Le Thursday 18 September 2008 21:11:02 Uri Shkolnik, vous avez écrit : > --- On Fri, 9/12/08, barry bouwsma <free_beer_for_all@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: barry bouwsma <free_beer_for_all@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: Multiproto API/Driver Update > > To: "linux-dvb" <linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx>, urishk@xxxxxxxxx > > Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 12:17 PM > > --- On Thu, 9/11/08, Uri Shkolnik <urishk@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > wrote: > > > > It is from my perspective in Europe that I write, > > > > > > I'm not so sure. As I see it, if it depends on > > > > number > > > > > of users DVB-H comes last after CMMB and ISDB-T. > > > > Then let them add their support ;-P I just discovered > > that > > I should be within reception range of a (subscription) > > DVB-H > > mux, though sticking a directional antenna out the window > > did > > not show any signal (but also not on other > > previously-received > > frequencies) -- but climbing a nearby hill should net me a > > useful signal, maybe two. > > > > For DAB, a simple paperclip antenna will get me one > > ensemble, > > a second should be receivable as well, and perhaps with a > > good > > antenna, some others may appear. > > > > So, I can test real-world broadcasts and get the actual > > hands- > > on experience I need to understand and be able to help -- > > which is more than I can for the other missing standards, > > as > > I'm not so good with the theoretical... > > > > > I know the TerraTec device you refer to, and > > > > theoretically > > > > > it can be used as DAB radio receiver. The current > > > > LinuxTV > > > > > lacks the code to support it. > > > > [...] > > > > > There is a open source module from Siano that enable > > > > DAB @ > > > > > Linux. > > > > Is this something I would be able to download? (Feel free > > to > > mail me privately if you don't want it available to > > other > > developers, though they could certainly fit it into a > > suitable > > API much better than I could) > > > > I've searched with g00gle but haven't found any > > source to > > download. (And if drivers under Linux for the other modes > > (T-DMB, DVB-H) are available, they may help me to better > > understand those modes as well) > > > > > The problem is that this module is not a part of DVB > > > and does not communicates with DVB in any way, but it > > > > uses > > > > > its own character devices in order to communicate with > > > > user > > > > > space applications. It may be converted of course to > > > something that uses DVB, and also be more generic. > > > > There is another USB DAB device out there (apparently no > > longer available, and if so, at an `early-adopter' > > price) > > with kernel support. > > Perhaps there's some shared functionality that can be > > combined, somehow, and make easier possibly adding support > > for some of the small handful of other DAB-able devices. > > > > > > Anyway, if I'm able to start to play with my device and > > DAB > > under linux, that should keep me busy and quiet for some > > time > > > > thanks, > > barry bouwsma > > [ Sorry for the late response ] > > Regarding DAB support - > > In order to add full support for DAB ( / DAB+ / T-DMB / DAB-IP / any other > ensemble based transmission) you need to have an ensemble parser. This is > quite a problem since I'm not familiar with any such decent open source > parser. > > Anyone? It's always possible to write one :) -- Christophe Thommeret _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
