Re: Pinnacle PCTV HD Ultimate Stick

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Markus Rechberger wrote:
> On 11/15/07, Michael Krufky <mkrufky@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> Jeff Rosenberg wrote:
>>     
>>> I just purchase the PCTV HD Ultimate Stick.  I decided upon this since it
>>>       
>> supported clear QAM and had flash space for recording to the stick in
>> addition to the hardrive.  I read that the PCTV HD Pro Stick was supported
>> with the latest Experimental build based on the em2883 chipset.  I took the
>> risk and went with the Ultimate instead of the Pro.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>     
>>>   Any chance that there will be support for this newly released USB stick
>>>       
>> ?
>>
>> You wont find native support for this in any Linux Distribution's native
>> kernel anytime soon.
>>
>> Your best bet, in this case, is to look at Markus' experimental repository.
>> I don't think that he has support for this exact device yet, but he does
>> have most of the pieces required.
>>
>> #1) You need em2880-dvb support, which is not yet in the master v4l-dvb
>> development branch
>>
>> #2) (I think) you'll need an xc5000 driver, also not yet merged into the
>> v4l-dvb master branch.
>>
>> You might be able to assemble the right pieces of code together, but I don't
>> know where you'll find it all at this time.
>>
>> Given a few months (or weeks, in a perfect world) time, the situation may
>> become clearer.
>>
>>     
>
> Michael,
>
> this is no em28xx based device, I guess it's a dibcom one.
Ah, OK.  Thanks, Markus.

In which case, bridge-wise, it may be a bit easier (or more difficult,
depending) than I thought.

Jeff, it might be helpful if you could crack open the device and tell us
all of the chips featured inside.

Hi-res digital photos are always helpful :-)  If you can take photos,
please post them to a website (like bttv-gallery) and post links here.

Regards,

Mike


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