Dear all, I am looking into buying the Digital Devices Cine CT V6 (product link: http://shop.digital-devices.de/epages/62357162.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/62357162/Products/091203) Is this card including multiple dvb-c tuners supported by the ddbridge (Lattice bridge) driver ? Is the driver available also in git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git or do I need to use http://linuxtv.org/hg/~endriss/media_build_experimental ? Best regards, Rune Evjen 2011/6/24 Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@xxxxxx>: > Hi, > > On Thursday 23 June 2011 23:31:08 Sébastien RAILLARD wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I'm looking at the Octopus DVB cards system from Digital Devices for a while >> as their system seems to be very interesting >> >> Here is link with their products: >> http://shop.digital-devices.de/epages/62357162.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/6 >> 2357162/Categories >> >> The good points I have found: >> >> * They support most of the common DVB standards: DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-S and >> DVB-S2 >> * They are moderately priced >> * There is a CAM support with a CI adapter for unscrambling channels >> * They are using the now de-facto standard PCI-Express bus >> * The new Octopus system is using a LATTICE PCI-Express bridge that seems to >> be more future proof than the previous bridge Micronas APB7202A >> * They seem to be well engineered ("Designed and manufactured in Germany" as >> they say!) >> >> And now the doubts : >> >> * The DVB-C/T frontend driver is specific to this system and is very new, so >> as Devin said one week ago, it's maybe not yet production ready >> * The way the CAM is supported break all the existing userland DVB >> applications (gnutv, mumudvb, vlc, etc.) >> * There isn't so much information about the Digital Devices company and >> their products roadmap (at least in English) >> >> So, my two very simple questions to the developers who worked on the drivers >> (I think Oliver and Ralph did) and know the product: >> * How you feel the future about the Octopus driver? > > The drivers work fine. I am not aware of any problems. > > All Digital Devices cards and tuner variants are supported by the driver > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~endriss/media_build_experimental > > ddbridge (Lattice bridge): > - Octopus (all variants) > - cineS2 v6 > - DuoFlex S2 (stv0900 + stv6110 + lnbp21) > - DuoFlex C/T (Micronas DRXK + NXP TDA18271C2) > > ngene bridge: > - cineS2 (v4,v5), Satix S2 Dual > - PCIe bridge, mini PCIe bridge > - DuoFlex S2 (stv0900 + stv6110 + lnbp21) > - DuoFlex C/T (Micronas DRXK + NXP TDA18271C2) > > For a German description, see > http://www.vdr-portal.de/board16-video-disk-recorder/board85-hdtv-dvb-s2/105803-aktuelle-treiber-für-octopus-ddbridge-cines2-ngene-ddbridge-duoflex-s2-duoflex-ct-sowie-tt-s2-6400 > > From an operational point of view, the driver is ready for the kernel. > Unfortunately I did not have the time yet to clean up the coding-style. > There are thousands of coding-style issues waiting to be fixed... > >> * Do you think a compatibility mode (like module parameter) can be added to >> simulate the way the CAM is handled in the other drivers? > > Yes, this could be done: > ++ The CI could be used with any application. > -- The CI will be attached to one tuner exclusively. > > It is not very hard to implement this. > Patches are welcome. ;-) > > CU > Oliver > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > VDR Remote Plugin 0.4.0: http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/vdr/ > 4 MByte Mod: http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/dvb-mem-mod/ > Full-TS Mod: http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/dvb-full-ts-mod/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > 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 > -- 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
