Support for Asus My-Cinema U3000Hybrid?

Sometime ago, I bought this usb hybrid tv tuner with FM radio, an Asus My-Cinema U3000Hybrid, which considering some Googling I've made on the subject seems to be a tuner primarily marketed to eastern and southern Europe markets.

Asus is very scarce concerning information related to the device specifications. "Official" information is here http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1639&l1=18&l2=84&l3=254&l4=0

and here http://www.asus.com.au/products.aspx?l1=18&l2=84&l3=254&l4=0&model=1639&modelmenu=2

why the second link mentions a so-called "IXCEIVE" tv tuner and the first one omits it beats me completely.

The device seems unsupported out-of-the-box in my OpenSUSE 11.0 (2.6.25.11 kernel) and when I tried googling about linux support I found a complete vacuum concerning it. The official support page (forum) has some questions related to linux support, all left unanswered. Also, I tried inquiring the direct email help support from asus, getting non-clear answers (all the operator told me was that "the specification of TV Tuner is Philips"). I was also surprised to see that this device is not mentioned in the mailing lists.

my lsusb:
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 04f3:0210 Elan Microelectronics Corp. AM-400 Hama Optical Mouse Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 003: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 007: ID 0b05:1736 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 064e:a101 Suyin Corp. HP Pavilion dv9640us WebCam
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

and my lsusb -v concerning only to the asus device:

Bus 004 Device 007: ID 0b05:1736 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00

 bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
 bDeviceSubClass         0
 bDeviceProtocol         0
 bMaxPacketSize0        64
 idVendor           0x0b05 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
 idProduct          0x1736
 bcdDevice            1.00
 iManufacturer           1
 iProduct                2
 iSerial                 3
 bNumConfigurations      1
 Configuration Descriptor:
   bLength                 9
   bDescriptorType         2
   wTotalLength           46
   bNumInterfaces          1
   bConfigurationValue     1
   iConfiguration          0
   bmAttributes         0xa0
     (Bus Powered)
     Remote Wakeup
   MaxPower              500mA
   Interface Descriptor:
     bLength                 9
     bDescriptorType         4
     bInterfaceNumber        0
     bAlternateSetting       0
     bNumEndpoints           4

bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
can't get device qualifier: Operation not permitted can't get debug descriptor: Operation not permitted cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1)

I think there is some confusion in the available information concerning the chips used in this device. According to other resource I found: http://www.senorg.ro/tv-tunere/asus , a Philips chipset seems to be used in older models, some analog only. In the other hand I since xceive tuners seem to do the job on both the analog and digital sides, I don't see the need to add a a DibCom chipset as well... As so I'm a little sceptical about the information available. I was thinking about trying the xc3028 or the other members of the xceive family of drivers but I was not sure as to em28xx would be an important part to add as well or what would be its role in it...

I could think of opening the encased device but I'd preferably rather not, as it normally turns out to be irreversible...

Thanks in advance,
--zePh7r

--
video4linux-list mailing list
Unsubscribe mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list