[linux-dvb] DVB-S rev1.5 tuning problem

2003-12-26 Thread Michal Dobrzynski
NOTE: Last time I sent this it never made it onto the list for some reason so I'm sending it again. Now that I've come up with a temporary solution to my TV-out problem I've moved onto tuning. I haven't been able to lock onto the frequency that all the channels are on (S 12478000 H 278 3/4)

[linux-dvb] DVB-S rev1.5 tuning problem

2003-12-26 Thread Michal Dobrzynski
Now that I've come up with a temporary solution to my TV-out problem I've moved onto tuning. I haven't been able to lock onto the frequency that all the channels are on (S 12478000 H 278 3/4). As an example with dvbtune: dvbtune -c 0 -f 12478000 -p h -s 278 Using DVB card "STV0299/TSA50

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-S Rev1.5 RGB out nightmare

2003-12-26 Thread Jon Burgess
*Michal Dobrzynski wrote: *> I'm not sure I understood. Do you mean: .. >And why it be bad to do it this way: ... I'm not sure what is the difference between the two you mention. There is nothing particularly wrong with adding any extra cable, it is just that the longer it is, the more distorted

[linux-dvb] Re: EPG

2003-12-26 Thread Wolfgang Thiel
On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 10:45:56PM +0100, Carlos Fernandez Sanz wrote: > > Is it possible to receive the EPGs and export them to different formats? In > particular, I'd like to get the EPG from the Spanish platform Digital Plus and > import it into a databse for mythtv. I'm skilled in programmin

[linux-dvb] Re: Frontend drivers alps_tdlb7.c and sp887x.c

2003-12-26 Thread Holger Waechtler
Ragnar Sundblad wrote: --On den 26 december 2003 21:35 +0100 Holger Waechtler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is the sp887x driver made with some actual documentation? Is the sp887x code supposed to be able to drive a sp8870? At the beginning this was the intention, but nobody had the time to find

[linux-dvb] Re: Frontend drivers alps_tdlb7.c and sp887x.c

2003-12-26 Thread Ragnar Sundblad
--On den 26 december 2003 21:35 +0100 Holger Waechtler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is the sp887x driver made with some actual documentation? Is the sp887x code supposed to be able to drive a sp8870? At the beginning this was the intention, but nobody had the time to find out what exactly needs t

[linux-dvb] Re: New tuner chipset for SkyStar2 rev 2.68/B

2003-12-26 Thread Holger Waechtler
Sergio Moreira wrote: Sergio Moreira wrote: Hmm, after some googling, it turns out the STV0297 is for Cable systems ??? I've managed to write some code, with a lot of variables to be renamed still. Now I'm at the point if I should continue, since my SS2 is definately a satellite card, but Google

[linux-dvb] Re: Frontend drivers alps_tdlb7.c and sp887x.c

2003-12-26 Thread Holger Waechtler
Ragnar Sundblad wrote: I am using the alps_tdlb7.c driver with my DVB-T card. It works quite good now adays, but I still have intermittent reception problems. I looked at the sp887x.c driver. It uses a lot more sp887x registers than the alps_tdlb7 driver, many which are undocumented in the brief an

[linux-dvb] Frontend drivers alps_tdlb7.c and sp887x.c

2003-12-26 Thread Ragnar Sundblad
I am using the alps_tdlb7.c driver with my DVB-T card. It works quite good now adays, but I still have intermittent reception problems. I looked at the sp887x.c driver. It uses a lot more sp887x registers than the alps_tdlb7 driver, many which are undocumented in the brief and sparse sp8870 documen

[linux-dvb] Re: New tuner chipset for SkyStar2 rev 2.68/B

2003-12-26 Thread Sergio Moreira
> Sergio Moreira wrote: > > Hmm, after some googling, it turns out the STV0297 is for Cable systems ??? > > > > I've managed to write some code, with a lot of variables to be renamed > > still. Now I'm at the point if I should continue, since my SS2 is > > definately a satellite card, but Google t

[linux-dvb] Re: driver snapshots dvb-kernel ?

2003-12-26 Thread Steffen Barszus
Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2003 19:47 schrieb Michael Hunold: > > Ok hope someone can help me out of this. > > I updated because of outcommand errors i get with this setup > > regulary. > > I fear this won't be fixed. For me, these types of errors happen if > you have a picky card in a picky system,

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-T signal acquisition time...?

