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newbie question WRT Yuan MPG600 == Diamond Xtreme TV PVR550

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ivtv-interest at pacbell

Jan 22, 2005, 9:31 PM

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newbie question WRT Yuan MPG600 == Diamond Xtreme TV PVR550

Hi all,

I'm a newbie to Linux development and to the linux PVR scene so if
possible, please be patient with this dumb question ...

My son acquired a Via ITX motherboard and has built a small system to
run linux apps to support his linux work such as PVR,etc. As part of
this project he installed a Diamond Xtreme TV PVR500 which AFAWCD
is a OEM'ed Yuan MPG 600 ( see
http://www.yuan.com.tw/en/products/vdo_mpg600.htm) for details) which
is supported by the 0.2.0 based ivtv drivers -- but the PCI
information vendor/subtype is different, of course, so changes to the
ivtv.h file are required ( I think). I have reviewed these changes wrt
other cardr postings but after looking at the ivtv 0.2.0 code , I am
somewhat confused about what has to be changed.

IS ther ea clear FAQ that covers this somewhere or other info aI can
review ? I searched the archives buit found nothing specifric to the
diamond cards and their config requirements. Help !!!

cheers~

Paul

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ken at hudat

Jan 22, 2005, 10:30 PM

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Re: newbie question WRT Yuan MPG600 == Diamond Xtreme TV PVR550 [In reply to]

IVTV interest list @ Pacbell.net wrote:
> My son acquired a Via ITX motherboard and has built a small system to
> run linux apps to support his linux work such as PVR,etc. As part of
> this project he installed a Diamond Xtreme TV PVR500 which AFAWCD is
> a OEM'ed Yuan MPG 600 ( see
> http://www.yuan.com.tw/en/products/vdo_mpg600.htm) for details) which
> is supported by the 0.2.0 based ivtv drivers -- but the PCI information
> vendor/subtype is different, of course, so changes to the ivtv.h file
> are required ( I think). I have reviewed these changes wrt other cardr
> postings but after looking at the ivtv 0.2.0 code , I am somewhat
> confused about what has to be changed.

Just out of curiousity, how did you decide that the diamond was a
re-branded Yuan MPG-600? I mean, if it is and it works with ivtv, that'd
be awesome, cuz I'd love another working low profile card. But are you
just basing it on looks (the fact that they're both low profile), or do
you have some chipsets and what not to base your idea on?
-peace

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Jan 23, 2005, 1:30 AM

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Re: newbie question WRT Yuan MPG600 == Diamond Xtreme TV PVR550 [In reply to]

Brian -

Wow ! Cool - any chance I can get a copy of the working driver or a
copy of the mod's you made to get this to work ?

Any chance we can get this card support put back to the ivtv project ?
Does this make sense ( again, sorry if this is stupid comment , I'm
only an egg).

Thanks for checking and following up on this - since Diamond is a
prolific supplier and this card appears to be cheap, hopefully this is
another good source of PVR cards for the users of IVTV . I bought it
specifically since it was a low profile card , not having any hope that
ivtv would work and resigning myself to run BeyondTV which is supplied
with the card ( yeah ! - I don't have to support the Gates empire!)

thanks -

paul

On Jan 23, 2005, at 12:05 AM, Brian Litzinger wrote:

>> On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 08:31:03PM -0800, IVTV interest list @
>> Pacbell.net wrote:
>
>>> this project he installed a Diamond Xtreme TV
>>> PVR500 which AFAWCD is a OEM'ed Yuan MPG 600 ( see
>>> http://www.yuan.com.tw/en/products/vdo_mpg600.htm) for details)
>>> which is supported by the 0.2.0 based ivtv drivers
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 09:57:39PM -0800, Brian Litzinger wrote:
>
>> Yuan made the MPG600 (green PCB), and later the MPG600GR (purple
>> PCB). The boards are very different and only the earlier version is
>> supported in 0.2.0. There is a version of ivtv that supports the
>> later card. Maybe the changes were integrated. Yuan also has an even
>> newer card called the PG600DM which is MCE 2005 certified.
>
> Did some digging on my own.
>
> http://www.diamondmm.com/pvr550.php
>
> Don't know about the 500, but the 550 sure is a dead ringer for my
> Yuan MPG600GR board.
>
> I and J. Wilcox are in posession of a driver based on ivtv that works
> with the MPG600GR.
>
> --
> Brian Litzinger
>
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