[linux-dvb] Re: [Request] Person to write drivers for DVICOFusionHDTV DVB-T

[John Dalgliesh <johnd@defyne.org>]

On Fri, 21 May 2004, John Dalgliesh wrote:

> On Thu, 20 May 2004, Kenneth Webb wrote:
>
> > Hi All.
> >
> > I own a DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-T card and am wondering if there is anyone that
> > wants to create linux drivers for the card.

Replying to my own post because I realised that you actually are talking
about a different card to the one I was talking about - you're referring
to a new 'HDTV' DVB-T card, just for Australia (I feel so special! :)

My effort was toward the normal DVICO FusionHDTV card (i.e. the ATSC one)
for use in North America & Korea. I doubt if it has much in common with
their new DVB-T card. Sorry about the confusion.

{P^/

btw It seems the only thing 'HDTV' about it is their Windows software,
there's nothing extra on the card. So for linux you'd do just as well
with the AverMedia or TechnoTrend-based cards.

> Hi,
>
> I am 80% of the way through Mac drivers for this card (actually for the
> DVICO FusionHDTV II). In fact they are all written, but when it came to
> testing if the last part of them worked, my only tester discovered that he
> could get no digital signals in his area (testing with the card in a
> Windows machine).
>
> So far the uploading of the firmware to the card and the initialisation of
> the DSP (/frontend/whatever) works fine ... also i can pull all the signal
> stats out of it ... but I do not know if I am sending the right stuff to
> the tuner since I have no signals to attempt to tune :)
>
> This all happened a couple of months ago. My tester did say that he might
> move into an area where his Mac could get signals in May, so I will be
> following this up when I have time.
>
> With working Mac OS X drivers it would be a simple matter to port them to
> linux ... assuming you have the card! Since I am in Australia and there's
> not a lot of ATSC around here the development was not easy - kind of like
> the CAM driver development I've seen go by on this list recently :)
>
> Currently my efforts are in no fit state to be released - I want to get it
> working first then I'll figure out the best structure to use for it - but
> if someone is really keen to write the linux driver then I could be
> convinced to make it legible :)
>
> My grand plan of course was to really have them finished and working some
> months ago, and then I'd be able to actually contribute something to the
> linux-dvb project instead of just benefiting from all your hard work...
> but maybe it could still happen 8)
>
> > If you do, please reply back and I will pass your detials to DVICO who will
> > give you all the information you need to create the drivers.
>
> I contacted DVICO but they did not reply to any of my queries. Instead I
> was able to gather the necessary information from the component
> manufacturers. I was quite surprised that they were (so) helpful!
>
> > >From Kenneth
>
> {P^/
>
> btw Why you might ask am I writing drivers for a card I cannot possibly
> use? The answer is that it is a strategic move to increase the need to
> decode HD-sized MPEG2 on Macs, which will hopefully prod Apple into
> opening up their low-level 'DVD' playback API - so you don't need a dual
> proc Mac (like mine :) just to watch HDTV, when every Mac shipped for the
> last 5 years has a video card in it that can do it standing on its ear!
> (ok slight exaggeration - maybe less than 5 years, but still...)
>
> btw2 My Mac driver/dvb site is at <http://www.defyne.org/dvb/>
>
>
>
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