Re: [linux-dvb] Mantis VP-1027/VP-1033/VP-1034/VP-2033/VP-3033

2006-10-07 Thread Lauri Tischler
Manu Abraham wrote: Hi All, I have uploaded a preview for the Mantis based cards (VP-1027 / VP-1033 / VP-1034 / VP-2033 / VP-3033) The update contains a new PCI bridge called the Mantis and 2 frontends as well Does this apply also to these cards - Twinhan DTV TER-CI 3030 Mantis DVB-T -

[linux-dvb] Mythtv with NEXUS-S only

2006-08-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
I was wondering is it possible to have Mythtv running with NEXUS-S FF card only, using it for capture _and_ tv-out MythTV site seems to be centered around PVR-card. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Using HTML-mail is like breaking wind in a church * 60.2N 24.7E * it is not illegal, just extremely bad

Re: [linux-dvb] Mythtv with NEXUS-S only

2006-08-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
Gavin Hamill wrote: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:37:35 +0300 Lauri Tischler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering is it possible to have Mythtv running with NEXUS-S FF card only, using it for capture _and_ tv-out MythTV site seems to be centered around PVR-card. I don't believe so - that's what

[linux-dvb] LNB_CURRENT

2004-01-25 Thread Lauri Tischler
Appears that tuxbox uses frontend command fp_ioctl_get_lnb_current Is that tuxbox home-made special ? anything similar in normal dvb ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 60.2N 24.7E -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe linux-dvb as subject.

[linux-dvb] OT: Diseqc Spec

2004-01-18 Thread Lauri Tischler
I've been trying to find specification for Diseqc 1.2, other then the one at www.eutelsat.com called 'position_app_note_v1.pdf' The initial spec from Feb. 1998. I have not been able to find anything newer. Specially I'm tring to find the spec for command 'Goto X', the original spec just says ---

[linux-dvb] Re: FF cards alter PTS'?

2003-11-21 Thread Lauri Tischler
Holger Waechtler wrote: like mentioned before: Full Featured cards an anachronism, I hope no company will be so foolish to produce such a beast again for the mass market. Do you mean that if I want to make a set-top-box, I need to mess with DXR or framebuffers or matrox or some crappy tv-out or

[linux-dvb] Formally correct output patch for scan

2003-09-08 Thread Lauri Tischler
Florian (PS: Lauri could you please create a commandline option to switch nit/tid usage on [Default off] with a big warning message? [scan]) Done.. Adds parameter -e to scan, e as version, v is used as verbose -e NVDR version, default 2 for VDR-1.2.x ANYTHING ELSE

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCH] Alternative fix for budget stream problems

2003-09-05 Thread Lauri Tischler
Holger Waechtler wrote: Ed Wildgoose wrote: Jon Burgess wrote: Last night I tried another approach to fixing the DMA issues. Instead of dealing with the awkward transition between the odd and even fields in the middle of the buffer, I just avoid the problem by using the whole buffer for both

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCH] fix for stream corruption on budget / Nova-Tcards

2003-08-30 Thread Lauri Tischler
Jon Burgess wrote: Here is a patch which completely fixes all the stream distortion problems i've been seeing on my P4 system. This works without needing to apply any of the proposed PCI tweaks. Where do you apply that to DVB cvs ? -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[linux-dvb] Re: Hauppauge Nova-T Problems

2003-08-24 Thread Lauri Tischler
John Knottenbelt wrote: Well, I notice that av7110.c (at least in the 2.6.0-test3 kernel) writes: ./ttpci/av7110.c: saa7146_write(dev, PCI_BT_V1, 0x1c00101f); and ./ttpci/budget-core.c:saa7146_write(dev, PCI_BT_V1, 0x001c | ./ttpci/budget-core.c:(saa7146_read(dev,

[linux-dvb] Re: Hauppauge Nova-T problems - Progress at last!

2003-08-16 Thread Lauri Tischler
Ed Wildgoose wrote: Thankyou so much Robert. The clue to at least some of my problems is this PCI burst length setting. However, having tried values down to 16, it was still causing little errors, so I went down to using 0x00, and this seems to work properly at last! Wahoo! I actually then

[linux-dvb] NOVA-T broken ?

