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diff --git a/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb b/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb index c1d55ccf9..5d7bfbfca 100644 --- a/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb +++ b/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Documentation for dib3000* frontend drivers and dibusb device driver ==================================================================== -Copyright (C) 2004-5 Patrick Boettcher (patrick.boettcher@desy.de), +Copyright (C) 2004-5 Patrick Boettcher (patrick.boettcher@desy.de), dibusb and dib3000mb/mc drivers based on GPL code, which has @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Produced and reselled by Twinhan: --------------------------------- - TwinhanDTV USB-Ter DVB-T Device (VP7041) http://www.twinhan.com/product_terrestrial_3.asp - + - TwinhanDTV Magic Box (VP7041e) http://www.twinhan.com/product_terrestrial_4.asp - + - HAMA DVB-T USB device http://www.hama.de/portal/articleId*110620/action*2598 - + - CTS Portable (Chinese Television System) (2) http://www.2cts.tv/ctsportable/ @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Produced and reselled by KWorld: - KWorld V-Stream XPERT DTV DVB-T USB http://www.kworld.com.tw/en/product/DVBT-USB/DVBT-USB.html -- JetWay DTV DVB-T USB +- JetWay DTV DVB-T USB http://www.jetway.com.tw/evisn/product/lcd-tv/DVT-USB/dtv-usb.htm - ADSTech Instant TV DVB-T USB @@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ Produced and reselled by KWorld: Others: ------- -- Ultima Electronic/Artec T1 USB TVBOX (AN2135, AN2235, AN2235 with Panasonic Tuner) +- Ultima Electronic/Artec T1 USB TVBOX (AN2135, AN2235, AN2235 with Panasonic Tuner) http://82.161.246.249/products-tvbox.html - Compro Videomate DVB-U2000 - DVB-T USB (2) http://www.comprousa.com/products/vmu2000.htm -- Grandtec USB DVB-T +- Grandtec USB DVB-T http://www.grand.com.tw/ - Avermedia AverTV DVBT USB (2) @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Supported devices USB2.0 - found out, that Yakumo/HAMA/Typhoon are predessors of the HanfTek UMT-010 2005-01-10 - refactoring completed, now everything is very delightful - tuner quirks for some weird devices (Artec T1 AN2235 device has sometimes a - Panasonic Tuner assembled). Tunerprobing implemented. Thanks a lot to Gunnar Wittich. + Panasonic Tuner assembled). Tunerprobing implemented. Thanks a lot to Gunnar Wittich. 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 @@ -114,23 +114,23 @@ Supported devices USB2.0 2004-09-28 - added support for a new device (Unkown, vendor ID is Hyper-Paltek) 2004-09-20 - added support for a new device (Compro DVB-U2000), thanks to Amaury Demol for reporting - - changed usb TS transfer method (several urbs, stopping transfer + - changed usb TS transfer method (several urbs, stopping transfer before setting a new pid) 2004-09-13 - added support for a new device (Artec T1 USB TVBOX), thanks to Christian Motschke for reporting 2004-09-05 - released the dibusb device and dib3000mb-frontend driver (old news for vp7041.c) - 2004-07-15 - found out, by accident, that the device has a TUA6010XS for + 2004-07-15 - found out, by accident, that the device has a TUA6010XS for PLL 2004-07-12 - figured out, that the driver should also work with the CTS Portable (Chinese Television System) - 2004-07-08 - firmware-extraction-2.422-problem solved, driver is now working + 2004-07-08 - firmware-extraction-2.422-problem solved, driver is now working properly with firmware extracted from 2.422 - #if for 2.6.4 (dvb), compile issue - changed firmware handling, see vp7041.txt sec 1.1 2004-07-02 - some tuner modifications, v0.1, cleanups, first public - 2004-06-28 - now using the dvb_dmx_swfilter_packets, everything + 2004-06-28 - now using the dvb_dmx_swfilter_packets, everything runs fine now 2004-06-27 - able to watch and switching channels (pre-alpha) - no section filtering yet @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Supported devices USB2.0 2004-05-11 - start writing the driver 1. How to use? -NOTE: This driver was developed using Linux 2.6.6., +NOTE: This driver was developed using Linux 2.6.6., it is working with 2.6.7 and