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Mark at thegardners

Oct 29, 2011, 12:38 AM

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BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner?

Hello

I've not seen anything on this list about the Blackgold BGT3600 dual
DVB-T2 and dual DVB-S2 card (also supports DVB-C, but that part does not
interest me). http://shop.blackgold.tv/BGT3600

There are no Linux drivers yet, although an eMail from BG support says
'coming November 2011'. I'm not sure that would mean immediate support
in Myth though...

Anyone else considering this card yet?

Cheers

Mark

linux at thehobsons

Oct 29, 2011, 1:31 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

Mark Gardner wrote:

>I've not seen anything on this list about the
>Blackgold BGT3600 dual DVB-T2 and dual DVB-S2
>card (also supports DVB-C, but that part does
>not interest me).
>http://shop.blackgold.tv/BGT3600

Well that's a lot of card for the money, and all
on a low profile card (nice since my backend is
low-profile only)

>There are no Linux drivers yet, although an
>eMail from BG support says 'coming November
>2011'.

I've learned to never, ever trust "coming soon"
promises - unless it's a big bill or tax demand
you'd prefer not to get. In particular, never
ever trust "coming soon" promises when it
involves computers !

>I'm not sure that would mean immediate support in Myth thoughŠ

In theory, as soon as it's supported by the Linux
video subsystem then it should be supported by
Myth.

--
Simon Hobson

Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed
author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as
Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books.
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Mark at thegardners

Oct 29, 2011, 1:55 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

I too never really trust 'coming soon'!

BG also wrote to me a second time saying that linux drivers are available now, but looking at http://shop.blackgold.tv/epages/BT3159.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT3159/Categories/Support/Current_Drivers the current drivers are only for DVB-T2 and DVB-C, and on Ubuntu 10.04 - I'm on 11.10 now.

So fingers crossed....

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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner?

Mark Gardner wrote:

>I've not seen anything on this list about the Blackgold BGT3600 dual
>DVB-T2 and dual DVB-S2 card (also supports DVB-C, but that part does
>not interest me).
>http://shop.blackgold.tv/BGT3600

Well that's a lot of card for the money, and all on a low profile card (nice since my backend is low-profile only)

>There are no Linux drivers yet, although an eMail from BG support says
>'coming November 2011'.

I've learned to never, ever trust "coming soon"
promises - unless it's a big bill or tax demand you'd prefer not to get. In particular, never ever trust "coming soon" promises when it involves computers !

>I'm not sure that would mean immediate support in Myth though©

In theory, as soon as it's supported by the Linux video subsystem then it should be supported by Myth.

--
Simon Hobson

Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books.
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sijones2010 at gmail

Oct 29, 2011, 10:38 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

2011/10/29 Mark Gardner <Mark [at] thegardners>:
> I too never really trust 'coming soon'!
>
> BG also wrote to me a second time saying that linux drivers are available now, but looking at http://shop.blackgold.tv/epages/BT3159.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT3159/Categories/Support/Current_Drivers the current drivers are only for DVB-T2 and DVB-C, and on Ubuntu 10.04 - I'm on 11.10 now.
>
> So fingers crossed....

I personally would stay far away from this card until the drivers are
in mainline kernel, there not even giving the source code, it's a
binary driver so would only work for certain kernels.

I have had tuners that I had to hack drivers to work with and in the
end it wasn't worth the hassle, I just ripped them out and replaced
all my cards with kernel supported ones.

Also, the specs ain't very clear, it says dual DVB-S and DVB-S2 then
DVB-T DVB-T2, is that 4 tuners at once or are you limited to x amount
etc, i'd wait a bit before getting that one, unless they have
submitted the driver code!
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Mark at thegardners

Oct 29, 2011, 11:56 PM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

I agree with you to an extent Simon. But does anyone know of any working and reliable T2 or S2 tuners?