2003-08-14 Thread Lauri Tischler
Here is some output from tzap, first is NOVA-T and second is NEXUS-T It appears that the NOVA-T has given up its ghost :( Is there anything to fiddle with or just nail the thing to the wall. -- NOVA-T -- vdr:/usr/local/dvb/DVB-Jul21/apps/szap# ./tzap -a 1 TV1 using '/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0'

[linux-dvb] Re: Differences in DVB-C and DVB-T

2003-08-14 Thread Lauri Tischler
Gavin Hamill wrote: Just a quick 'feeler' question here... what are the differences between DVB-T and DVB-C ? Is it simply a matter of input frequency, or is there more to it than that? Good question, maybe somebody wise can also explain why the two, T and C, are different in the first place.

[linux-dvb] Re: Is Satscan positioner control possible?

2003-08-14 Thread Lauri Tischler
Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: In Finland practically all free to air content requires quite large dish so good reception is critical. Depends what is considered as 'large' dish. I can receive quite a lot of stuff with Triax 88cm dish. I just wonder if its possible to get BBC (Astra 28) with anything

[linux-dvb] L64781 manual

2003-08-09 Thread Lauri Tischler
Is the manual for LSI L64781 available somewhere, I have found manual for L64780 but that does not help much. -- Lauri Tischler, Network Admin Tel:+358-9-47846331* Anna kaikkien kissojen kukkia * Fax:+358-9-47846500* Kiinalainen sananlasku* Mobile: +358-40-5569010

[linux-dvb] Re: latest cvs driver and scan app

2003-07-24 Thread Lauri Tischler
bigg wrote: Hi, I've just had to upgrade to the most recent driver mainly to improve the scan app so it could output data for use with VDR.

[linux-dvb] Re: latest cvs driver and scan app

2003-07-24 Thread Lauri Tischler
bigg wrote: There propably ain't definition for your transmitter in initial.h file, add one there or tell us what transmitter y'r using It also could help if U told us your scan command string. Ok, my transmitter is Bluebell Hill in Kent, UK. My scan command string is: scan -o vdr | sort

[linux-dvb] Re: errors in scan

2003-07-21 Thread Lauri Tischler
Lauri Tischler wrote: The command below dont dump provider name, ./scan -a 1 -s 0 -x 666 -t 1 -p -n -o vdr astra-vdr the '-p' is position dependent, if it is before the '-o vdr' it wont work, the patch fixes that. Replaced Hotbird entrys in initial.h with only one entry, appears to scan all

[linux-dvb] orbital pos as zero

2003-07-21 Thread Lauri Tischler
Some transponders give their orbital position as zero. I think they should be removed from vdr-output of scan. Any yeas or nays.. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Life is complex * The Olde Farthe * It has real and imaginary parts * -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL

[linux-dvb] Re: RGB tv out on hauppauge nexus?

2003-07-18 Thread Lauri Tischler
Eric Laly wrote: If no, is there a great différence (of image quality, of course) between the composite out of nexus and the RGB out of the 'old' card ? On my opinion, no. The difference is not really on the NEXUS but on the TV. Many TV sets have lousy composite input and thats why people say

[linux-dvb] Latency ?

2003-07-15 Thread Lauri Tischler
I tweaked the saa7146_core.c to set latency to 128, mainly to see if I could get my NOVA-T (the DVB 3) to work properly, without artefacts, (I have this crappy VIA based uATX Motherboard) Picture breaks and glitches whenewer there is a write to disk and NOVA-T is in use. Board 1 is NEXUS-T, Board

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB driver 2003-07-13 log messages

2003-07-13 Thread Lauri Tischler
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: I just loaded the latest driver from the DVB CVS and got these log messages that I didn't get before: Jul 13 12:02:11 video kernel: mt312_read: ret == -121 This comes once for each DVB card. Don't know if it's serious, just wanted to report it. the last two lines in the

[linux-dvb] Re: scan

2003-07-13 Thread Lauri Tischler
Demeter Tibor wrote: Hi all! How to use the scan util if i not need the scrambled channels of the channels.conf ? i need only the free and working channels use scan -h try scan -x 0 -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe linux-dvb as subject.

[linux-dvb] Re: CA_ID in scan

2003-07-10 Thread Lauri Tischler
Wolfgang Thiel wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 08:36:57AM +0300, Lauri Tischler wrote: Seems to have dissapeared somewhere after introducing the nit-stuff, or maybe I'm blind. Is there any table anywhere for mapping ca_id to actual method, ie. viacces, powervu, conax etc.. You can find a list

[linux-dvb] Re: Scanning other-nit

2003-07-09 Thread Lauri Tischler
Wolfgang Thiel wrote: On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 08:31:52AM +0300, Lauri Tischler wrote: ... Maybe tuning attempts can be further reduced by dropping other satellites. ie. if tuning to 12345:v:S5.0E:27500 succeeds it is not necessary to try to tune to sats other then S5.0E Apropos comparisons

[linux-dvb] CA_ID in scan

2003-07-09 Thread Lauri Tischler
Seems to have dissapeared somewhere after introducing the nit-stuff, or maybe I'm blind. Is there any table anywhere for mapping ca_id to actual method, ie. viacces, powervu, conax etc.. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe linux-dvb as subject.

