[ET10x00] [4.2.027] Xtrend. Problems with USB tuners

[ccs]

Well, it looks like there may be a solution in sight. I've just had a reply to my original comment....

@atvcaptain: internal we test new version with fix , and new features.

 

[birdman]

Well, it looks like there may be a solution in sight. I've just had a reply to my original comment....

A workaround has been available for a month, and they haven't let us use it. No doubt any "new" kernel/drivers will also be put in place without any testing for USB tuners as well.

 

[twol]

It is a reponse to USB tuner problem, so one would hope that it both fixes both USB tuners and kernel issues, which for a box they didn't commit to support would be good
...... but as always until it arrives ...

 

[ccs]

A workaround has been available for a month, and they haven't let us use it. No doubt any "new" kernel/drivers will also be put in place without any testing for USB tuners as well.

Well, let's wait and see. I'd much prefer a fix than a workaround, but waiting over 2 months is pushing it a bit.
My guess is that if they had gone back to the earlier kernel, no fix would ever have been produced.

 

[ccs]

... I see that there are, indeed, some "interesting" developments , but usb tuners and (hopefully) usb wifi will do for me.

 

[birdman]

My guess is that if they had gone back to the earlier kernel, no fix would ever have been produced.

So you reckon that if you do a software update and it fails you should live with a broken system, rather than backing out the change and waiting for a fixed update?

 

[birdman]

... I see that there are, indeed, some "interesting" developments , but usb tuners and (hopefully) usb wifi will do for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfrYpAPFQlw&feature=youtu.be

 

[ccs]

So you reckon that if you do a software update and it fails you should live with a broken system, rather than backing out the change and waiting for a fixed update?

It depends what you mean by "broke", my isn't broke because I chose to "revert" to 4.2.026 until a fix was found.
I was fortunate enough to not need the feeds to keep it going.
Me making noises to get it fixed wasn't going to make a scrap of difference and it's not as if the site was flooded with complaints.

As I said before, I much prefer a fix to a workaround, but will be very disappointed if I have to stick with 4.2.026 - that's when I, personally, would want the earlier kernel putting back.

Maybe Xtrend are now using the ET10K (and others) as a basis for future developments, that doesn't bother me at all.

 

[birdman]

Me making noises to get it fixed wasn't going to make a scrap of difference and it's not as if the site was flooded with complaints.

Agreed. And leaving the broken kernel in the feeds made no difference either, which is my point. The new kernel (4.10.x?) would have come about anyway.

 

[birdman]

As I said before, I much prefer a fix to a workaround, but will be very disappointed if I have to stick with 4.2.026 - that's when I, personally, would want the earlier kernel putting back.

Err....that's how things are at the moment!?!

 

[ccs]

Err....that's how things are at the moment!?!

Err???

I said I will be disappointed if....

It's not the end of the world at the moment, but I would like my ET10K to keep up with ViX updates for a bit longer yet.

 

[ccs]

The new kernel (4.10.x?) would have come about anyway.

Well, us mere mortals are not privy to that information.

 

[FozzyBear]

Still nothing?

 

[ccs]

... I haven't spotted anything yet, I do keep looking!

 

[ccs]

.... fix committed an hour ago , not long to wait now.

 

[EMJB]

I see in anther thread that problems with USB tuners & Vu+ were solved with 5.0.009, so I thought it was worth a try on my Xtrend with 5.0.011 - No obvious improvement.

EMJB

 

[abu baniaz]

Have any Xtrend users tried OpenATV image after the latest kernel change?

 

[Andy_Hazza]

The other post was related to Vu+, completely different issue to the Xtrend's.


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[DaMacFunkin]

So I am thinking of installing a sundtek USB cable tuner on my sisters et8000, is this issue fixed (late to the party)?

 

[birdman]

So I am thinking of installing a sundtek USB cable tuner on my sisters et8000, is this issue fixed (late to the party)?

Difficult to say.
It no longer crashes enigma2 with my PCTV triplestick, but that seems to be because the Xtrend dvb module no longer sees it at all.