On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Emmanuel <eallaud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Konstantin Dimitrov a écrit : >> >> >> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:05 AM, Emmanuel <eallaud@xxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:eallaud@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> Konstantin Dimitrov a écrit : >> >> hello, i can't comment on your questions about the Wiki, but i >> made >> the driver for TBS 6980 and i can ensure you that the driver >> will be >> released as open-source under GPL as soon as i have permission >> to do >> that, but compared to other cards at least even at the moment >> you can >> use the card in Linux and it's very easy to add support for it >> using >> the binary modules even to the latest V4L code from repository >> and so >> those "blobs" are actually not so big limitation. >> >> also, you are very wrong about the price - as far as i know >> retails >> price is less than 200 USD, for example TBS online shop gives >> a price >> of 158.99 USD: >> >> http://www.buydvb.net/pcie-dvbs2-dual-tuner-tv-card_p11.html >> >> and i believe the dual DVB-S2 card with price of 1000 USD that >> you're >> talking about is the NetUP one and not the TurboSight TBS 6980 >> dual >> DVB-S2 card. >> >> I have two questions for you: do these board support (or will >> support in the near future) a CI interface for pay TV, and what is >> the best symbol rate they can achieve in DVB-S2 (I think I need >> QPSK only but could be 8PSK) RELIABLY. >> >> >> TBS 6980 specifications are: >> >> DVB-S QPKS: 1000 - 45000 kSps >> >> DVB-S2 QPSK and 8PSK: 2000 - 36000 kSps >> >> but i personally have tested DVB-S2 8PSK up to 33500 kSps and it works >> fine. so, DVB-S2 symbol rate range is still better than what most other >> cards can offer i believe, which usually support 10000 - 30000 kSps for >> DVB-S2. TBS are developing card that will support 1000 - 45000 kSps for >> DVB-S2 (both QPSK and 8PSK), but i believe it won't be released any time >> soon. > > OK Thansks. I am interested in a DVB-S2 card able to tune to 45000kSps rate > with CI support (yes my provider here did things so that it is hard to get > rid of their STB :( ) > The only one for now are the cards based upon stv0900 like the mystique i believe stv0900 doesn't support DVB-S2 with symbol rate over 30000 kSps, but maybe some of the people here familiar with stv0900 can tell more and for sure what are the specifications of stv0900. > satix, but I am not sure about the driver supporting CI. > Bye > Manu > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
