[linux-dvb] Re: Another issue: frontend timeout value and low symbol rates

2004-02-24 Thread Andreas Share
Andrew de Quincey wrote: Actually, the update_delay() is fine; its just that the TIMEOUT doesn't take into account how long it takes to write to the frontend itself... I put in some instrumentation, and its taking 25 jiffies to call FE_SET_FRONTEND... I've checked the frontend code: no

[linux-dvb] Pinnacle PCTV Sat CI (Twinhan DST) problems

2004-02-24 Thread mike.glanznig
Hi! I'm a newbie to DVB under Linux and want to get my Pinnacle PCTV Sat CI DVB card (Twinhan DST clone) running under SuSE Linux 9.0. I'm using a vanilla kernel (2.6.3). So I should have a quite new version of the linux DVB drivers. I have tried to do it in two ways. First I used the

[linux-dvb] Re: Another issue: frontend timeout value and low symbol rates

2004-02-24 Thread Andrew de Quincey
OK, so to summarise, how does this sound: * Remove the cruft with TIMEOUT etc * Have the following states internal to the frontend kthread... keep the external API the same (except for FE_TIMEDOUT). UNTUNED. Nothing happening; no parameters have been supplied. TUNING. This is a fast zigzag

[linux-dvb] Avermedia problem kernel setup?

2004-02-24 Thread strider400
Hey I've installed xine (at least it plays dvd's well, navigates and all that) and successfully compiled kernel 2.6.2 with all the dvb drivers I need for an avermedia card. But I can't get any thing to happen. I got the dvb apps from dvb- modules-1.0.0-pre3.1mdk.i586.rpm and they seem to run

[linux-dvb] Re: Another issue: frontend timeout value and low symbol rates

2004-02-24 Thread Johannes Stezenbach
Andrew de Quincey wrote: Well, the DVB API as specified by Nokia says that FE_SET_FRONTEND should start tuning, and the result (failure or success) is relayed to the application by means of an event with FE_GET_EVENT. I.e. one FE_SET_FRONTEND - one FE_GET_EVENT. But it's also possible

[linux-dvb] Re: Another issue: frontend timeout value and low symbol rates

2004-02-24 Thread Johannes Stezenbach
Holger Waechtler wrote: Andrew de Quincey wrote: If there _isn't_ a problem with breaking the Nokia API, I would be glad to have a look. If there is, all I have to do to fix my stuff is ignore the FE_TIMEDOUT bit. ;) just remove it, it's bogus anyway. (ough! I already feel the hits of

[linux-dvb] Re: strange code in StartHWFilter

2004-02-24 Thread Johannes Stezenbach
Andreas Oberritter wrote: does anybody know why this piece of code is in StartHWFilter in av7110.c? This is for PES to TS conversion, right? But don't we already get TS from the firmware? Not for the PIDs that are currently decoded. We can only steal PES from the decoder's input buffer. }

[linux-dvb] VIDEO_CENTER_CUT_OUT

2004-02-24 Thread Carsten Juttner
Hi, what exactly is the intended meaning of VIDEO_CENTER_CUT_OUT which is one of the displaymodes that can be set through the VIDEO_SET_DISPLAY_FORMAT-ioctl of the video-device? I know letterbox and panscan and I assume this mode describes an alternative panscan-like method that - well - does

[linux-dvb] Re: Reading from 4 cards simultaneously?

2004-02-24 Thread Manfred Petz
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Jon Burgess wrote: | I have 4 budget Nova-T PCI cards in my PC and it works OK. This is with | a reasonably spec'd normal desktop motherboard with a Intel 865G chipset | with a single standard 32bit/33MHz PCI bus (Gigabyte GA-8IG1000 Pro). | I'm running two servers with 4

[linux-dvb] Difference in image quality between nova and nexus: is this something well-known?

2004-02-24 Thread Carlo E. Prelz
Dear list, after a lot of joy with a 'budget' nova-s, I needed to switch to a nexus for a project that needs material from to CAM-accessible TV stations. The driver works, including the conversation with CI/CAM. But I am experiencing a serious worsening in the quality of the MPEG streams I

[linux-dvb] Re: Avermedia problem kernel setup?

2004-02-24 Thread Jon Whitear
Ben, I haven't used xine, so I can't help on that, but you might find the following links useful for setup and troubleshooting of DVB:- http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb.html This one's aimed at MythTV, but the first part, about testing DVB using the DVB-apps is good.

[linux-dvb] Using DVB-kernel with a webcam

2004-02-24 Thread Martin Brown
I've managed to get my Nova-T working very well with the DVB-kernel driver. Now I'm trying to get my Logitech Express Pro webcam going as well. This seems really difficult. The kernel mods I have to do to get the cam going seem to break the DVB-kernel. I'd be interested if anyone has something