I currently run Myth on a Revo so am currently limited to USB tuners. I've tried and utterly failed with a TeVii S660 (S2). Ok, i'm a Linux novice but that device has caused me two distro upgrades in order to get my DVB-T tuner working again! I am prepared to change hardware if necessary if i can find reliable tuners.

I have the S660 working reliably in NextPVR, but it's just not as good as Myth.

It's a shame Linux drivers are seemingly second fiddle to Windows drivers. The BGT3600 would seem to be the ideal card if the drivers ever become available. From reading up on it it will support 4 concurrent recordings on separate muxs in any combination of 2 of each of T T2 S or S2 in Win MC.

On 29 Oct 2011, at 18:38, "Simon Jones" <sijones2010 [at] gmail> wrote:

> 2011/10/29 Mark Gardner <Mark [at] thegardners>:
>> I too never really trust 'coming soon'!
>>
>> BG also wrote to me a second time saying that linux drivers are available now, but looking at http://shop.blackgold.tv/epages/BT3159.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT3159/Categories/Support/Current_Drivers the current drivers are only for DVB-T2 and DVB-C, and on Ubuntu 10.04 - I'm on 11.10 now.
>>
>> So fingers crossed....
>
> I personally would stay far away from this card until the drivers are
> in mainline kernel, there not even giving the source code, it's a
> binary driver so would only work for certain kernels.
>
> I have had tuners that I had to hack drivers to work with and in the
> end it wasn't worth the hassle, I just ripped them out and replaced
> all my cards with kernel supported ones.
>
> Also, the specs ain't very clear, it says dual DVB-S and DVB-S2 then
> DVB-T DVB-T2, is that 4 tuners at once or are you limited to x amount
> etc, i'd wait a bit before getting that one, unless they have
> submitted the driver code!
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linux at thehobsons

Oct 30, 2011, 12:45 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

Mark Gardner wrote:
>But does anyone know of any working and reliable T2 or S2 tuners?

I'm under the impression that they are few and far between at the
moment - and so I'm personally still using DVB-T only.

>It's a shame Linux drivers are seemingly second fiddle to Windows
>drivers. The BGT3600 would seem to be the ideal card if the drivers
>ever become available.

That simple market economics. For most manufacturers, the world
begins and ends with the output from Redmond. For those that do
recognise the existence of alternatives, they will see the simple
economics of Windows=90+% of users=one set of drivers to write.

And of course, for those that do support Linux, they then have to
face the impossible task of writing reliable drivers, that comply
with NDAs they'll have signed with their upstream technology vendors,
that work on all distros, and don't inflame the (seemingly very
vocal) purists who won't allow non-GPL code to taint the kernel.
I suspect this latter bit may have put some vendors off - if they've
"had a go" and got nothing but pain from the potential users then
they may well decide not to bother again.

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Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed
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sijones2010 at gmail

Oct 30, 2011, 1:45 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

On 30 October 2011 06:56, Mark Gardner <Mark [at] thegardners> wrote:
> I agree with you to an extent Simon. But does anyone know of any working and reliable T2 or S2 tuners?

Yep, I have a NOVA T 500 Dual tuner and DVICO Dual Tuner for DVB-T to
give me 4 tuners on that, I have the TeVii S660 for 2 DVB-S2 tuners
and a pinnacle pctv t2 290e for DVB-T2 which is only set for the HD
mux and then 5 virtual tuners off it.

> I currently run Myth on a Revo so am currently limited to USB tuners. I've tried and utterly failed with a TeVii S660 (S2). Ok, i'm a Linux novice but that device has caused me two distro upgrades in order to get my DVB-T tuner working again! I am prepared to change hardware if necessary if i can find reliable tuners.

Drivers for the S660 are only in quite new kernels, at least 2.6.39 is
required, same goes the the T2 290e.

> It's a shame Linux drivers are seemingly second fiddle to Windows drivers. The BGT3600 would seem to be the ideal card if the drivers ever become available. From reading up on it it will support 4 concurrent recordings on separate muxs in any combination of 2 of each of T T2 S or S2 in Win MC.

