On Wed, Nov 23, 2005, Steve Toth wrote: > > >>>Of course the current method used to distinguish the device > >>>types in VDR (FE_QPSK = DVB-S, FE_QAM = DVB-C and FE_OFDM = DVB-T) > >>>wouldn't work any more, so other criteria might be necessary. > >>>But basically a DVB-S device would be just one single device > >>>(with only one single frontend), whether it can only do the > >>>"old" DVB-S, or both DVB-S and DVB-S2. > >>> > >>>At least that's how I would hope this would behave in the future. > >>> > >>afaik dvb-s2 is backwards compatible to dvb-s > >> > Correct. > > For what it's worth, on the multiple frontend issue (not s2 related)... > A board will appear with some or all of the following features before > you know it. Analogue PAL, DVB-T and DVB-S on a single bridge. > Personally, it's more logical to me two have two different frontends, > one for S and one for T. Anything else feels like a hack. IMHO: Think of a frontend as a device which outputs an MPEG-2 TS. The number of TSs you can receive simultaneously determines the number of frontend devices. > Analogue tends to take care of itself through v4l, this probably should > change longer term. Analog and digital TV with one tuner is not optimally integrated, but I don't think you should replace v4l with something else because of this. There isn't that much left to do. Johannes
