[linux-dvb] Re: ATSC?

["Daniel Schmelzer" <dschmelzer@hotmail.com>]

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: <mocm@metzlerbros.de>
>Reply-To: Marcus Metzler <mocm@metzlerbros.de>
>To: "Daniel Schmelzer" <dschmelzer@hotmail.com>
>CC: holger@convergence.de, mdz@debian.org, linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
>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
>
>
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