[linux-dvb] New CVS wont compile

2003-07-08 Thread Lauri Tischler
/driver] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20' make: *** [here] Error 2 vdr:/usr/local/dvb/DVB/driver# -- Lauri Tischler, Network Admin Tel:+358-9-47846331* Anna kaikkien kissojen kukkia * Fax:+358-9-47846500* Kiinalainen sananlasku* Mobile

[linux-dvb] Re: New CVS wont compile

2003-07-08 Thread Lauri Tischler
Lauri Tischler wrote: vdr:/usr/local/dvb/DVB/driver# make /lib/modules/2.4.20/build/scripts/pathdown.sh: line 4: TOPDIR: parameter null or not set DIR=`pwd`; (cd /lib/modules/2.4.20/build; make SUBDIRS=$DIR modules) make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20' make -C /usr/local

[linux-dvb] Scanning other-nit

2003-07-08 Thread Lauri Tischler
Scanning other-nit from Sirius gives following, They look like cable-stuff, is that correct ?? // NIT other NIT (other TS) (SMATV) transport_stream_id 0x0003 0x03e8/0x0003 297:M64:C:6875: (done) (tuning failed) transport_stream_id 0x0008 0x03e8/0x0008

[linux-dvb] Re: Trouble with tuning to lo-band

2003-07-08 Thread Lauri Tischler
Gregor Lawatscheck wrote: At 16:08 29/06/2003, you wrote: It sort of appears that I can get anything below 11700 Ghz. Any ideas where to hunt, have allready removed all signal-combiners and diseq-stuff from the cable. I've had a similar problem which went away when I got the skew exactly

[linux-dvb] Re: Scanning other-nit

2003-07-08 Thread Lauri Tischler
Johannes Stezenbach wrote: On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 12:33:14PM +0200, Andreas Oberritter wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 10:47, Lauri Tischler wrote: Scanning other-nit from Sirius gives following, They look like cable-stuff, is that correct ?? Yes, scan must ignore cable stuff when scanning

[linux-dvb] AUDIO_CHAN_MAX

2003-07-02 Thread Lauri Tischler
.. in scan.c should be increased, Europe by Satellite on HotBird 12476 has 12 apids. -- Lauri Tischler, Network Admin Tel:+358-9-47846331* Anna kaikkien kissojen kukkia * Fax:+358-9-47846500* Kiinalainen sananlasku* Mobile: +358-40-5569010 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[linux-dvb] Firmware 'logo'

2003-07-02 Thread Lauri Tischler
When firmware is loaded to the card, why does it say '(C) 2001 Convergence integrated media' on the tv It is the year of 2003, you know... -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe linux-dvb as subject.

[linux-dvb] Output of scan satellite position

2003-07-01 Thread Lauri Tischler
Some nitpicking :) According to Satcodx Intelsat 707 is at 359 and Thor is at 359.2. Shouldnt scan then report S1.0W and S0.8W respectively. -- Lauri Tischler, Network Admin Tel:+358-9-47846331* Anna kaikkien kissojen kukkia * Fax:+358-9-47846500* Kiinalainen

[linux-dvb] patch to add ac3_pids to -o vdr

2003-07-01 Thread Lauri Tischler
vdr format ;apid,apid;dpid: I was not able to test this, as none of the Sirius or Thor channels appear to have dolby. VDR accepts more than one ac3_pid (dpid), are there more than one, if yes then the handling should be array like audio_pids. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Let all cats bloom * The

[linux-dvb] Re: maybe temporary solution for using dvb-s+analogtvwithout dish

2003-06-29 Thread Lauri Tischler
Guido Fiala wrote: Is there some history of firmware changes available? http://www.linuxdvb.tv/download/ChangeLog -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe linux-dvb as subject.

