L. wrote: > Please can you update the linuxtv.org dvb wiki. The vdr-wiki was already > updated. This card is very expensive because of its analog inputs, so > *please* write in the wiki that these analog inputs are currently not > supported under Linux, in order to prevent someone buying that model in > a wrong assumption. Thanks! > > Hello, > > the information about the KNC1 DVB-C Plus card (a card with analog video > input) in the linuxtv.org dvb wiki is wrong. It says it works under > linux, which is not correct. The analog input (Composite and S-Video) is > currently unsupported under Linux (at least for the recent MK3 version). > (See bug reports [3,4]). > > The lack of support for the analog input by the driver is crucial, since > nobody would buy such a card without explicitly needing this analog > input; the model without analog input is much less expensive. So saying > the card works can lead to someone buying a card not fully supported by > Linux (unfortunately this has happened to me). > > Please correct this information in the wiki! This wiki is not editable > by public. The following pages are affected: > > http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/KNC1_TV-Station_DVB-C_Plus > http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-C_PCI_Cards > http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/KNC1 > > I can say that the analog input on my MK3 version did not work with any > kernel version or patch I tested since its first Linux support in 2007-02 > [1] (however the input works under windows). I do not know if the analog > input of the older version of the card did work or still does. > > It should be noted that the MK3 version of the KNC1 DVB-C with tda10023 > is only supported from kernel 2.6.22 on (and a little earlier with a > patch), but the older version of the card with tda10021 was supported > much earlier, already (at least) in kernel 2.6.12. > > KNC1 DVB-C Plus (older) = PCI subsystem ID 1894:0021 > KNC1 DVB-C Plus MK3 (newer) = PCI subsystem ID 1894:0023 > > If someone owns a KNC One DVB Plus card, please can you say if your > analog input (Composite or S-Video) ever worked under Linux, or if > it stopped working with a specific kernel version? Thank you. > > L. > > References > > 1. 2007-02: First patch available supporting the MK3 versions of KNC1 DVB > cards (and identical Terratec/Satelco): tda1002x.008.diff for hg/v4l-dvb > http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=60227&page=8 > http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2007-February/015886.html > > 2. http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/DVB-C_Budget-PCI-Karten > > 3. http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-March/025032.html > > 4. http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2007-December/022183.html Everyone can update the wiki. So I suggest _you_ do it. O. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
