@deeptho Thanks for replying.
I am using the
6903 card on a windows machine with crazycat's blind scanning software like that:
Which means that i use
one adapter and checking(in serial mode) V/H 10700-11700/11700-12750 ranges with step value 2.
I the case of
6903x i am using
I am using
two adapters and /dev/dvb displays
two adapters.
I am asking you this question because i want to be sure that i am doing it the correct way or if there is any chance of making scanning faster.
Thanks again
You are comparing apples to pears. How long a blindscan takes depends on what the blindscan does (like wait for NIT and SDT or not, whgich makes a significant difference, or deciding which frequencies to scan or not,). It is all a matter of choices and compromises. If some things can be improved, then report them in detail and perhaps then the code can be improved. I suspect it is a matter of different choices made (e.g.,
scanning or not scanning SDT, or scanning at lower/finer resolution).
I am unfamiliar with the windows software. I tested it in the past, but too often I had insurmontable problems like diseqc not working except on one input or some versions of software (e.g., ebspro) not being compatible with some drivers. That varied over the years. Some cards worked sometimes (but especially tbs6909x rarely worked untile recently) and not at other times. In general things improved over time.
I do know that the windows drivers tend to be based on example code from the manufacturer which is similar or the same between windows/linux. So I do not expect a fundamental difference in general. If i change something it is meant to be an improvement (in some sense), but there can be hangs or delays on some muxes, especially on satellites which report incorrect information. So then there is additional choices on what information to believe and how long to wait for information that may never come.
All the windows stuff (drivers, programs) is unfortunately closed source - so nothing can be learned from any windows-software improvements made. Also, such software becomes 100% useless when/if the creator abondons it. Sometimes the software even dies along with its developer as was recently made clear for one program. At least open source drivers can be picked up by someone else (the actual driver writing is hard, but the maintenance part is not that diffult. Many people have the required expertise).
That is why I stay away from windows (nothing to be learned, and it is a crappy OS anyway, that crashes for no reason, has trouble with touchpads, wants to reboot for no reason and focuses on telemetry, ads and changing/ignoring your settings).
For instance, what can I learn about how to implement something to extract the simin stream from AltDVB? Not much at all. That does not mean I do not appreciate the work that people have put into it! But it is not for me because it is closed source.
Only yesterday I had a discussion with someone who was late in a telco, blaming it on "I need to replace my windows". So I
gave hime the following advice: the weather is nice today, so just remove your windows and put in a mosquitto net and
enjoy the rest of your day.
