[linux-dvb] problems wit technotrent dvb-s cllone

[Maximilian Ronniger <unix-box@gmx.at>]

hello,

some time ago I bought a SL DVB-S card at Conrad (a German warehouse),
because this card was the cheapest one. unluckily I had to find out that
there where no Linux drivers.
using the actuell trivers (linuxtv-dvb-1.0.0-pre3.tar.gz)there is a
driver which kind of works, only that I can't watch TV under Linux.
after a make and make insmod  the following devices are created under 
/dev (using devfs):

/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
/dev/dvb/adapter0/net0

since I couldn't figure out how to get mplayer or vlc to work with the card
I'm asking for help.
using szap seams to work (not quiet sure how it should
look like). I just get about hundred lines that look like the following:

[root@ Gandalf szap/]# ./szap -n 001
zapping to 'Das Erste':
sat 0, frequency = 11837 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0065, apid =
0x0066
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
status 1f | signal a78a | snr 9beb | ber 0000ff50 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
.....

status 1f | signal a9a1 | snr a548 | ber 00000400 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a8c6 | snr a95c | ber 00000300 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal ab3e | snr a7b8 | ber 00000200 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
.....

(as I said don't know if this is normal.)

some additional technical info about the card:
the main chip is a Philips SAA 7146 AH
tuner chip : (no clue, have to look at it)
there is no hardware decoder chip, the whole thing requires software for
playing.
the card may be a cheap clone of a technotrend card because the windows
drivers are served be technotrend:
http://www.technotrend.de/sl/Lorenzen.htm

so pleas tell me what you think the problem is.

friendly regards
max



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