From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 12 07:45:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED2116A416; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:45:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (gate.funkthat.com [69.17.45.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5579643D5F; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:45:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (jqo2os9uc5mc2ieh@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k8C7jHp4034296; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:45:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.6/8.13.3/Submit) id k8C7jGRx034295; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:45:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:45:16 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Konstantin Dimitrov Message-ID: <20060912074516.GR9421@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Konstantin Dimitrov , Anish Mistry , freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Greg 'groggy' Lehey References: <8103ad500609101009o2ce2a8d9p4f1010b77e144455@mail.gmail.com> <20060911011333.GB25190@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200609110105.07314.amistry@am-productions.biz> <20060911213720.GK9421@funkthat.com> <8103ad500609120026sbde7392n1a00067e2540d7e4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8103ad500609120026sbde7392n1a00067e2540d7e4@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Greg 'groggy' Lehey , Anish Mistry Subject: Re: DVB-S under FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:45:50 -0000 Konstantin Dimitrov wrote this message on Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 10:26 +0300: > >be too long before I release a driver. Currently with the docs that > >> I have been provided I can upload the firmware, turn on and off the > >> device, and read the remote control buttons. > >> If someone would like to document the lgdt3302 / lgdt3303 ATSC VSB/QAM > >> demodulator and the lg-h06xf tuner from the Linux source that would > >> help since I don't know when I'm going to get that information from > >> DViCO. And currently I don't have the time to try to understand the > >> Linux sources, though that's probably what I'm going to end up doing. > > > >Just look at the bktrau stuff I have in perforce.. I've posted to this > >list before.. It programs the lgdt3303 and a TUA6034 for tuning... > > > TUA6034 has public datasheet, here: > http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets_pdf/T/U/A/6/TUA6034.shtml Yeh, I have that, but that's only the tuner part of the card, and the easier part, the hard part is the demodulator, which isn't publicly available... > On 9/12/06, John-Mark Gurney wrote:Konstantin > Dimitrov >wrote this message on Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 11:59 +0300: > >>1) based on Conexant chip like cards from Twinhan and DViCO, because of > the > >>bktr driver, maybe it will be most likely to be supported > > >There are two Conexant chips, the old Bt878 based chips, and the newer > >CX2388x based cards... The ones based on Bt878 are already supported by > >the bktrau driver and capture program that are in perforce... The CX2388x > >is a different beast, and will require a different driver... I choose > >not to try to use this as the boards based upon it are more expensive... > > >The DViCO HDTVFusion5 Lite cards can be had for <$100... > > great work! > sad, in my country there is no DVB-T broadcasts, so i can't use DViCO > HDTVFusion5 Lite card. The HDTVFusion5 Lite cards are ATSC... Or at least that's what I receive using them here in the states... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."