[linux-dvb] How to disable PID filter on dtt200u ?

[Patrick Boettcher]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Harald Welte wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I bought a Typhoon dtt200u based DVB-T USB box, and I'm running into
> problems streaming the full transport stream.
>
> In the LinuxTV wiki it is stated:
>
>> Comment: The programming of the MT352 is hidden behind the USB
>> protocol defined within the firmware. These boxes can only deliver
>> part of the Transport Stream (using a hardware PID filter) which is
>> not known how to be deactivated. (The driver was completely
>> reverse-engineered without the help of its real vendor (assuming
>> WideView is the manufacturer - UPDATE: the vendor was so kind to
>> provide information about unkown commands, hence the driver is
>> complete))

Unfortunately this statement in the wiki about the pid filters hasn't been 
solved when getting information from the vendor, because it is the truth, 
there is no pid-filter-by-pass mode. I agree the statement above is 
misleading.

> Which implies that only old (re-engineered) drivers shoulhd have that
> issue.

No.

> I'm running a stock 2.6.15 kernel, and I can stream individiual PID's
> but not the full TS.

> Any suggestions?

Get another box/stick. ;)

regards,
Patrick.

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