From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bld-mail18.adl2.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.103]:46714 "EHLO mail.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934201Ab0EZHB0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2010 03:01:26 -0400 Message-ID: <4BFCC741.8070204@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 17:01:21 +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> <4BFCAB05.4000104@gmail.com> 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! >> >> 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... >> > > There are also MiniPCIe USB DVB-C/T solutions available, although we > have only seen single > PCIe - MiniPCIe solutions yet (and those required an additional > internal USB connection for the USB part) > Another option might be a PCI/PCIe USB Bridge + USB DVB-C, we tested > 3x USB DVB-C devices > with a notebook at the same time (maybe 4 are possible, our test PC > only had 3x USB Slots back then). Not sure what you mean, I don't suppose you could clarify? You mean I might be able to buy 2x mini-PCIe cards that can be mounted onto a PCIe <-> USB bridge & then that card (bridge) will have two usb cables that need to be connected to 2 USB headers on the motherboard? If yes, that'd be fairly pricey wouldn't it?