The DVB-T and DVB-T2 tuners are perfect, I'll agree to some extent
that the S660 is a bit fidderly, but the correct firmware and a newer
kernel and you'll be fine.
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pjokinen at lavabit

Oct 30, 2011, 3:51 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

30.10.2011 08:56, Mark Gardner kirjoitti:
> I agree with you to an extent Simon. But does anyone know of any working and reliable T2 or S2 tuners?

Does anyone have any experience with nGene based tuners?
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/NGene_devices

They seem to be fully supported in Linux (driver is in mainline kernel).
No T2 tuners, though.

I'm having weird urge to build new mythtv server with Digital Devices
Octopus and lots of tuner modules.

Petteri

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pjrobinson at metronet

Oct 30, 2011, 9:51 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

Re a working DVB-T2 usb device. I'm running a PCTV nanoStick T2 290e
usb device. The driver is available and I've got it working with HD TV
(I have to qualify this by saying I can receive and decode HD TV but my
non-ION Atom 510 processor is not powerful enough to display it in
real-time. However, the developers and others have been able to do so).

The driver development web site is here
<http://stevekerrison.com/290e/>. It's also available as part of the
standard build from Linux TV from here
<http://git.linuxtv.org/media_build.git>. I built my driver using these
instructions, the process was completely painless. It maybe that by now
the 2820r driver has been included as standard in the latest kernels.

On 30/10/11 10:51, PJ wrote:
> 30.10.2011 08:56, Mark Gardner kirjoitti:
>> I agree with you to an extent Simon. But does anyone know of any working and reliable T2 or S2 tuners?
> Does anyone have any experience with nGene based tuners?
> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/NGene_devices
>
> They seem to be fully supported in Linux (driver is in mainline kernel).
> No T2 tuners, though.
>
> I'm having weird urge to build new mythtv server with Digital Devices
> Octopus and lots of tuner modules.
>
> Petteri
>
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mythtv at rtr

Oct 30, 2011, 3:47 PM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

On 11-10-30 03:45 AM, Simon Hobson wrote:
..
> that work on all distros, and don't inflame the (seemingly very
> vocal) purists who won't allow non-GPL code to taint the kernel.
..

Regarding that point, "purists" have nothing to do with it.

It's a simple legal requirement -- the kernel is licensed under GPL,
and any distributed extension/modification to it must therefore also be GPL.
Drivers are part of the kernel.

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richard.e.morton at gmail

Oct 30, 2011, 4:09 PM

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>
>
> > that work on all distros, and don't inflame the (seemingly very
> > vocal) purists who won't allow non-GPL code to taint the kernel.
> ..
>
> Regarding that point, "purists" have nothing to do with it.
>
> It's a simple legal requirement -- the kernel is licensed under GPL,
> and any distributed extension/modification to it must therefore also be
> GPL.
> Drivers are part of the kernel.
>
>
I dont buy that argument, drivers shouldnt be in the kernel, they should
link to the kernel, nvidia doesnt release their source.

My issue is that vendors of equipment dont often maintain their drivers for
linux well enough, dont offer them via a PPA and so you're stuck to an old
kernel, old distribution version or some other issue, then they dont think
they have sold enough to linux users so can support completely.
Opensourcing protects us from that (at least to the degree that someone
could maintain them if someone with the time, skill and inclination were
available).

R

mythtv at rtr

Oct 30, 2011, 9:10 PM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

On 11-10-30 07:09 PM, Richard Morton wrote:
..
> I dont buy that argument, drivers shouldnt be in the kernel, they should
> link to the kernel, nvidia doesnt release their source.

Sure they do. Look more closely at that big Nvidia driver next time.
The kernel module is there in source code, and is compiled/built at install time.
The rest of the "driver" is binary, and is not part of the kernel driver.

