[linux-dvb] iVOGUE DVB20 USB box?

[Georg Sassen]

Moin,

Am 11.07.2005 um 00:21 schrieb Patrick Boettcher:

> Hmm, the pll to get the pll-programming. The label "UTA-003" does  
> not reveal anything.

Ok, I tried to open it a little more and look on the other side of  
the tuner PCB, the only thing I can read on the chip is "TAIFUN", but  
I can't see the number. Might be "4T" at the end. Might be an  
Infineon TUA 6034?

>
> I digged a little deeper in the driver: It is indeed a clone of the  
> box HanfTek used for their stick. They told me about a "C&E"  
> company which is the actual vendor of these boxes. I did not found  
> a website or something.
> HanfTek told me that C&E is not interested in Linux.

Included with the Windows TV application (which indeed seems to be  
done by a "C&E" company) there is a Player.ini which iirc for the  
Hanftek is:

Tunertype=5
TunerI2CAddress=194
DriverLoader="CEDTVLDR.sys"
DriverCapture="DTVM5P2.sys"
CaptureTo=1
OffsetStepStart=0
OffsetStepEnd=0
UseExternalDecoder=1
UseAudioPage=1

For mine it is:
Tunertype=6
TunerI2CAddress=192
DriverLoader="CEDTVLDR.sys"
DriverCapture="CEUSBDVB.sys"
CaptureTo=1
RefreshRFInfo=0
OffsetStepStart=-2
OffsetStepEnd=4
OSDFontSize=2
EnableOffset=0
CursorHideNormalscreen=0;


So, I don't know how they count in the Windows world, but the i2c  
address seems to be indeed different ;)

I also tried to tune to a station under Windows and then boot into  
linux and do a scan, but get the same non-results:

 >>> tune to:  
538000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMI 
SSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0000

tzap -r also does the same as before.


> When we have the tuner programming your box will most likely work  
> with the HanfTek firmware.

Fine ;)

>
> One disadvantage of the HanfTek firmware is, that running the box  
> with USB1.1 is not possible anymore (because the PID filter cannot  
> be controlled). An advantage of the HanfTek firmware is, that you  
> can get the complete TS. This is not possible with the C&E-firmware.


Well, this would only be a problem if I wanted the device to run on  
my G3 iBook, but then again I'd have to make it run under MacOS first ;)

   Georg