[mythtv-users] DVB-S2 PCI-express cards

Josu Lazkano josu.lazkano at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 19:38:53 UTC 2011


2011/9/27 Andy Burns <mythtv.lists at burns.me.uk>:
> On 27 September 2011 18:15, Staffan Pettersson
> <staffan.pettersson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I dont know where to buy the TBS cards in Sweden so i am wondering if
>> anyone have tried this card?
>>
>> http://www.dvbshop.net/product_info.php/info/p2352_TeVii-S480-Dual-DVB-S2-HDTV-PCIe-Diseqc-1-2-2-0-Low-profile.html
>
> I made the mistake of buying a TBS card, it worked OK in 2.6.32 with
> their proprietary driver, then I had to hack the drivers for 2.6.35,
> it looks like the manufacturer won't be open-sourcing the whole driver
> any time soon and ICBA to hack it further.
>
> Recently the TBS card has started hanging my PC whenever it's inserted
> (I think I'll take a rather satifying hammer to it) so I've just
> bought a TeVii S480, the drivers are included in mainstream 3.1 kernel
> (maybe also in later 2.6.3x ones).
>
> Can't comment on long term reliability yet only had it two days...
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Hello I have Tevii S470 and S660, the S480 is based on two S660.

They works well on SD and HD. I don't  have any other DVB-S2 device,
so I can not compare.

Regards.

-- 
Josu Lazkano


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