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mrrooster at gmail

Oct 31, 2011, 8:43 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

On 30 October 2011 23:09, Richard Morton <richard.e.morton [at] gmail> wrote:
>>
>> > that work on all distros, and don't inflame the (seemingly very
>> > vocal) purists who won't allow non-GPL code to taint the kernel.
>> ..
>>
>> Regarding that point, "purists" have nothing to do with it.
>>
>> It's a simple legal requirement -- the kernel is licensed under GPL,
>> and any distributed extension/modification to it must therefore also be
>> GPL.
>> Drivers are part of the kernel.
>>
>
> I dont buy that argument, drivers shouldnt be in the kernel, they should
> link to the kernel, nvidia doesnt release their source.

Even linking to the kernel could mean you fall foul of the GPL. There
have been distributions unwilling to distribute the nVidia drivers
because of this legal grey area!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kororaa#Kororaa_XGL_Live_CD_and_the_GPL

Unfortunately the internet seems to have eaten more details.

Basically it hinges on what constitutes a 'derivative work', and this
ain't clear. :|

Ian

[snip]
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Jens.Peder.Terjesen at devoteam

Oct 31, 2011, 8:52 AM

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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 30. oktober 2011 11:52
To: mythtv-users [at] mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner?

30.10.2011 08:56, Mark Gardner kirjoitti:
> I agree with you to an extent Simon. But does anyone know of any working and reliable T2 or S2 tuners?

Does anyone have any experience with nGene based tuners?
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/NGene_devices

They seem to be fully supported in Linux (driver is in mainline kernel).
No T2 tuners, though.

I'm having weird urge to build new mythtv server with Digital Devices Octopus and lots of tuner modules.

Petteri

_______________________________________________

I have a Digital Devices Octopus with one dual DVB-S2 and one dual DVB-C/T.

The drivers for the Octopus (ddbridge) and the DVB-S2 (ngene) seems to be quite stable and working well.
The driver for the DVB-C/T (drxk) is more unstable and seems to still be work in progress.

I am running this on a test system with OpenSUSE 11.3 kernel 2.6.34 with these drivers:
http://linuxtv.org/hg/~endriss/ngene-octopus-test/

I also tried OpenSUSE 11.4 kernel 2.6.37 with these drivers:
http://linuxtv.org/hg/~endriss/media_build_experimental/

I also have a Cine S2 currently not in use. That one worked well with the recent v4l-dvb drivers.

Jens

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raymond at wagnerrp

Oct 31, 2011, 9:09 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

On 10/31/2011 11:43, Ian Clark wrote:
> On 30 October 2011 23:09, Richard Morton<richard.e.morton [at] gmail> wrote:
>>>> that work on all distros, and don't inflame the (seemingly very
>>>> vocal) purists who won't allow non-GPL code to taint the kernel.
>>> ..
>>>
>>> Regarding that point, "purists" have nothing to do with it.
>>>
>>> It's a simple legal requirement -- the kernel is licensed under GPL,
>>> and any distributed extension/modification to it must therefore also be
>>> GPL.
>>> Drivers are part of the kernel.
>>>
>> I dont buy that argument, drivers shouldnt be in the kernel, they should
>> link to the kernel, nvidia doesnt release their source.
> Even linking to the kernel could mean you fall foul of the GPL. There
> have been distributions unwilling to distribute the nVidia drivers
> because of this legal grey area!

If you are interfacing directly with the kernel using GPL methods, then
you must be licensed using the GPL as well. However, that is not
exactly what proprietary drivers like the nVidia graphics drivers are
doing. nVidia has a middle layer that sits in between the kernel and
the driver. This middle layer is the part that you compile yourself
when installing the drivers downloaded from nVidia's website. The
middle layer is licensed GPL to be kosher linking with the kernel.
Their drivers then interface with this middle layer.

