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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 11028">Whoa!Some searching of the Linux DVB-T forums/wiki has revealed some potentially useful info - the Avermedia A771 and the Technisat Airstar 2 share a lot of common elements.Since there is a SDK available for the Technisat Airstar 2, then possibly those drivers can have support for the BT878 added so we can get the A771 supported under Media Portal (it's a big ask, but it might happen):Avermedia DVB-T 771(mt352/samsung tdtc9251dh0(??)) &nbsp;features: fullts, AVin&nbsp;card driver: dvb-bt8xx&nbsp;interface: PCI&nbsp;PCI device id: 109e:036e&nbsp;PCI subsystem id: 1461:0771&nbsp;Bridge: Brooktree bt878&nbsp;frontend 1:&nbsp;&nbsp; tin box: samsung tdtc9251dh0&nbsp;&nbsp; frontend driver: mt352&nbsp;&nbsp; demodulator location: tin box&nbsp;&nbsp; demodulator: mt352 @0x0f&nbsp;&nbsp; PLL: ?? @0x61Technisat Airstar2(mt352/Samsung tdtc9251dh0(??)) &nbsp;features: fullts&nbsp;card driver: skystar2&nbsp;interface: PCI&nbsp;PCI device id: 13d0:2103 (rev 02)&nbsp;PCI subsystem id: 13d0:2103&nbsp;frontend 1:&nbsp;&nbsp; tin box: samsung tdtc9251dh0&nbsp;&nbsp; frontend driver: mt352&nbsp;&nbsp; demodulator location: tin box&nbsp;&nbsp; demodulator: ST MT352 @0x0f&nbsp;&nbsp; PLL: ?? @0x61&nbsp;Notes: Based on B2C2 FlexCop Chipset. The PCI address of this is identical to the skystar2!!! Have to probe frontend to identify.some info on the B2C2 FlexCop chipset as used on the Technicsat Airstar2 can be found here:<a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/B2C2_FlexCop" target="_blank">http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/B2C2_FlexCop</a>and here:<a href="http://www.b2c2.com/docs/flexcop.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.b2c2.com/docs/flexcop.pdf</a>Technisat website::<a href="http://www.technisat.com" target="_blank">www.technisat.com</a> or <a href="http://www.technisat.de" target="_blank">www.technisat.de</a>SDK can be found at:<a href="http://www.technisat.hu/download/skystar2-sdk404.zip" target="_blank">http://www.technisat.hu/download/skystar2-sdk404.zip</a>or:<a href="http://www.technisat.com/?site=service/download.php&amp;produktID=1281&amp;reload" target="_blank">http://www.technisat.com/?site=service/download.php&amp;produktID=1281&amp;reload</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 11028"] Whoa! Some searching of the Linux DVB-T forums/wiki has revealed some potentially useful info - the Avermedia A771 and the Technisat Airstar 2 share a lot of common elements. Since there is a SDK available for the Technisat Airstar 2, then possibly those drivers can have support for the BT878 added so we can get the A771 supported under Media Portal (it's a big ask, but it might happen): Avermedia DVB-T 771 (mt352/samsung tdtc9251dh0(??)) features: fullts, AVin card driver: dvb-bt8xx interface: PCI PCI device id: 109e:036e PCI subsystem id: 1461:0771 Bridge: Brooktree bt878 frontend 1: tin box: samsung tdtc9251dh0 frontend driver: mt352 demodulator location: tin box demodulator: mt352 @0x0f PLL: ?? @0x61 Technisat Airstar2 (mt352/Samsung tdtc9251dh0(??)) features: fullts card driver: skystar2 interface: PCI PCI device id: 13d0:2103 (rev 02) PCI subsystem id: 13d0:2103 frontend 1: tin box: samsung tdtc9251dh0 frontend driver: mt352 demodulator location: tin box demodulator: ST MT352 @0x0f PLL: ?? @0x61 Notes: Based on B2C2 FlexCop Chipset. The PCI address of this is identical to the skystar2!!! Have to probe frontend to identify. some info on the B2C2 FlexCop chipset as used on the Technicsat Airstar2 can be found here: [url]http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/B2C2_FlexCop[/url] and here: [url]http://www.b2c2.com/docs/flexcop.pdf[/url] Technisat website:: [url]www.technisat.com[/url] or [url]www.technisat.de[/url] SDK can be found at: [url]http://www.technisat.hu/download/skystar2-sdk404.zip[/url] or: [url]http://www.technisat.com/?site=service/download.php&produktID=1281&reload[/url] [/QUOTE]

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