[mythtv-users] Anyone using a TBS6985?

[Gavin Whitehead]

On 22/01/2013 20:33, Tim Draper wrote:
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> On 22 January 2013 18:55, Jelte Veldstra <jelte.veldstra at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jelte.veldstra at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Mark Gardner
>     <Mark at thegardners.me.uk <mailto:Mark at thegardners.me.uk>> wrote:
>     > I have read several success stories with the TBS6984 DVB-S2 Quad
>     Tuner,
>     > but it has been replaced by the TBS6985. The manufacturer's
>     website says
>     > the 6985 is compatible with MythTV, but I am unable to find any
>     success
>     > stories....
>     >
>     > Can anyone put my mind at rest please?
>     >
>
>     No experience with the TBS products. I read about the drivers provided
>     by TBS can be a pain to work with as they're maintained by them and
>     are not open source. On the other hand when it works for your kernel
>     then you're set.
>
>     Personally I have been a happy user of the Digital Devices Cine S2 v5
>     PCI-e DVB-S2 twin adapter. The kernel recognized it without manually
>     compiling drivers, but then under MythTV multirec would fail. Oliver
>     Endriss is a developer who created a special branche for these devices
>     and using his drivers multirec works great too. Digital devices now
>     sells v6 and v6.5 of these products (the later revisions can be
>     configured as quad tunercards as well), but as far as I can see using
>     the drivers of Oliver Endriss all revisions should work well under
>     Linux. Being such a happy user I ordered a DVB-C/T combo PCI-e adapter
>     of Digital Devices as well. Hopefully it comes in later this week so I
>     can use it on my DVB-C recordings.
>
>
> I've got the TBS 6981 (dual tuner), and it's been flawless and would 
> instantly purchase another TBS card without consideration.
>
> Drivers are kernel specific, so you either need to re-compile on 
> kernel change, or lock yourself on a kernel.
>
> Nothing but praise from me for TBS :)
>
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I'm a TBS6981 user as well and my experience is the same as Tims. No 
problems using the card; rebuild drivers when I upgrade the kernel (or 
the drivers themselves).  Simples.

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