[linux-dvb] USB2 DVB-S support

[andrea venturi]

Graham Leggett wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been searching for a USB2 DVB-S receiver that is capable of 
> receiving a full transport stream, with working Linux drivers.
> 
> The last time I looked, the only USB capable receivers out there were 
> v1.1, and incapable of receiving a full TS as a result.
> 
> Are there any devices out there that are known to work?
> 

actually there is at least this pinnaclesys pctv400e:

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+Digital+PVR+%28DVB-S_DVB-T%29/PCTV+400e.htm

i see now that is called a "legacy product" because it's superseeded by 
another device DVB-S2 compliant (and on linux DVB-S2 is still a WIP)

i own the pctv400e

it is composed by a bunch of well known chips, so Patrick Boettcher made 
the first tentative of a driver:

   http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-dvb@linuxtv.org/msg20124.html

and i tried to run it just one time with an oops..
i never had the time to work on it, because i've quite a busy schedule, 
these days, anyway i'd like to make a second trial on a fresh 2.6.18 
kernel and without the nvidia binary module that is tainting my PC!

i hope to post you about this, in the next days..

bye

andrea venturi