SamyGO

try to use the search function ... this has been discussed already!!

conclusion:
- nobody can say if the TV uses something dvb-api compliant
- the respective /dev/dvb/ci ... devices are locked by exeDSP (which controls everything) and is closed source

.. and that's not that hard to do.

Getting the DVB-API going is fairly straightforward, probably depending on the type of service you need. The good thing is that it can be built completely as a set of kernel modules. See this thread: http://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1455. The hard bit is in the integration of the control in exeDSP. I'm still struggling there. Oh and by the way, /dev/dvb does not exist in B-series Sammy's. You will need to patch the kernel code to make the required device nodes work.

HTH,

marcelr

@marcelru

Any chance to get mgcamd working in the future on the B-Series (e.g. UE32B7090)?

What is needed for the integration of the control in exeDSP?

Is it possible to patch the kernel code for the device nodes /dev/dvb working?

regards
starbuck28

I'm not sure what mgcamd does. Is it a CAM emulator? In a quick scan I found executables for SH4, MIPS and PPC, no ARM, let alone one that will run on a Sammy. See also this topic: http://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=108

The DVB-API is easily modified to have its device special files in another place than /dev/dvb. I will look up the source files and post the details later.

The integration in exeDSP is another matter. So far, in my efforts to get sat tv on a DVB-C-tuner television I am still in the process of getting scrambled broadcasts to be properly displayed on my laptop computer. To make the step to the tv, I am still thinking about a menu item in mybuttons, one that programs the tv to play a movie, but from a TV channel that has been piped to a fifo. Doesn't work yet, and I must say that I haven't spent that much time on this particular part lately.

hope this clarifies things a little.

marcelr