[linux-dvb] Re: V-Box DTx support

[Andrea Venturi <a.venturi@cineca.it>]

Nico Sabbi wrote:
> Leonid Podolny wrote:
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> > Hi, list,
> > I'm not sure that's the correct place to ask.
> > My employer, V@Box Communications, has recently approached me with a
> > proposal to write a LinuxTV driver for a DVB-S/T reciever cards family
> > they produce. They are willing to open up the specifications, but I
> > should do it at my spare time and without any payment, so basically the
> > only thing I get is the glory, the experience and a feeling that I'm
> > being cynically used by my own employer.
IMHO to make an open source driver the right way, it's a good reference 
for future (and better) employment opportunities: you show what you can 
do! ;-)

> > The question is following: is this work needed by the community. There
> > are only dozens of these cards sold.
> > The DTx family includes three major products: DTT, DTS and DTA cards
> > (for DVB-T, DVB-S and ATSC streams).
> > http://www.vboxcomm.com/product1.htm
> > http://www.vboxcomm.com/product2.htm
> > http://www.vboxcomm.com/product3.htm
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> Hi,
> I have a 2030 sat card with embedded card reader that is taking dust 
> because it can't run with linux.
> I'd really love an open source driver compatible with linuxtv api :)
me too, i have this (formerly telemann) 2030 sat taking a lot of dust..

  http://www.vboxcomm.com/vbox/se2030pci%2B.pdf

BTW if i remember correctly there was already some "binary only" linux 
driver (maybe not exactly linuxtv ready..) so if you can find the 
sources somewhere in the telemann assets bought by v@box, this could be 
a better starting point (anyway the specs are good too..)

bye

andrea venturi