On Monday 05 November 2007 07:02:27 am Steven Toth wrote: > Michael Krufky wrote: > > cromworshipper-linuxdvb@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> I just picked up this card and I'm looking forward to trying it. I run > >> Fedora 7 x86_64 2.6.23-1.10. I guess I'll try the steps as described at > >> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_install_DVB_device_drivers and > >> see how it goes. > >> > >> How close are we to getting NTSC to work? Do I need firmware for this > >> card? > >> > >> Advice and pointers welcome. > > > > Funny that you should ask about analog mode NTSC just a week or two after > > we've confirmed that QAM works. (ATSC has always worked, QAM needed a > > small patch to fix). > > > > The NTSC tuner is already supported, but the cx23885 bridge driver does > > not yet support analog mode. > > > > I don't know how long that will take, but it shouldn't be too far off. Excellent, thank you Mike. I'm using an older pvr150 in my shiny new PCI-Express motherboard and I'm looking forward to replacing it with this PCI-Express card. If I can figure out how to split the cable I'll be able to run both tuners until I can remove the pvr150. > > > > You don't need any firmware for the hvr1800. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mike > > The cx23885 has a modified version of the cx25840 a/v decoder inside it. > It uses different firmware than the normal cx25840 driver already > present in Linux. As such, to support analog, I also have to push some > patches into that driver for the differing registers (and firmware). Are you saying that I will need firmware to view analog tv? > Analog preview and analog encoder running well in lab conditions and > they are pretty stable, but I need to spend quality time cherry picking > pieces from multiple development trees to build something acceptable to > the linuxtv community. > Soon, think weeks not days. Judging by my schedule, I might not be able to test this out tonight after all. Perhaps tomorrow night. Are you saying that the http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb stuff will not have any of your good stuff checked in? > > - Steve Thanks for your help. As you can see, I'm a newb here. Advice on how to proceed is always welcome. John _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
