From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bld-mail19.adl2.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.104]:56094 "EHLO mail.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750887Ab0EZEtL (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2010 00:49:11 -0400 Message-ID: <4BFCA843.2080203@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 14:49:07 +1000 From: Jed MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Markus Rechberger CC: Linux Media Mailing List Subject: Re: ideal DVB-C PCI/e card? [linux-media] References: <4BF8D735.9070400@gmail.com> <4BF9717D.9080209@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <4BFA1F26.7070709@gmail.com> <4BFC2691.1040203@s5r6.in-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: >>>>> Ideally it'd be dual DVB-C, the only one I've found is more than dual >>>>> DVB-C& is far too expensive. >>>> >>>> If you need two receivers but can only spare up to one PCI or PCIe slot, >>>> why not use two USB or FireWire attached receivers? >>>> >>>> FireWire ones seem to be out of production now though and weren't >>>> exactly on the cheap side. OTOH one can drive up to 3 DVB FireWire >>>> receivers on a single FireWire bus; and for those who need even more >>>> there are dual link FireWire PCI and PCIe cards readily available. >>> >>> Thanks for offering your thoughts Stefan. >>> Any specific recommendations? >>> >>> Ideally I want two or more dvb-c tuners in a pci/e form-factor. >>> >>> If there's FW or USB tuners that are mounted onto a PCI/e card, work >>> well in Linux,& are relatively cheap, then I'd love to know! >> >> I don't have an overview over USB tuners. >> > > We have USB DVB-C/T hybrid devices which are supported with Linux. > > http://support.sundtek.com/index.php/topic,4.0.html (the driver is > mostly independent from > Linux Kernels). > > Aside of that we just made it work on a Dreambox 800 (300 Mhz MIPS as > well, and looking forward > to support other platforms as well). > > http://sundtek.com/shop/Digital-TV-Sticks/Sundtek-MediaTV-Digital-Home-DVB-CT.html > > Best Regards, > Markus Thanks but I'd prefer PCI/e form-factor... If there's something fw or usb-based x2, & squeezed into that form-factor, I'm very interested! Cheers, Jed