[mythtvnz] DVB-S PCI card availability

[Sam Hadley-Jones]

>> On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 18:46 +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:
>>> Options at the moment for pure DVB-S appear to be
>>>
>>>
>>> Hauppauge Nova S Plus
>>> Technotrend S-1401
>>>
>>>
>>> For hybrid I could look at the HVR 3000 or HVR 4000 units.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any other options around as a lot of the cards on trademe appear to be
>>> quite generic.
>>>
>>>
>>> Shame we can't get some of the older SkyStar cards as they were
>>> excellent.
>>
>> The Technotrend S-1401 has been just as good as the old SkyStar in my
>> experience. They have been unavailable for quite a while but should be
>> back around in the next week or so.
>>
>> hads
> 
> Do they mix OK? I've got a Skystar2 and would like to get a full set of
> muxes :-)
> 
> 
> --
> Robin Gilks

The $70 DVB-S cards on trademe are based on the DM1105 chipset. There's a
DM1105 driver in Jaunty but it needs patching from Igor's git repo to get
it working with these cards. A guy off trademe sent me a sample card with
the intent to get it working in Linux but I really haven't had the time
lately. Any kernel hackers here want to give it a shot? I'll send the card
on to someone on this list (free!) with the intent of getting the driver
working and providing info/patchset on how it was done.

Email me off list if you're interested.

Sam Hadley-Jones.