td stick works just fine for dual dvb-t viewing?
> >>>> I always had this problem:
> >>>> When one channel is streaming and the other channel is switched on,
> the
> >>>> stream of the already running channel gets broken.
> >>>> see also:
> >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg06376.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Can you please test this case on your nova-td stick?
> >>> I'll recheck in the evening whether there are no regression, but I've
> >>> been able to get 3 dvb-t independent (different mux) TV streams (with
> >>> the usage of the second stick Aver Hybrid Volar HX & proprietary Aver
> >>> driver) with 2.6.29/30 vanilla kernels played at the same time on my
> >>> C2D T61.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ok - I could confirm, I'm able to play two different muxes at the same
> >> time from this USB stick. And I do not experience any stream damage.
> >> I'm running Fedora Rawhide with vanilla kernel 2.6.32-rc5, kaffeine
> >> 0.8.7 for the first adapter and relatively fresh mplayer compilation
> >> for the second adapter
> >>
> >> Thought there are things to be reported and fixed (some USB regression
> >> I guess) - I'll handle this via lkml.
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway here is dmesg USB stick identification (labeled  WinTV  Nova-TD)
> >>
> >> USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=5200
> >> USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> >> Product: NovaT 500Stick
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Zdenek
> >>
> >
> > Very strange. Playing of two different muxes is also no problem for me,
> as
> > long
> > as no new stream is started (of course after switching off one of the
> > streams
> > before). In the start moment of the new the stream the already running
> > stream
> > is disturbed and I see a demaged group of pictures in the old stream.
> After
> > these few pictures the stream is running fine again.
> >
> > I cannot imagine that this is a specific problem of my stick, however,
> > thank you for testing!
> 
> 
> Hmm - well I haven't made a close inspection (frame by frame) of every
> frame during the startup of second player.
> Kaffaine seems to have blocked screen refresh because Xorg gets locked
> via starting mplayer.
> So there is definitely frame skipping viewing experience - but that's
> the flaw of Xorg - sound is played just fine.
> 
> If I should check whether there are no TS stream errors only at the
> moment of startup, I'll need to grab both streams and make a better
> analysis.  My current statement was purely based on the fact, that I
> could watch both channels without any picture artefacts or sound
> distorsion - but during startup there is surelly a period, when some
> frames are not even visibile, because kaffeine cannot even refresh
> playing window - but that's another story....
> 
> 
> Zdenek


Hi again. Just got my two new NOVA-TD's and at a first glance they seemed to perform well. Closer inspections however revealed that I see exactly the same issues as Soeren. Watching live TV with VDR on one adaptor while constantly retuning the other one using:
while true;do tzap -x svt1;done
gives a short glitch in the VDR stream on almost every tzap. Another €100 down the drain. I'll probably buy four NOVA-T's instead just like I planned to at first.

/Magnus H

Re: SV: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Soeren Moch]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2296 bytes --]

 > > >
 > > > Very strange. Playing of two different muxes is also no problem 
for me,
 > > as
 > > > long
 > > > as no new stream is started (of course after switching off one of the
 > > > streams
 > > > before). In the start moment of the new the stream the already 
running
 > > > stream
 > > > is disturbed and I see a demaged group of pictures in the old stream.
 > > After
 > > > these few pictures the stream is running fine again.
 > > >
 > > > I cannot imagine that this is a specific problem of my stick, 
however,
 > > > thank you for testing!
 > >
 > >
 > > Hmm - well I haven't made a close inspection (frame by frame) of every
 > > frame during the startup of second player.
 > > Kaffaine seems to have blocked screen refresh because Xorg gets locked
 > > via starting mplayer.
 > > So there is definitely frame skipping viewing experience - but that's
 > > the flaw of Xorg - sound is played just fine.
 > >
 > > If I should check whether there are no TS stream errors only at the
 > > moment of startup, I'll need to grab both streams and make a better
 > > analysis.  My current statement was purely based on the fact, that I
 > > could watch both channels without any picture artefacts or sound
 > > distorsion - but during startup there is surelly a period, when some
 > > frames are not even visibile, because kaffeine cannot even refresh
 > > playing window - but that's another story....
 > >
 > >
 > > Zdenek
 >
 >
 > Hi again. Just got my two new NOVA-TD's and at a first glance they 
seemed to
 > perform well. Closer inspections however revealed that I see exactly 
the same
 > issues as Soeren. Watching live TV with VDR on one adaptor while 
constantly
 > retuning the other one using:
 > while true;do tzap -x svt1;done
 > gives a short glitch in the VDR stream on almost every tzap. Another 
100EUR down
 > the drain. I'll probably buy four NOVA-T's instead just like I 
planned to at
 > first.
 >
 > /Magnus H