Now you may say that since this middle layer is GPL, and they are
connecting to it, then the proprietary module needs to be GPL as well
just as when linking directly to the kernel. No. That's not how this
works. They didn't write the kernel, so they have to comply with
whatever licensing the kernel developers offer. They did write the
middle layer, so they can do whatever they please with it. They license
a copy of it GPL for public distribution, and they license it to
themselves, so they can link to it with proprietary code.
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gary.buhrmaster at gmail

Oct 31, 2011, 9:16 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 08:43, Ian Clark <mrrooster [at] gmail> wrote:
...
> Even linking to the kernel could mean you fall foul of the GPL. There
> have been distributions unwilling to distribute the nVidia drivers
> because of this legal grey area!

It could even be more complicated. nVidia requires (per their license)
that the end user agree to certain conditions. Your typical GPL'd
distro cannot agree to a restrictive license for the end user, so may
be unwilling to redistribute it.

As with much else involving patents, copyrights, trademarks,
licenses, contracts, etc., details matter, and your lawyer may
come to completely different conclusions than someone else's
lawyer. Those that want to avoid lawyers may choose to stay
far away from the thin lines and grey areas that may result in
large costs.
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Mark at thegardners

Nov 7, 2011, 10:19 PM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

This email in this morning from BlackGold would seem to be a step in the right direction for Linux drivers although drilling down through the zips, DVB-Sx support *appears* to be missing - I have emailed BG for clarification.

Dear Sir,

We are contacting you as you have previously expressed an interest in Linux drivers for BlackGold products.
BGT3575
BGT3576
BGT3585
BGT3590
BGT3595
BGT3600
BGT3620
BGT3630
BGT3650
BGT3695
BGT3696

As part of BlackGold's continued commitment to the Linux community, we have pleasure in announcing the latest Linux driver set for Ubuntu release 11.10, Kernel 3.0.0.

http://home.btconnect.com/blackgold/Downloads/BGT7231-1.0.0.791-32bit.tar.bz2
http://home.btconnect.com/blackgold/Downloads/BGT7231-1.0.0.791-64bit.tar.bz2

The above drivers are compiled binary drivers. We are currently prevented from releasing source code to the open environment by silicon vendor Non-Disclosure Agreements. However, we are fully aware of open source requirement and fully support this. We are therefore working hard to reach agreements which will allow full source release and hope to have these in place by January 2012.

Best regards,

BlackGold Team

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Sent: 29 October 2011 09:31
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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner?

Mark Gardner wrote:

>I've not seen anything on this list about the Blackgold BGT3600 dual
>DVB-T2 and dual DVB-S2 card (also supports DVB-C, but that part does
>not interest me).
>http://shop.blackgold.tv/BGT3600

Well that's a lot of card for the money, and all on a low profile card (nice since my backend is low-profile only)

>There are no Linux drivers yet, although an eMail from BG support says
>'coming November 2011'.

I've learned to never, ever trust "coming soon"
promises - unless it's a big bill or tax demand you'd prefer not to get. In particular, never ever trust "coming soon" promises when it involves computers !

>I'm not sure that would mean immediate support in Myth though©

In theory, as soon as it's supported by the Linux video subsystem then it should be supported by Myth.

--
Simon Hobson

Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books.
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Mark at thegardners

May 23, 2012, 4:00 AM

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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

From: mythtv-users-bounces [at] mythtv
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces [at] mythtv] On Behalf Of Mark Gardner
Sent: 29 October 2011 08:38
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Subject: [mythtv-users] BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner?

Hello

I've not seen anything on this list about the Blackgold BGT3600 dual
DVB-T2 and dual DVB-S2 card (also supports DVB-C, but that part does not
interest me). http://shop.blackgold.tv/BGT3600

There are no Linux drivers yet, although an eMail from BG support says
'coming November 2011'. I'm not sure that would mean immediate support
in Myth though...

Anyone else considering this card yet?

Cheers

Mark

Six months on....

BGT3600s have been out of stock for months, but recently have available
again.

Linux drivers now seem to be available - second version in fact.

