Hi All-- It seems like we did some cross e-mails but are thinking similar thoughts. While I don't have the necessary skills, I can work as a go-between to get some information for those who do and are willing to code.
FYI, WinTV-Ds can be picked up off of e-bay for around $75-$100. Regards-- Dan >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Marcus Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Daniel Schmelzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: ATSC? >Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:13:41 +0100 (CET) > >Daniel Schmelzer writes: > > Hi Holger-- > > > > Upon rereading my note re #2, it could have been taken to mean that >y'all > > are inflexible and wouldn't accept code for another PCI bridge. Just >to be > > clear, I don't mean that. > > > > Probably a good way to get to full support for ATSC would be to fully > > support the Pinnacle PCTV Sat. While it is a DVB card, it is based on > > Conexant's DStream reference design with a Fusion 878A chip acting as >the > > bridge. The transport stream is sent over the I2S channel. The >WinTV-D can > > also use the Fusion 878A in the same manner. > > > > I note that a couple of weeks ago somebody suggested that they were >working > > on a Pinnacle PCTV Sat driver for Linux. I don't know whether that is > > destined to be included in the Linux-DVB code or whether any progress >has > > been made. > > > >Yes, it will be in there, that is part of the reason why we are >changing the drivers directory structure (NEWSTRUCT >branch). Everything will be more modular so that you can stick the >various components together, i.e. frontend, demuxer (soft or >hardware), PCI bridge, MPEG decoder etc., as needed. > >We will also include the MPEG decoder cards in that structure. We >already have the margi DVD-to-go in there and I started with a wrapper >for the dxr3 driver, which I did not get far with, but maybe I will >check it in anyway. > >So ATSC may fit in quite well. It is yet another frontend type (we >already have QPSK, QAM, OFDM) and the rest will also fit in. >The only trouble is that we Europeans probably won't be able to do it >by ourselves, so people in the USA will have to work on that stuff. > >Marcus > > >-- >Info: >To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe >linux-dvb" as subject. > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