Slowly, slowly. Magnus, you want to support dibcom with another 100EUR for
there poor performance in fixing the firmware?
Please test my patches, the nova-td is running fine with these patches, 
at least for me.

Patrick, any progress here? Will dibcom fix the firmware, or will you 
integrate the
patches? Or what can I do to go on?

Regards,
Soeren



[-- Attachment #2: mt2266.patch --]
[-- Type: text/x-patch, Size: 2062 bytes --]

--- drivers/media/common/tuners/mt2266.c.orig	2009-06-29 22:11:08.000000000 +0200
+++ drivers/media/common/tuners/mt2266.c	2009-06-29 22:21:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ static int mt2266_set_params(struct dvb_
 	freq = params->frequency / 1000; // Hz -> kHz
 	if (freq < 470000 && freq > 230000)
 		return -EINVAL; /* Gap between VHF and UHF bands */
-	priv->bandwidth = (fe->ops.info.type == FE_OFDM) ? params->u.ofdm.bandwidth : 0;
 	priv->frequency = freq * 1000;
 
 	tune = 2 * freq * (8192/16) / (FREF/16);
@@ -145,21 +144,24 @@ static int mt2266_set_params(struct dvb_
 	if (band == MT2266_VHF)
 		tune *= 2;
 
-	switch (params->u.ofdm.bandwidth) {
-	case BANDWIDTH_6_MHZ:
-		mt2266_writeregs(priv, mt2266_init_6mhz,
-				 sizeof(mt2266_init_6mhz));
-		break;
-	case BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:
-		mt2266_writeregs(priv, mt2266_init_7mhz,
-				 sizeof(mt2266_init_7mhz));
-		break;
-	case BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:
-	default:
-		mt2266_writeregs(priv, mt2266_init_8mhz,
-				 sizeof(mt2266_init_8mhz));
-		break;
-	}
+        if (priv->bandwidth != params->u.ofdm.bandwidth) {
+          priv->bandwidth = (fe->ops.info.type == FE_OFDM) ? params->u.ofdm.bandwidth : 0;
+          switch (params->u.ofdm.bandwidth) {
+          case BANDWIDTH_6_MHZ:
+            mt2266_writeregs(priv, mt2266_init_6mhz,
+                             sizeof(mt2266_init_6mhz));
+            break;
+          case BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:
+            mt2266_writeregs(priv, mt2266_init_7mhz,
+                             sizeof(mt2266_init_7mhz));
+            break;
+          case BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:
+          default:
+            mt2266_writeregs(priv, mt2266_init_8mhz,
+                             sizeof(mt2266_init_8mhz));
+            break;
+          }
+        }
 
 	if (band == MT2266_VHF && priv->band == MT2266_UHF) {
 		dprintk("Switch from UHF to VHF");
@@ -327,6 +329,7 @@ struct dvb_frontend * mt2266_attach(stru
 
 	priv->cfg      = cfg;
 	priv->i2c      = i2c;
+	priv->bandwidth= BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ;
 	priv->band     = MT2266_UHF;
 
 	if (mt2266_readreg(priv, 0, &id)) {

[-- Attachment #3: nova-td.patch --]
[-- Type: text/x-patch, Size: 737 bytes --]

--- drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c.orig	2009-04-18 16:45:12.000000000 +0200
+++ drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c	2009-04-18 18:58:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ static int stk7700d_frontend_attach(stru
 	adap->fe = dvb_attach(dib7000p_attach, &adap->dev->i2c_adap,0x80+(adap->id << 1),
 				&stk7700d_dib7000p_mt2266_config[adap->id]);
 
+        adap->props.streaming_ctrl = NULL;
+        dib0700_streaming_ctrl(adap, 1);
+
 	return adap->fe == NULL ? -ENODEV : 0;
 }
 