2003-12-26 Thread Holger Waechtler
Robert Schlabbach wrote: Hi, has anyone here ever measured the signal acquisition time (time for the demodulator to fully lock to a signal after a channel change) on DVB-T? I find that with my TDA10045H card and (Windows) driver, it takes over 600ms to fully lock to a signal - a bit too long for m

[linux-dvb] Re: New tuner chipset for SkyStar2 rev 2.68/B

2003-12-26 Thread Holger Waechtler
Sergio Moreira wrote: Hmm, after some googling, it turns out the STV0297 is for Cable systems ??? I've managed to write some code, with a lot of variables to be renamed still. Now I'm at the point if I should continue, since my SS2 is definately a satellite card, but Google tells me it's a cable c

[linux-dvb] Re: Nova-T missing frontend0

2003-12-26 Thread Holger Waechtler
Jon Dye wrote: Jon Dye wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I've just got myself a Hauppauge Nova-T card and I am having trouble >>getting the 1.0.1 drivers working with kernel 2.4.20. I have >>successfully built the drivers and can insmod all of them but even with >>all modules loaded I get /dev/dvb/adapter0/

[linux-dvb] Re: tuning problems wih dvb-kernel

2003-12-26 Thread Holger Waechtler
Robert Schlabbach wrote: From: "Andreas Oberritter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> seems like auto inversion fails. please try ves1820.c from dvb-kernel or try increasing the mdelays until it works reliably. current cvs version uses 50ms delay while the patches you used have 30ms. Might still not be enough

[linux-dvb] Re: ntuxplayer

2003-12-26 Thread Alexandre CONRAD
Something's weird there... I have in my /etc/rc.local a command line that starts my playlist at bootup. There, ntuxplayer takes 99%. I comment out the playlist line in my rc.local and reboot. I start my playlist manually, and it takes only from 0.7% to 3% max. I don't understand. I have found

[linux-dvb] DVB-T signal acquisition time...?

2003-12-26 Thread Robert Schlabbach
Hi, has anyone here ever measured the signal acquisition time (time for the demodulator to fully lock to a signal after a channel change) on DVB-T? I find that with my TDA10045H card and (Windows) driver, it takes over 600ms to fully lock to a signal - a bit too long for my taste. Is that the bes

[linux-dvb] Re: New tuner chipset for SkyStar2 rev 2.68/B

2003-12-26 Thread Sergio Moreira
Hmm, after some googling, it turns out the STV0297 is for Cable systems ??? I've managed to write some code, with a lot of variables to be renamed still. Now I'm at the point if I should continue, since my SS2 is definately a satellite card, but Google tells me it's a cable chip, so I might be rev

[linux-dvb] New tuner chipset for SkyStar2 rev 2.68/B

2003-12-26 Thread Sergio Moreira
Hi, After a week of struggle trying to make my SS2 work under Linux, I came to find out that the card has a non supported tuner/frontend. After playing with the Windows driver and debugging/disassembling, I found out that I have a "QAM ST-STV0297 with Alps Tuner". This string came from the driver

[linux-dvb] Re: ntuxplayer

2003-12-26 Thread Alexandre CONRAD
Marcus Metzler wrote: Alexandre CONRAD writes: > > > Marcus Metzler wrote: > > > Alexandre CONRAD writes: > > > is it normal this application takes up to 99% CPU constantly ? > > > > > > # ps aux | grep ntuxplayer > > > root 10469 99.6 1.4 3344 1840 ?R10:43 0

[linux-dvb] Re: ntuxplayer

2003-12-26 Thread Marcus Metzler
Alexandre CONRAD writes: > > > Marcus Metzler wrote: > > > Alexandre CONRAD writes: > > > is it normal this application takes up to 99% CPU constantly ? > > > > > > # ps aux | grep ntuxplayer > > > root 10469 99.6 1.4 3344 1840 ?R10:43 0:12 > > > /usr/local/b

[linux-dvb] Re: ntuxplayer

2003-12-26 Thread Alexandre CONRAD
Marcus Metzler wrote: Alexandre CONRAD writes: > is it normal this application takes up to 99% CPU constantly ? > > # ps aux | grep ntuxplayer > root 10469 99.6 1.4 3344 1840 ?R10:43 0:12 > /usr/local/bin/ntuxplayer > No, I get percentages between 1 and 3. What exac

[linux-dvb] ntuxplayer

2003-12-26 Thread Marcus Metzler
Alexandre CONRAD writes: > is it normal this application takes up to 99% CPU constantly ? > > # ps aux | grep ntuxplayer > root 10469 99.6 1.4 3344 1840 ?R10:43 0:12 > /usr/local/bin/ntuxplayer > No, I get percentages between 1 and 3. What exactly are you playing? You

[linux-dvb] ntuxplayer

2003-12-26 Thread Alexandre CONRAD
is it normal this application takes up to 99% CPU constantly ? # ps aux | grep ntuxplayer root 10469 99.6 1.4 3344 1840 ?R10:43 0:12 /usr/local/bin/ntuxplayer Regards, -- Alexandre CONRAD - TLV Research & Development tel : +33 1 30 80 55 05 fax : +33 1 30 56 55 06 6, rue de l

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-S RGB output wiring suggestions

2003-12-26 Thread Emil Naepflein
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:21:43 +1000, Michal Dobrzynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've found some info at > http://www.vdrportal.de/board/portal_vdrinfo.php? > site=7&infonr=4&infoln=en&sid=2e010195ed29a33af8a7f3d506ae42c0 but > cannot decipher it. This is the same as I have proposed, termi