Hi, Thanks for the help. The card sounds usable enough. Actually I was asking this to help a friend who is setting up a system. I myself am lucky enough to have a vdr setup with a TT DVB-C 2.1 and a budget card. This should get us going. -Mika On 11/22/05, Martin Dauskardt <md001@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:27:24 +0200 > > From: Mika Lehtinen <tengam@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Technotrend Premium DVB-C 2300 OT success stories > > To: Klaus Schmidinger's VDR <vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Message-ID: > > <b69428070511220627l57ef838kdf9771f710593772@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone recomend buying a Technotrend Premium DVB-C 2300 OT card > > for use with VDR? Can you get it working? I can't seem to be able to > > figure out the current driver status from anywhere. It seems, that > > there are or at least have been tuning and audio issues. > > > > It would be great to hear, if someone has had success (tuning, digital > > & analogue audio, etc.) with the above card and even better to get > > pointers to working Linux kernel versions / patches. > > > > Thanks, > > Mika > > Hi Mika, > > you should also ask the guys in the linuxtv mailing list > (linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx) ! > > this is what I know from www.vdrportal.de: > > -the card (also known as Nexus-CA) works :-) > > -sound via the analog output is only possible with patched drivers. There > exists an older "quick-and-dirty"-patch, but this patch doesn`t work with > the current dvb-kernel CVS. I compiled a kernel 2.6.14 with this patched > driver for LinVDR, and the tester said it works ! You can find the patch at > http://www.sroegner.de/vdr/patches.php > > -sound via the digital output works since one or two weeks with the current > dvb-kernel drivers. > > To get both working (analog + digital sound with the same driver) there are > two possibilities: > > -find somebody who is able to modify the "dirty" analog-patch so that it > works with the current dvb-kernel > -wait until a "clean" solution for analog audio is found, so that it can be > integrated officially in the dvb-kernel CVS > > Hope this helps you! > > > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr >
