The framework provides generic functions (mostly kernel API calls), such as:
- Transport Stream URB handling in conjunction with dvb-demux-feed-control
- (bulk and isoc (TODO) are supported)
+ (bulk and isoc are supported)
- registering the device for the DVB-API
- registering an I2C-adapter if applicable
- remote-control/input-device handling
- firmware requesting and loading (currently just for the Cypress USB
- controller)
+ controllers)
- other functions/methods which can be shared by several drivers (such as
functions for bulk-control-commands)
+- TODO: a I2C-chunker. It creates device-specific chunks of register-accesses
+ depending on length of a register and the number of values that can be
+ multi-written and multi-read.
The source code of the particular DVB USB devices does just the communication
with the device via the bus. The connection between the DVB-API-functionality
TODO: dynamic enabling and disabling of the pid-filter in regard to number of
feeds requested.
-Supported devices USB1.1
+Supported devices
========================
-Produced and reselled by Twinhan:
----------------------------------
-- TwinhanDTV USB-Ter DVB-T Device (VP7041)
- http://www.twinhan.com/product_terrestrial_3.asp
+See the LinuxTV DVB Wiki at www.linuxtv.org for a complete list of
+cards/drivers/firmwares:
-- TwinhanDTV Magic Box (VP7041e)
- http://www.twinhan.com/product_terrestrial_4.asp
-
-- HAMA DVB-T USB device
- http://www.hama.de/portal/articleId*110620/action*2598
-
-- CTS Portable (Chinese Television System) (2)
- http://www.2cts.tv/ctsportable/
-
-- Unknown USB DVB-T device with vendor ID Hyper-Paltek
-
-
-Produced and reselled by KWorld:
---------------------------------
-- KWorld V-Stream XPERT DTV DVB-T USB
- http://www.kworld.com.tw/en/product/DVBT-USB/DVBT-USB.html
-
-- JetWay DTV DVB-T USB
- http://www.jetway.com.tw/evisn/product/lcd-tv/DVT-USB/dtv-usb.htm
-
-- ADSTech Instant TV DVB-T USB
- http://www.adstech.com/products/PTV-333/intro/PTV-333_intro.asp?pid=PTV-333
-
-
-Others:
--------
-- Ultima Electronic/Artec T1 USB TVBOX (AN2135, AN2235, AN2235 with Panasonic Tuner)
- http://82.161.246.249/products-tvbox.html
-
-- Compro Videomate DVB-U2000 - DVB-T USB (2)
- http://www.comprousa.com/products/vmu2000.htm
-
-- Grandtec USB DVB-T
- http://www.grand.com.tw/
-
-- AVerMedia AverTV DVBT USB
- http://www.avermedia.com/
-
-- DiBcom USB DVB-T reference device (non-public)
-
-
-Supported devices USB2.0-only
-=============================
-- Twinhan MagicBox II
- http://www.twinhan.com/product_terrestrial_7.asp
-
-- TwinhanDTV Alpha
- http://www.twinhan.com/product_terrestrial_8.asp
-
-- DigitalNow TinyUSB 2 DVB-t Receiver
- http://www.digitalnow.com.au/DigitalNow%20tinyUSB2%20Specifications.html
-
-- Hanftek UMT-010
- http://www.globalsources.com/si/6008819757082/ProductDetail/Digital-TV/product_id-100046529
-
-
-Supported devices USB2.0 and USB1.1
-=============================
-- Typhoon/Yakumo/HAMA/Yuan DVB-T mobile USB2.0
- http://www.yakumo.de/produkte/index.php?pid=1&ag=DVB-T
- http://www.yuan.com.tw/en/products/vdo_ub300.html
- http://www.hama.de/portal/articleId*114663/action*2563
- http://www.anubisline.com/english/articlec.asp?id=50502&catid=002
-
-- Artec T1 USB TVBOX (FX2) (2)
-
-- Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-T USB2
- http://www.hauppauge.com/
-
-- KWorld/ADSTech Instant DVB-T USB2.0 (DiB3000M-B)
-
-- DiBcom USB2.0 DVB-T reference device (non-public)
-
-- AVerMedia AverTV A800 DVB-T USB2.0
-
-1) It is working almost - work-in-progress.
-2) No test reports received yet.
+http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB
0. History & News:
+ 2005-06-30 - added support for WideView WT-220U (Thanks to Steve Chang)
+ 2005-05-30 - added basic isochronous support to the dvb-usb-framework
+ added support for Conexant Hybrid reference design and Nebula DigiTV USB
2005-04-17 - all dibusb devices ported to make use of the dvb-usb-framework
2005-04-02 - re-enabled and improved remote control code.
2005-03-31 - ported the Yakumo/Hama/Typhoon DVB-T USB2.0 device to dvb-usb.
2005-03-30 - first commit of the dvb-usb-module based on the dibusb-source. First device is a new driver for the
- TwinhanDTV Alpha / MagicBox II USB2.0-only DVB-T device.
+ TwinhanDTV Alpha / MagicBox II USB2.0-only DVB-T device.
(change from dvb-dibusb to dvb-usb)
2005-03-28 - added support for the AVerMedia AverTV DVB-T USB2.0 device (Thanks to Glen Harris and Jiun-Kuei Jung, AVerMedia)
2005-02-02 - added support for the Hauppauge Win-TV Nova-T USB2
2005-01-31 - distorted streaming is gone for USB1.1 devices
2005-01-13 - moved the mirrored pid_filter_table back to dvb-dibusb
- - first almost working version for HanfTek UMT-010
- - found out, that Yakumo/HAMA/Typhoon are predessors of the HanfTek UMT-010
+ - first almost working version for HanfTek UMT-010
+ - found out, that Yakumo/HAMA/Typhoon are predecessors of the HanfTek UMT-010
2005-01-10 - refactoring completed, now everything is very delightful
- - tuner quirks for some weird devices (Artec T1 AN2235 device has sometimes a
- Panasonic Tuner assembled). Tunerprobing implemented. Thanks a lot to Gunnar Wittich.
+ - tuner quirks for some weird devices (Artec T1 AN2235 device has sometimes a
+ Panasonic Tuner assembled). Tunerprobing implemented. Thanks a lot to Gunnar Wittich.
2004-12-29 - after several days of struggling around bug of no returning URBs fixed.
2004-12-26 - refactored the dibusb-driver, splitted into separate files
- - i2c-probing enabled
+ - i2c-probing enabled
2004-12-06 - possibility for demod i2c-address probing
- - new usb IDs (Compro, Artec)
+ - new usb IDs (Compro, Artec)
2004-11-23 - merged changes from DiB3000MC_ver2.1
- - revised the debugging
- - possibility to deliver the complete TS for USB2.0
+ - revised the debugging
+ - possibility to deliver the complete TS for USB2.0
2004-11-21 - first working version of the dib3000mc/p frontend driver.
2004-11-12 - added additional remote control keys. Thanks to Uwe Hanke.
2004-11-07 - added remote control support. Thanks to David Matthews.
2004-11-05 - added support for a new devices (Grandtec/Avermedia/Artec)
- - merged my changes (for dib3000mb/dibusb) to the FE_REFACTORING, because it became HEAD
- - moved transfer control (pid filter, fifo control) from usb driver to frontend, it seems
- better settled there (added xfer_ops-struct)
- - created a common files for frontends (mc/p/mb)
+ - merged my changes (for dib3000mb/dibusb) to the FE_REFACTORING, because it became HEAD
+ - moved transfer control (pid filter, fifo control) from usb driver to frontend, it seems
+ better settled there (added xfer_ops-struct)
+ - created a common files for frontends (mc/p/mb)
2004-09-28 - added support for a new device (Unkown, vendor ID is Hyper-Paltek)
2004-09-20 - added support for a new device (Compro DVB-U2000), thanks
- to Amaury Demol for reporting
- - changed usb TS transfer method (several urbs, stopping transfer
- before setting a new pid)
+ to Amaury Demol for reporting
+ - changed usb TS transfer method (several urbs, stopping transfer
+ before setting a new pid)
2004-09-13 - added support for a new device (Artec T1 USB TVBOX), thanks
- to Christian Motschke for reporting
+ to Christian Motschke for reporting
2004-09-05 - released the dibusb device and dib3000mb-frontend driver
(old news for vp7041.c)
2004-07-15 - found out, by accident, that the device has a TUA6010XS for
- PLL
+ PLL
2004-07-12 - figured out, that the driver should also work with the
- CTS Portable (Chinese Television System)
+ CTS Portable (Chinese Television System)
2004-07-08 - firmware-extraction-2.422-problem solved, driver is now working
- properly with firmware extracted from 2.422
- - #if for 2.6.4 (dvb), compile issue
- - changed firmware handling, see vp7041.txt sec 1.1
+ properly with firmware extracted from 2.422
+ - #if for 2.6.4 (dvb), compile issue
+ - changed firmware handling, see vp7041.txt sec 1.1
2004-07-02 - some tuner modifications, v0.1, cleanups, first public
2004-06-28 - now using the dvb_dmx_swfilter_packets, everything
- runs fine now
+ runs fine now
2004-06-27 - able to watch and switching channels (pre-alpha)
- - no section filtering yet
+ - no section filtering yet
2004-06-06 - first TS received, but kernel oops :/
2004-05-14 - firmware loader is working
2004-05-11 - start writing the driver
1. How to use?
1.1. Firmware
-Most of the USB drivers need to download a firmware to start working.
-
-for USB1.1 (AN2135) you need: dvb-usb-dibusb-5.0.0.11.fw
-for USB2.0 HanfTek: dvb-usb-umt-010-02.fw
-for USB2.0 DiBcom: dvb-usb-dibusb-6.0.0.8.fw
-for USB2.0 AVerMedia AverTV DVB-T USB2: dvb-usb-avertv-a800-01.fw
-for USB2.0 TwinhanDTV Alpha/MagicBox II: dvb-usb-vp7045-01.fw
-
-The files can be found on http://www.linuxtv.org/download/firmware/ .
+Most of the USB drivers need to download a firmware to the device before start
+working.
-We do not have the permission (yet) to publish the following firmware-files.
-You'll need to extract them from the windows drivers.
+Have a look at the Wikipage for the DVB-USB-drivers to find out, which firmware
+you need for your device:
-You should be able to use "get_dvb_firmware dvb-usb" to get the firmware:
-
-for USB1.1 (AN2235) (a few Artec T1 devices): dvb-usb-dibusb-an2235-01.fw
-for USB2.0 Hauppauge: dvb-usb-nova-t-usb2-01.fw
-for USB2.0 ADSTech/Kworld USB2.0: dvb-usb-adstech-usb2-01.fw
-for USB2.0 Yakumo/Typhoon/Hama: dvb-usb-dtt200u-01.fw
+http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB
1.2. Compiling
Gunnar Wittich and Joachim von Caron for their trust for providing
root-shells on their machines to implement support for new devices.
+ Allan Third and Michael Hutchinson for their help to write the Nebula
+ digitv-driver.
+
Glen Harris for bringing up, that there is a new dibusb-device and Jiun-Kuei
Jung from AVerMedia who kindly provided a special firmware to get the device
up and running in Linux.
Jennifer Chen, Jeff and Jack from Twinhan for kindly supporting by
writing the vp7045-driver.
- Some guys on the linux-dvb mailing list for encouraging me
+ Steve Chang from WideView for providing information for new devices and
+ firmware files.
+
+ Michael Paxton for submitting remote control keymaps.
+
+ Some guys on the linux-dvb mailing list for encouraging me.
Peter Schildmann >peter.schildmann-nospam-at-web.de< for his
user-level firmware loader, which saves a lot of time
Ulf Hermenau for helping me out with traditional chinese.
André Smoktun and Christian Frömmel for supporting me with
- hardware and listening to my problems very patient.
+ hardware and listening to my problems very patiently.
git://ftp.safe.ca / safe / jmp / linux-2.6 / blobdiff