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The '''VisionDTV Mini Cab ''
The '''VisionDTV Mini Cab DVB-C''' is a PCI card by [[TwinHan]]. It is either well supported under Linux[http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=VisionDTV_Mini_Cab_DVB-C_PCI&oldid=8157] or only partially supported with strong artifacts in the picture[http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=PCI_devices_DVB-C&oldid=8187]. As [http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=PCI_devices_DVB-C&diff=prev&oldid=6766 this edit] is fairly old, perhaps it works now? The underlying hardware is a [[[Brooktree Bt878|Bt878]] chip.
A [[DVB-C]] [[DVB-C PCI Cards|PCI card]] by [[TwinHan]]. It is either well supported under Linux [http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=VisionDTV_Mini_Cab_DVB-C_PCI&oldid=8157] or only partially supported with strong artifacts in the picture [http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=PCI_devices_DVB-C&oldid=8187]. As [http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=PCI_devices_DVB-C&diff=prev&oldid=6766 this edit] is fairly old, perhaps it works now?

The underlying hardware is a [[Conexant Fusion 878A]] chip.


This card supports DVB-C reception, all QAMs including QAM256, but (free) [[HDTV]] channels can't be recieved (tested in the German KabelBW net which uses H.264 for HDTV content, so maybe it's due to this non-MPEG2 standard and otherwise MPEG2-HDTV content could be received).
This card supports DVB-C reception, all QAMs including QAM256, but (free) [[HDTV]] channels can't be recieved (tested in the German KabelBW net which uses H.264 for HDTV content, so maybe it's due to this non-MPEG2 standard and otherwise MPEG2-HDTV content could be received).
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== Installation ==
== Installation ==
Not too difficult with a newer 2.6 kernel -- see the article [[Brooktree Bt878|Bt878]] for a howto.
Not too difficult with a newer 2.6 kernel -- see the article [[Conexant Fusion 878A]] for a howto.

Revision as of 15:12, 30 August 2007

The 'VisionDTV Mini Cab A DVB-C PCI card by TwinHan. It is either well supported under Linux [1] or only partially supported with strong artifacts in the picture [2]. As this edit is fairly old, perhaps it works now?

The underlying hardware is a Conexant Fusion 878A chip.

This card supports DVB-C reception, all QAMs including QAM256, but (free) HDTV channels can't be recieved (tested in the German KabelBW net which uses H.264 for HDTV content, so maybe it's due to this non-MPEG2 standard and otherwise MPEG2-HDTV content could be received).

It comes up in lspci as

0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)

Installation

Not too difficult with a newer 2.6 kernel -- see the article Conexant Fusion 878A for a howto.