[linux-dvb] Trouble with tuning to lo-band

2003-06-29 Thread Lauri Tischler
It sort of appears that I can get anything below 11700 Ghz. Any ideas where to hunt, have allready removed all signal-combiners and diseq-stuff from the cable. Just appr. 8m of cable from DVB-S to LNB. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Let all cats bloom * The Olde Farthe * Chinese prowerb *

[linux-dvb] patch for scan (-t bitfield select)

2003-06-28 Thread Lauri Tischler
Select output by service, 1=tv, 2=radio, 4=other. Effective only for -o vdr now. There is some odd effect, I have selected INVERSION_OFF for 562000 terrestial transmitter, output still gives INVERSION_AUTO (I999), should be I0 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Let all cats bloom * The Olde Farthe

[linux-dvb] Re: patch parameter -r for scan

2003-06-27 Thread Lauri Tischler
Johannes Stezenbach wrote: Hi, Lauri Tischler wrote: Add parameter -r, -r 0 disables radiochannels from vdrlist scan -h shows usage I don't like this patch, because it works for vdr output format only, and because IMHO the -r N stuff is too specialized. How about: -t N select service type

[linux-dvb] Re: initial.h additions for scan

2003-06-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
Johannes Stezenbach wrote: It's necessary at least for DVB-T in Berlin. Added one mux (Espoo Terrestial 562000) to my initial.h. Espoo has a total of three mux's, supprice, scan found them all. They are all fortunately by one provider, Digita. command 'scan -a 0 -o vdr' worked most of the time.

[linux-dvb] Re: initial.h additions for scan

2003-06-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
Holger Waechtler wrote: Lauri Tischler wrote: There is an error in dump-vdr.c, missing : in line fprintf (f, :T:27500); should be fprintf (f, :T:27500:); Lauri thanks, applied. I don't know the VDR output format, what exactly means this field? the :T: field

[linux-dvb] patch for scan

2003-06-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
new parameter -x scan -h shows usage -- --- scan.c.orig 2003-06-26 11:15:11.0 +0300 +++ scan.c 2003-06-26 11:47:14.0 +0300 @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static int current_tp_only; static int get_other_nits; static int vdr_dump_provider; +static int

[linux-dvb] Success with vdr (terrestial) channels.conf from scan

2003-06-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
This is slightly off-topic for dvb, so I send copy to vdr... By adding only one mux (562000) to initial.h I got what's below, with command 'scan -a 0 -o vdr /video/channels.conf' Starting then vdr just worked - MTV3

[linux-dvb] patch for initial.h

2003-06-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
Add definition for Espoo Finland Terrestial A-mux -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Let all cats bloom * The Olde Farthe * Chinese prowerb * ---BeginMessage--- Index: DVB/apps/scan/initial.h === RCS file:

[linux-dvb] patch parameter -r for scan

2003-06-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
Add parameter -r, -r 0 disables radiochannels from vdrlist scan -h shows usage -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Let all cats bloom * The Olde Farthe * Chinese prowerb * ---BeginMessage--- Index: DVB/apps/scan/dump-vdr.c === RCS

[linux-dvb] Re: initial.h additions for scan

2003-06-25 Thread Lauri Tischler
: Usefull ?? -- Lauri Tischler, Network Admin Tel:+358-9-47846331* Anna kaikkien kissojen kukkia * Fax:+358-9-47846500* Kiinalainen sananlasku* Mobile: +358-40-5569010 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe linux

[linux-dvb] Error in vdr output format of scan

2003-06-23 Thread Lauri Tischler
TV3 Denmark:12054:v:S50E:27500::1121:1122:1126:1:1120:86:3:0 -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Let all cats bloom * The Olde Farthe * Chinese prowerb * -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe linux-dvb as subject.

[linux-dvb] Audio sync

2003-03-30 Thread Lauri Tischler
Does anybody else have problem with audio sync, it is quite bad (nearly ridiculous) on Nexus DVB-T, not so bad on Nexus DVB-S. Yesterday I tested the version on CVS, no better than before. The driver I'm using now is linux-dvb.2002-12-08.tar.bz2 pack from vdr-project, no problem there. Cheers...

[linux-dvb] Re: Info about tuners

2003-02-21 Thread Lauri Tischler
Ian Molton wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:40:49 + Ian Molton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Er. Is this the wrong place to be asking about this? or did I do a smelly fart? Check http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/index.htm and read all relevant documentation -- Info: To unsubscribe send

[linux-dvb] Re: dvbsak

2003-01-28 Thread Lauri Tischler
Juha Yrjölä wrote: dvbsak tries to auto-detect the DVB kernel driver version, and for some reason it fails. Maybe it's because you're trying to use the second adapter in your machine. Try with the latest CVS version. I've made a workaround for the bug. Hmmm... I get various errors for the

[linux-dvb] SN zero ??