@@ -1414,7 +1417,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, dib0700_usb_id_
 	.streaming_ctrl   = dib0700_streaming_ctrl, \
 	.stream = { \
 		.type = USB_BULK, \
-		.count = 4, \
+		.count = 1, \
 		.endpoint = ep, \
 		.u = { \
 			.bulk = { \

SV: SV: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Magnus Hörlin]

>  >
>  > Hi again. Just got my two new NOVA-TD's and at a first glance they
> seemed to
>  > perform well. Closer inspections however revealed that I see exactly
> the same
>  > issues as Soeren. Watching live TV with VDR on one adaptor while
> constantly
>  > retuning the other one using:
>  > while true;do tzap -x svt1;done
>  > gives a short glitch in the VDR stream on almost every tzap. Another
> 100EUR down
>  > the drain. I'll probably buy four NOVA-T's instead just like I
> planned to at
>  > first.
>  >
>  > /Magnus H
> 
> Slowly, slowly. Magnus, you want to support dibcom with another 100EUR for
> there poor performance in fixing the firmware?
> Please test my patches, the nova-td is running fine with these patches,
> at least for me.
> 
> Patrick, any progress here? Will dibcom fix the firmware, or will you
> integrate the
> patches? Or what can I do to go on?
> 
> Regards,
> Soeren
> 
> 

Thanks Soeren, maybe I jumped to the wrong conclusions here. I actually
thought this came down to bad hardware design instead of a driver/firmware
issue. Unfortunately your patches made no difference here but I won't give
up that easily. If they made your problems disapperar there should be hope
for me too and I'll be glad to help in the development. I can live with the
glitches in the mean time if there's hope for improvement since I mostly
watch DVB-S these days. I'm running the stock Ubuntu Karmic 2.6.31 kernel
and standard linuxtv drivers from hg. I also have four TT S2-1600 cards in
there.
/Magnus

Re: SV: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Soeren Moch]

 > >  > Hi again. Just got my two new NOVA-TD's and at a first glance they
 > > seemed to
 > >  > perform well. Closer inspections however revealed that I see exactly
 > > the same
 > >  > issues as Soeren. Watching live TV with VDR on one adaptor while
 > > constantly
 > >  > retuning the other one using:
 > >  > while true;do tzap -x svt1;done
 > >  > gives a short glitch in the VDR stream on almost every tzap. Another
 > > 100EUR down
 > >  > the drain. I'll probably buy four NOVA-T's instead just like I
 > > planned to at
 > >  > first.
 > >  >
 > >  > /Magnus H
 > >
 > > Slowly, slowly. Magnus, you want to support dibcom with another 
100EUR for
 > > there poor performance in fixing the firmware?
 > > Please test my patches, the nova-td is running fine with these patches,
 > > at least for me.
 > >
 > > Patrick, any progress here? Will dibcom fix the firmware, or will you
 > > integrate the
 > > patches? Or what can I do to go on?
 > >
 > > Regards,
 > > Soeren
 > >
 > >
 >
 > Thanks Soeren, maybe I jumped to the wrong conclusions here. I actually
 > thought this came down to bad hardware design instead of a 
driver/firmware
 > issue. Unfortunately your patches made no difference here but I won't 
give
 > up that easily. If they made your problems disapperar there should be 
hope
 > for me too and I'll be glad to help in the development. I can live 
with the
 > glitches in the mean time if there's hope for improvement since I mostly
 > watch DVB-S these days. I'm running the stock Ubuntu Karmic 2.6.31 kernel
 > and standard linuxtv drivers from hg. I also have four TT S2-1600 
cards in
 > there.
 > /Magnus

Magnus, can you send the USB-IDs of your nova-td-sticks, please?
Since I activated the workaround only for stk7700d_dib7000p_mt2266,
there might be another funtion to fix your sticks.

