<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 August 2011 10:08, Lawrence Rust <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lvr@softsystem.co.uk">lvr@softsystem.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 12:35 +0200, Harald Gustafsson wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I searched for a dual tuner PCI-e DVB-T2 card with Linux support and<br>
> found this TBS6280 card:<br>
> <a href="http://tbsdvb.blog.com/2011/07/22/tbs-6280-freeview-hd-twin-tuner-card/" target="_blank">http://tbsdvb.blog.com/2011/07/22/tbs-6280-freeview-hd-twin-tuner-card/</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.buydvb.net/tbs6280-pcie-dvbt2t-dual-tuner-card_p38.html" target="_blank">http://www.buydvb.net/tbs6280-pcie-dvbt2t-dual-tuner-card_p38.html</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.tbsdtv.com/english/Download.html" target="_blank">http://www.tbsdtv.com/english/Download.html</a><br>
><br>
> Previously I have only found the blackgold product that state they<br>
> will have Linux support but have not seen any drivers yet.<br>
><br>
> But when searching the mythtv lists and the linux dvb list I could not<br>
> find anyone using it. Do anyone have any info about this card, does it<br>
> work well with terrestrial DVB-T2 reception, is linux support working,<br>
> does it work with mythtv, etc.<br>
<br>
</div>I haven't used the 6280 but I do have a 6981 (dual dvb-S2).<br>
<br>
The driver is shipped as a mixture of source and pre-compiled object<br>
files for their custom frontends. You re-build all the v4l drivers 'out<br>
of tree' using a v4l-media environment (see <a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/repo/" target="_blank">www.linuxtv.org/repo/</a>) by<br>
running 'sudo make install'.<br>
<br>
The stock v4l sources supplied are old (from around 2.6.35) and don't<br>
contain many current fixes. This isn't a problem per-se unless you<br>
intend to use the card with another v4l card. In this case your brand<br>
new, bug fixed drivers are replaced by TBS's version which may or, as in<br>
my case, may not work.<br>
<br>
I repeatedly mailed TBS support at <a href="mailto:support@tbsdtv.com">support@tbsdtv.com</a> to ask how I could<br>
only install the 6981 driver but never got an answer. In desperation I<br>
setup a git tree of 2.6.35 and merged it with the TBS drivers in order<br>
to separate their changes. Finally after many hours I have a set of<br>
patches that I can apply to 2.6.39 that produce a working driver.<br>
<br>
Be warned that if you run a 2.6.38 or later kernel then the IR RC won't<br>
work because of significant changes to the RC architecture that TBS<br>
don't like (see <a href="http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=929" target="_blank">http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=929</a> and<br>
<a href="http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=110&start=90#p2693" target="_blank">http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=110&start=90#p2693</a> )<br>
<br>
Not for the faint hearted.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">Lawrence<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>^^ what he said!<br>6981 here too, and although i am happy running an unpatched mythbuntu 10.10 install and things work flawless, the biggest show stopper i've come across the IR conflict support when using LIRC 0.9.0 and the mceusb devices.<br>
<br>stability wise, i've never had a problem. driver side works on certain kernels. that along with compatibility issues with LIRC will be the biggest headache you will come across.<br>lirc 0.8.7 works fine though.<br>
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