Comcast and DVB

[paul.cour1 at verizon.net]

Is this utility a script, or a routine in some 
programming language or part of the "driver interface"?

>I have a very simple small utility hard-coded for 
>US-NTSC-cable that takes the channel number as an argument and >tunes the right frequency on the card.


paulc

> 
> From: David Backeberg <dave at math.mit.edu>
> Date: 2005/03/22 Tue AM 10:06:17 EST
> To: Robert La Ferla <robertlaferla at comcast.net>
> CC: Discuss at blu.org
> Subject: Re: Comcast and DVB
> 
> I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm interested in your 
> setup.
> 
> Are you just trying to watch a raw feed from the card, or are you trying 
> to capture the feed to a file? If the driver is working properly, it 
> should have grabbed control of a device with a name like /dev/video0
> 
> I haven't tried out the HD stuff. It might be encrypted? I don't know if this
> applies to your tuner card, but for my regular TV Hauppauge card, it needs to
> know:
> 1) the encoding of the television signal: PAL, NTSC, etc.
> 2) which frequency to tune to. The frequencies of channels vary by country 
> and cable vs. air. Usually you can find simple utilities that will 
> change channels for you. I have a very simple small utility hard-coded for 
> US-NTSC-cable that takes the channel number as an argument and tunes the 
> right frequency on the card.
> 
> Did the HD3000 drivers come with a /utils directory? Check in there and 
> see if there's a tool for this purpose.
> 
> -- 
> David Backeberg (dave at math.mit.edu)
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> 
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Robert La Ferla wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to watch "unencrypted" digital cable with Comcast using DVB 
> > (w/QAM enabled)?  If so, dvbscan wants initial tuning data or at least one 
> > transponder/channel.  What do I need to feed it for arguments to get it to 
> > work?  I have a HD-3000 card.
> >
> >
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