above. Linux 2.4.x support is not planned, but patches are very welcome. @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The driver is included in the kernel since Linux 2.6.10. The USB driver needs to download a firmware to start working. You can either use "get_dvb_firmware dibusb" to download the firmware or you -can get it directly via +can get it directly via for USB1.1 (AN2135) http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/dvb-kernel/firmware/dvb-dibusb-5.0.0.11.fw @@ -196,50 +196,50 @@ modinfo dvb-dibusb modprobe dib3000-common debug=<level> modprobe dib3000mb debug=<level> modprobe dib3000mc debug=<level> -modprobe dvb-dibusb debug=<level> +modprobe dvb-dibusb debug=<level> should do the trick. -When the driver is loaded successfully, the firmware file was in +When the driver is loaded successfully, the firmware file was in the right place and the device is connected, the "Power"-LED should be 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 -in vdr is working now also. +in vdr is working now also. 2. Known problems and bugs - Don't remove the USB device while running an DVB application, your system will die. -2.1. Adding support for devices +2.1. Adding support for devices -It is not possible to determine the range of devices based on the DiBcom +It is not possible to determine the range of devices based on the DiBcom reference designs. This is because the reference design of DiBcom can be sold -to thirds, without telling DiBcom (so done with the Twinhan VP7041 and +to thirds, without telling DiBcom (so done with the Twinhan VP7041 and the HAMA device). When you think you have a device like this and the driver does not recognizes it, please send the ****load*.inf and the ****cap*.inf of the Windows driver to me. -Sometimes the Vendor or Product ID is identical to the ones of Twinhan, even -though it is not a Twinhan device (e.g. HAMA), then please send me the name -of the device. I will add it to this list in order to make this clear to +Sometimes the Vendor or Product ID is identical to the ones of Twinhan, even +though it is not a Twinhan device (e.g. HAMA), then please send me the name +of the device. I will add it to this list in order to make this clear to others. -If you are familar with C you can also add the VID and PID of the device to -the dvb-dibusb-core.c-file and create a patch and send it over to me or to +If you are familar with C you can also add the VID and PID of the device to +the dvb-dibusb-core.c-file and create a patch and send it over to me or to the linux-dvb mailing list, _after_ you have tried compiling and modprobing it. 2.2. USB1.1 Bandwidth limitation -Most of the currently 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. +Most of the currently 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 (this does not apply for HDTV), -but watching a channel while recording another channel on the same +but watching a channel while recording another channel on the same frequency simply does not work very well. This applies to all USB1.1 DVB-T devices, not just dibusb) @@ -254,12 +254,12 @@ working like charm now with VDR. Sometimes I even was able to record a channel and watch another one. 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, dib3000mb and + Amaury Demol (ademol@dibcom.fr) and Francois Kanounnikoff from DiBcom for + 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) @@ -269,17 +269,17 @@ Patches, comments and suggestions are very very welcome. stuff, a big thank you. Bernd Wagner for helping with huge bug reports and discussions. - + Gunnar Wittich and Joachim von Caron for their trust for giving me root-shells on their machines to implement support for new devices. - + Some guys on the linux-dvb mailing list for encouraging me - - Peter Schildmann >peter.schildmann-nospam-at-web.de< for his - user-level firmware loader, which saves a lot of time + + Peter Schildmann >peter.schildmann-nospam-at-web.de< for his + user-level firmware loader, which saves a lot of time (when writing the vp7041 driver) Ulf Hermenau for helping me out with traditional chinese. - + André Smoktun and Christian Frömmel for supporting me with hardware and listening to my problems very patient |