Hi Fred and Doug, I checked in a small change to VideoService.py and VideoProducerService.py in cvs that should fix the problem causing the video port settings getting reset to the default port all the time (Bug #1067). Let me know if it fixes that problem for you once you're able to test it.
Eric On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Fred Dech wrote: > hi Doug. > > i applied your patch to VideoService.py. > at first i thought that it changed the character of things; i'd been using > videoProducerServices rather than VideoServices. but i've now double and > triple checked. > i believe you're right when you said: > > > > Notice the "invalid value for input: (null)" stderr output from > > /usr/bin/v4lctl. I think the corresponding V4L2 driver (the bttv driver?) > > needs some minor mods in the source code to indicate the inputs that > > particular model of Osprey capture card has, currently all the inputs on > > that card don't have a name. > > before the patch and after the patch, i get the same output: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > INFO:ServiceManager:__DiscoverResources > config: invalid value for input: (null) > valid choices for "input": "Television", "Composite1", "S-Video", "Composite3" > config: invalid value for input: (null) > valid choices for "input": "Television", "Composite1", "S-Video", "Composite3" > .... > > INFO:ServiceManager:Service VideoService successfully started > INFO:ServiceManager:Setting service configuration > INFO:ServiceManager:Assigning resource to service: /dev/video0 > INFO:Toolkit:VideoService.SetResource : /dev/video0 > INFO:ServiceManager:AGServiceManager.AddService > INFO:ServiceManager:AddService: VideoService v 2.210000 u > https://sucag1.uchicago.edu:54513/packages/VideoService.zip > INFO:ServiceManager:resourceToAssign: /dev/video1 > INFO:ServiceManager:Searching for local service package > INFO:ServiceManager:Found local service VideoService, v2 > INFO:ServiceManager:Running Service; options: /usr/bin/python2 > ['/home/aguser/.AccessGrid/local_services/VideoService/VideoService.py', > 59926] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > my new Node Service config file has: > [service2] > packagename = VideoService.zip > resource = resource2 > serviceconfig = serviceconfig2 > > [serviceconfig2] > encoding = h261 > mutesources = Off > streamname = Video > framerate = 24 > standard = NTSC > bandwidth = 800 > transmitonstartup = On > quality = 75 > port = S-Video > > but the VideoSerices instantiated upon startup of VenueClient still default > to Television for input. > i bet this is some weird driver issue as you implied. > > using VideoService i still need to swap from Composite1 to S-Video each > time i enter a venue. but at least i can see my video. it doesn't show up > on the Master VIC, but the two VideService Sub VICs do display it. and > other clients can still see me. > > i'm going to take a closer look at bttv and try and figure out why those > error messages are being produced whenever the VenueClient starts up. > > thanks. > > --fred > >