2003-01-28 Thread Lauri Tischler
I wonder why snr is zero, reception is good tho o) Driver and tzap from latest CVS. vdr:/usr/local/dvb/DVB/apps/szap# ./tzap -a 0 TV2 using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 56200 Hz status 01 | signal 4d4e | snr | ber 0013 | unc |

[linux-dvb] Re: [RFC] USB DVB design

2002-11-29 Thread Lauri Tischler
Holger Waechtler wrote: Due to the high power consumtion of the frontend we'll need an external power supply of about 5...9V/5W. Using other DVB-C/S/T frontends should be trivial, only minor changes in layout and and power supplies should be necessairy. How about having multiple frontend

[linux-dvb] DVB dont compile

2002-11-09 Thread Lauri Tischler
vdr:~/VDR15/DVB/driver# make /usr/src/linux/scripts/pathdown.sh: line 4: TOPDIR: parameter null or not set DIR=`pwd`; (cd /usr/src/linux; make SUBDIRS=$DIR modules) make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-2.4.20pre5' make -C /root/VDR15/DVB/driver CFLAGS=-D__KERNEL__

[linux-dvb] Re: Patch for frontends/ves1820.c

2002-10-20 Thread Lauri Tischler
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: I also had severe problems with lost locks in the latest driver (actually I had these problems with the NEWSTRUCT driver all the time). With the following patch to DVB/driver/dvb_frontend.c these problems are gone here: --- patch klipped --- Yep, Great Ghu, it works,

[linux-dvb] Re: Patch for frontends/ves1820.c

2002-10-19 Thread Lauri Tischler
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: I also had severe problems with lost locks in the latest driver (actually I had these problems with the NEWSTRUCT driver all the time). With the following patch to DVB/driver/dvb_frontend.c these problems are gone here: Gotta try that patch. I have not been able to

[linux-dvb] DVB-T does not tune

2002-10-14 Thread Lauri Tischler
After the chance to HEAD I cant tune the DVB-T card. Appears that NEWSTRUCT is affected also. I just grabbed both and neither works. tzap dont tune, dvbtune dont tune, of cource vdr dont tune :) Older version, with VDRAIO, works. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-T not working with 'old' driver

2002-09-27 Thread Lauri Tischler
Tomi Ollila wrote: W/ DVB-T transport frequencies change when going from one transmitter to another. My wild guess is that The other parameters if the channel (group) stays the same (At least here in Finland, what I've been told). I think we are lucky (or not) here in Finland 'cause we have

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-T not working with 'old' driver

2002-09-27 Thread Lauri Tischler
Tomi Ollila wrote: Friday Sep 27 09:45:17 +0300 2002 Lauri Tischler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tomi Ollila wrote: It should not be hard to find the exact source code lines where those are defined (seems to be in dvb.c)... Anyway, it is the application that sets those values too (i.e.. you need

[linux-dvb] DVB-T not working with 'old' driver

2002-09-26 Thread Lauri Tischler
I'm stumped, I feel dumb, cant find whats wrong :( DVB-T card works with NEWSTRUCT driver, it started to work just fine after I changed two parameters in dvb-frontend.c For Finland parameters need to be - constellation: QAM_64 - transmission_mode: TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K I've been trying to find

[linux-dvb] debug flag

2002-09-25 Thread Lauri Tischler
While snooping along I found, in dvb_filter, following: int read_sequence_header(uint8_t *headr, VideoInfo *vi, int pr) 'int pr' apparently controls printing of debug info, where can one set it on ? I was snooping around 'cause 10 meg's of 'buffer empty' messages in logfiles started bugging me,

[linux-dvb] tuner grundig

2002-09-18 Thread Lauri Tischler
Am I correct assuming that the 'old version' of dvb-driver does not support grundig_29504-401 tuner. I'm asking because I cant get the nova-t card working with old driver, it works with newstruct-driver. Cheers.. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe

[linux-dvb] Re: tuner grundig

2002-09-18 Thread Lauri Tischler
Tomi Ollila wrote: Why would you like to use old driver if NEWSTRUCT works fine. I use old driver only with my legacy dvbstream -based recording system. Because VDRAIO uses old driver, I want to see if AIO works any better than VDR-1.1.10. Terrestial channels drop really a lot of frames,