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author | Patrick Boettcher <devnull@localhost> | 2004-12-29 10:53:54 +0000 |
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committer | Patrick Boettcher <devnull@localhost> | 2004-12-29 10:53:54 +0000 |
commit | f136c9670713e5839f970a4b5141a3fa023512c2 (patch) | |
tree | 80b65c4f432e5d06d94f1de43bf2a8cf6652ae3a /linux/Documentation/dvb | |
parent | ac205566da600bf928ced7acc61205f0683699ef (diff) | |
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readme update
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb b/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb index 816fc8e0c..4e0f803aa 100644 --- a/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb +++ b/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Supported devices USB2.0 - Twinhan MagicBox II http://www.twinhan.com/product_terrestrial_7.asp -- Yakumo DVB-T mobile +- Typhoon/Yakumo DVB-T mobile http://www.yakumo.de/produkte/index.php?pid=1&ag=DVB-T - Artec T1 USB TVBOX (FX2) @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Supported devices USB2.0 0. NEWS: + 2004-12-29 - after several days of struggling around bug of no returning URBs fixed. 2004-12-26 - refactored the dibusb-driver, splitted into separate files - i2c-probing enabled 2004-12-06 - possibility for demod i2c-address probing @@ -119,13 +120,15 @@ Supported devices USB2.0 1. How to use? NOTE: This driver was developed using Linux 2.6.6., -it is working with 2.6.7, 2.6.8.1, 2.6.9 . +it is working with 2.6.7 and above. Linux 2.4.x support is not planned, but patches are very welcome. NOTE: I'm using Debian testing, so the following explaination (especially the hotplug-path) needn't match your system, but probably it will :). +The driver is included in the kernel since Linux 2.6.10. + 1.1. Firmware The USB driver needs to download a firmware to start working. @@ -159,9 +162,13 @@ from withing the dvb-kernel cvs repository. first have a look, which debug level are available: modinfo dib3000mb +modinfo dib3000-common +modinfo dib3000mc modinfo dvb-dibusb +modprobe dib3000-common debug=<level> modprobe dib3000mb debug=<level> +modprobe dib3000mc debug=<level> modprobe dvb-dibusb debug=<level> should do the trick. @@ -172,13 +179,11 @@ turned on. At this point you should be able to start a dvb-capable application. For myself I used mplayer, dvbscan, tzap and kaxtv, they are working. Using the device -as a slave device in vdr, was not working for me. Some work has to be done -(patches and comments are very welcome). +in vdr (at least the USB2.0 one) is working. 2. Known problems and bugs -TODO: -- signal-quality and strength calculations +- none this time 2.1. Adding support for devices @@ -206,9 +211,10 @@ Most of the current supported devices are USB1.1 and thus they have a maximum bandwidth of about 5-6 MBit/s when connected to a USB2.0 hub. This is not enough for receiving the complete transport stream of a DVB-T channel (which can be about 16 MBit/s). Normally this is not a -problem, if you only want to watch TV, but watching a channel while -recording another channel on the same frequency simply does not work. -This applies to all USB1.1 DVB-T devices. +problem, if you only want to watch TV (this does not apply for HDTV), +but watching a channel while recording another channel on the same +frequency simply does not work. This applies to all USB1.1 DVB-T +devices, not only dibusb) A special problem of the dibusb for the USB1.1 is, that the USB control IC has a problem with write accesses while having MPEG2-streaming @@ -222,14 +228,20 @@ due the automatic scanning (introduced in 1.3.x, afaik) and epg-scan. Disabling these features is maybe a solution. Additionally this behaviour of VDR exceeds the USB1.1 bandwidth. +Update: +For the USB1.1 and VDR some work has been done (patches and comments are still +very welcome). Maybe the problem is solved in the meantime because I now use +the dmx_sw_filter function instead of dmx_sw_filter_packet. I hope the +linux-dvb software filter is able to get the best of the garbled TS. + 2.3. Comments Patches, comments and suggestions are very very welcome 3. Acknowledgements Amaury Demol (ademol@dibcom.fr) and Francois Kanounnikoff from DiBcom for - providing specs, code and help, on which the dvb-dibusb and dib3000mb are - based. + providing specs, code and help, on which the dvb-dibusb, dib3000mb and + dib3000mc are based. David Matthews for identifying a new device type (Artec T1 with AN2235) and for extending dibusb with remote control event handling. Thank you. |