From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bld-mail15.adl6.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.100]:54238 "EHLO mail.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750887Ab0EZFA5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2010 01:00:57 -0400 Message-ID: <4BFCAB05.4000104@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 15:00:53 +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> <4BFCA843.2080203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BFCA843.2080203@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: >>>>>> 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! I may only have room for 1x pci/e dvb-c card (hopefully one that has two single fw tuners mounted). So I may still look at USB based tuners like yours... Cheers