There was a patch for HVR-3000 with was make by EDDI: http://tux.dpeddi.com/lr319sta/downloads/vdr_1.4.5_eddi-multiple-frontend_v5.patch Regards, Tomasz 2010/1/6, Ian Bates <ian_and_joanna@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On 6 Jan 2010, at 13:22, Tomasz Bubel wrote: > >> [...] >>> - Added support for DVB cards with multiple fontends. Note that >>> this only >>> works for DVB cards where each frontend can be used independently >>> of all >>> the others on the same adapter. >> [...] >> Any chance of using using DVB-T frontend on HVR-4000? This card have 2 >> separate frontends. And as quoted on >> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-4000: >> >> "Multiple frontends are supported: DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T appear as >> /dev/dvb/adapterN/frontend0 and /dev/dvb/adapterN/frontend1 >> respectively. >> >> Due to a hardware limitation, the two frontends cannot be used >> simultaneously. However they can be used sequentially within the same >> application. The driver handles the mutual exclusion appropriately." > > Ping. > > I have this card and I am aware that the frontends cannot be used > simultaneously. I was unaware of the statement regarding "sequential > use within the same application". With even just a little thought I > can see that this is not at all the same as 'simultaneous.' > > It does raise at least the possibility of a VDR setup config to use > DVB-T rather than DVB-S, instead of the game of symlinks that I play > at the moment (manual, one time choice of DVB-T or DVB-S, not > satisfactory and low WAF). > > I can imagine that something like this is not a simple addition to > implement but if there is currently momentum in this direction then > more 'effort' at this stage will be more effective than at a later date. > > I have not given this much thought at all and I am yet to explore the > potential of the SourceCaps patch. These comments are really an > expression of interest in developments of the features of the HVR4000 > (that I imagine most VDR/HVR4000 users share). > > Enough of my babbling. > > Best wishes, > > Ian. > > > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > -- Pozdrawiam, Tomasz Bubel _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