Linux Ubuntu 11.10 Kernal 3.0.12. Distribution (Binary) for 7231
controller

The first version mentioned just DVB-T2 and DVB-C support - the second
version does not mention such a limitation. Latest email enquiry into
Blackgold seems to have entered a black hole L

I know of one success story with a BGT36xx series tuner (not the 3600)
on DVB-T/T2, but have not heard one with DVB-S/S2 yet.

Anyone here had any success yet with these tuners in Myth?

Cheers

Mark

J.Pilk at tesco

May 23, 2012, 5:31 AM

Post #19 of 20 (1684 views)
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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

On 23/05/12 12:00, Mark Gardner wrote:
> *From:*mythtv-users-bounces [at] mythtv
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces [at] mythtv] *On Behalf Of *Mark Gardner
> *Sent:* 29 October 2011 08:38
> *To:* Discussion about MythTV
> *Subject:* [mythtv-users] BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner?
>
> Hello
>
> I’ve not seen anything on this list about the Blackgold BGT3600 dual
> DVB-T2 and dual DVB-S2 card (also supports DVB-C, but that part does not
> interest me). http://shop.blackgold.tv/BGT3600
>
> There are no Linux drivers yet, although an eMail from BG support says
> ‘coming November 2011’. I’m not sure that would mean immediate support
> in Myth though…
>
> Anyone else considering this card yet?
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
> *//*
>
> Six months on….
>
> BGT3600s have been out of stock for months, but recently have available
> again.
>
> Linux drivers now seem to be available – second version in fact.
>
>
>
> Linux Ubuntu 11.10 Kernal 3.0.12. Distribution (Binary) for 7231 controller
>
> The first version mentioned just DVB-T2 and DVB-C support – the second
> version does not mention such a limitation. Latest email enquiry into
> Blackgold seems to have entered a black hole L
>
> I know of one success story with a BGT36xx series tuner (not the 3600)
> on DVB-T/T2, but have not heard one with DVB-S/S2 yet.
>
> Anyone here had any success yet with these tuners in Myth?
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark

Have you seen this?

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/503352#503352

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May 23, 2012, 10:38 AM

Post #20 of 20 (1682 views)
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Re: BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner? [In reply to]

On 23/05/12 13:31, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 23/05/12 12:00, Mark Gardner wrote:
>> *From:*mythtv-users-bounces [at] mythtv
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces [at] mythtv] *On Behalf Of *Mark Gardner
>> *Sent:* 29 October 2011 08:38
>> *To:* Discussion about MythTV
>> *Subject:* [mythtv-users] BGT3600 - Ultimate UK DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 Tuner?
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I’ve not seen anything on this list about the Blackgold BGT3600 dual
>> DVB-T2 and dual DVB-S2 card (also supports DVB-C, but that part does not
>> interest me). http://shop.blackgold.tv/BGT3600
>>
>> There are no Linux drivers yet, although an eMail from BG support says
>> ‘coming November 2011’. I’m not sure that would mean immediate support
>> in Myth though…
>>
>> Anyone else considering this card yet?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> *//*
>>
>> Six months on….
>>
>> BGT3600s have been out of stock for months, but recently have available
>> again.
>>
>> Linux drivers now seem to be available – second version in fact.
>>
>>
>>
>> Linux Ubuntu 11.10 Kernal 3.0.12. Distribution (Binary) for 7231
>> controller
>>
>> The first version mentioned just DVB-T2 and DVB-C support – the second
>> version does not mention such a limitation. Latest email enquiry into
>> Blackgold seems to have entered a black hole L
>>
>> I know of one success story with a BGT36xx series tuner (not the 3600)
>> on DVB-T/T2, but have not heard one with DVB-S/S2 yet.
>>
>> Anyone here had any success yet with these tuners in Myth?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mark
>
> Have you seen this?
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/503352#503352
>
...and I should have quoted

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/504251#504251

which you may have found by now!

HTH

John P

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