[Wolves] Ott request building PVR with Linux

Mon Mar 22 11:56:25 UTC 2021

Hi ordered card off eBay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TBS-TBS-6981-PCIe-Satellite-TV-Dual-Tuner-Card-/254756399148?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

Made the mistake it is low profile one..

Will not fit into my dell tower needs too be full tower size one.

Can i get a cable too it? Or get refunded?

Thx

On Tue, 2 Mar 2021, 12:45 pm Adam Sweet via Wolves, <
wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> There's a kernel driver so it should work:
>
> https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Compro_VideoMate_S350
>
> It looks like there are 3 revisions of the card and you may need to set
> a kernel module argument for one particular variant:
>
> https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=48872
>
> If you get to that point then you might be better off coming back and
> asking for help. If you saw John's talk the other week you will remember
> you can use commands like dmesg, lspci, lsmod and modinfo to find out
> information about the card and its driver.
>
> So that's the driver end, what you need next is a front-end to scan for
> channels and switch between them. I don't know much about this kind of
> thing but it looks like Kaffeine (the KDE media player) supports DVB and
> manages the scanning and tuning all in one. Outside of Kaffeine it's
> normally a 2-stop process to scan for channels and write them out to a
> file then use some other tool to watch them:
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DVB-S
>
> https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TV_Related_Software
>
> If you're using Kodi or Libreelec then you'll need to look into how to
> get it up and running with those rather than Kaffeine.
>
> As an aside there's no need to gamble on whether some bit of hardware
> will work. I figured out whether the S350 will work on Linux just by
> Googling "Linux videomate s350" and what to watch it with using "Linux
> dvb-s software". You can do that with pretty much any bit of hardware
> before purchasing. The messy gap between definitely will work and
> definitely won't work should be pretty thin these days.
>
> As for whether any particular card can output 720p is down to whether
> the tuner in the card supports it, rather the interface it uses. In this
> case, it looks like the one your bought should:
>
> http://docs.xenex.co.uk/box/videomate/S350.pdf
>
>
> https://docplayer.net/31095363-Videomate-s350-dvb-s-pci-tv-tuner-card-start-up-guide-compro-technology-inc.html
>
> It supports 1080i, which is 720p upscaled to 1080. I note it recommends
> a 2.6 GHz CPU for watching HD. That's based on a Windows XP/Vista PC
> spec so might not be relevant with the advancement in CPU multimedia
> extensions since then, but it presumably comes down to the CPU's ability
> to decode the AV stream. It looks like the PC you have comes with either
> a second gen Core-i5, i3 or Pentium processor so you should be fine with
> those, though it may come with a Celeron which may not be up to it.
>
> In the case of USB transfer speeds then given the age of the respective
> technologies I'd be surprised if there were any USB 1.1 DVB-S tuners
> that support HD. USB 2.0 came out in 2000 and supports 480Mb/s. DVB-S2
> came out in 2003 so as long as you don't connect a USB 2.0 tuner to an
> old USB 1.1 port it should work fine.
>
> Ad
>
>
>
> On 01/03/2021 20:16, Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint via Wolves wrote:
> > Sorry bad request n English poor..
> >
> > Need a dvbs card too fit the dell optiplex 3010..
> >
> > I got one on route from eBay took a gamble it will work..
> > 'Videomate s350 Digital Satellite TV Tuner and Capture Card - No Remote"
> >
> > Got old hp computer that PCI slots..
> > Dual core CPU I can not remember exact specifications if the hp tower..
> >
> > Maybe try out usb dvb satellite dongle .. are they fast enough too do
> > 720p TV?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 27 Feb 2021, 12:44 pm Adam Sweet via Wolves,
> > <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 at 09:44, Ron Wellsted via Wolves
> >     <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>>
> wrote:
> >     >
> >     > Take a look at https://libreelec.tv/ <https://libreelec.tv/> This
> >     is a lightweight distribution
> >     > that has Kodi (formerly XBMC) bundled and is designed for building
> a
> >     > media centre including DVB support.
> >     >
> >     > I have it running on a Raspberry Pi B+ successfully.
> >
> >     Yup, LibreElec is what I was going to suggest too.
> >
> >     Ad
> >
> >
> >     > On 27/02/2021 03:55, Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint via Wolves
> wrote:
> >     > > I have dell optiplex 3010 turning into tv header server.
> >     > > Need dvb satellite that will fit it..
> >     > >
> >     > > You got spare dvb satellite card "PCI-e 16x Connector (SLOT1)"
> >     > > Trying too build PVR.
> >
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