Soeren

Re: SV: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Soeren Moch]

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Soeren Moch schrieb:
>  > >  > Hi again. Just got my two new NOVA-TD's and at a first glance they
>  > > seemed to
>  > >  > perform well. Closer inspections however revealed that I see 
> exactly
>  > > the same
>  > >  > issues as Soeren. Watching live TV with VDR on one adaptor while
>  > > constantly
>  > >  > retuning the other one using:
>  > >  > while true;do tzap -x svt1;done
>  > >  > gives a short glitch in the VDR stream on almost every tzap. 
> Another
>  > > 100EUR down
>  > >  > the drain. I'll probably buy four NOVA-T's instead just like I
>  > > planned to at
>  > >  > first.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > /Magnus H
>  > >
>  > > Slowly, slowly. Magnus, you want to support dibcom with another 
> 100EUR for
>  > > there poor performance in fixing the firmware?
>  > > Please test my patches, the nova-td is running fine with these 
> patches,
>  > > at least for me.
>  > >
>  > > Patrick, any progress here? Will dibcom fix the firmware, or will you
>  > > integrate the
>  > > patches? Or what can I do to go on?
>  > >
>  > > Regards,
>  > > Soeren
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  > Thanks Soeren, maybe I jumped to the wrong conclusions here. I actually
>  > thought this came down to bad hardware design instead of a 
> driver/firmware
>  > issue. Unfortunately your patches made no difference here but I won't 
> give
>  > up that easily. If they made your problems disapperar there should be 
> hope
>  > for me too and I'll be glad to help in the development. I can live 
> with the
>  > glitches in the mean time if there's hope for improvement since I mostly
>  > watch DVB-S these days. I'm running the stock Ubuntu Karmic 2.6.31 
> kernel
>  > and standard linuxtv drivers from hg. I also have four TT S2-1600 
> cards in
>  > there.
>  > /Magnus
> 
> Magnus, can you send the USB-IDs of your nova-td-sticks, please?
> Since I activated the workaround only for stk7700d_dib7000p_mt2266,
> there might be another funtion to fix your sticks.
> 
> Soeren
> 
> 

OK, my nova-td device id is 2040:9580, for 2040:5200 the attached extended
patch version may help. (I have no access to such device.)
Please test.

Soeren


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--- linux.orig/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c	2009-11-20 23:39:51.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c	2009-11-21 00:47:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ static int stk7700d_frontend_attach(stru
 	adap->fe = dvb_attach(dib7000p_attach, &adap->dev->i2c_adap,0x80+(adap->id << 1),
 				&stk7700d_dib7000p_mt2266_config[adap->id]);
 
+        adap->props.streaming_ctrl = NULL;
+        dib0700_streaming_ctrl(adap, 1);
+
 	return adap->fe == NULL ? -ENODEV : 0;
 }
 
@@ -1710,12 +1713,20 @@ static int stk7070pd_frontend_attach0(st
 	}
 
 	adap->fe = dvb_attach(dib7000p_attach, &adap->dev->i2c_adap, 0x80, &stk7070pd_dib7000p_config[0]);
+
+        adap->props.streaming_ctrl = NULL;
+        dib0700_streaming_ctrl(adap, 1);
+
 	return adap->fe == NULL ? -ENODEV : 0;
 }
 
 static int stk7070pd_frontend_attach1(struct dvb_usb_adapter *adap)
 {
 	adap->fe = dvb_attach(dib7000p_attach, &adap->dev->i2c_adap, 0x82, &stk7070pd_dib7000p_config[1]);
+
+        adap->props.streaming_ctrl = NULL;
+        dib0700_streaming_ctrl(adap, 1);
+
 	return adap->fe == NULL ? -ENODEV : 0;
 }
 
@@ -1968,7 +1979,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, dib0700_usb_id_
 	.streaming_ctrl   = dib0700_streaming_ctrl, \
 	.stream = { \
 		.type = USB_BULK, \
-		.count = 4, \
+		.count = 1, \
 		.endpoint = ep, \
 		.u = { \
 			.bulk = { \

Re: SV: [linux-dvb] NOVA-TD exeriences?

[Magnus Hörlin]

Soeren Moch wrote:
> OK, my nova-td device id is 2040:9580, for 2040:5200 the attached 
> extended
> patch version may help. (I have no access to such device.)
> Please test.
>
> Soeren
>

Well, it did help thank you very much! Now I finally have four DVB-T and 
four DVB-S2 adapters that can take any transponder I have access to 
without problems. I haven't looked into your patches yet but I hope the 
problems get solved in the main linuxtv tree soon, one way or the other.
Thanks again,
/Magnus H