MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-07 Thread Gert Vervoort
So if this is going to be done for V4L2, maybe we could start on this list. A good start for a parameter list would probably be the .par files for mpegenc. Below there is a list of parameters I wrote down a while ago, it was intended to be a start for a V4L2 MPEG encoder API. But, I never

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread Gert Vervoort
Forgot that some encoders also support MPEG-1. And also most MPEG encoders do have a from of noise reduction, but this is very encoder specific. Gert system stream: - type: elementary stream(ES), packatised elementary stream(s) (PES) program stream(PS), transport stream(TS) (MPEG-1 systems

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread PlasmaJohn
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Gert Vervoort wrote: > It is also very likely that not all of these settings are supported by > other MPEG encoders or that other MPEG encoders have also other > parameters available. > > In practice some parameters can also be fixed, depening on a type of > system stream o

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread Gert Vervoort
PlasmaJohn wrote: I'm not real familiar with the MPEG specs either, but most of what you enumerated here (and your next message) looks supportable by the iTVC15. I don't remember any settings for the quantizer, but that may be a register/mmio level operation which I don't have docs for. The

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread Marcus Metzler
Gert Vervoort writes: > PlasmaJohn wrote: > This also a valid value. (althoug not support by SAA6752, which is fixed > to 48kHz). > > >Trick Modes? (ff, rew) > > > Trick modes are a decoder issue. Does iTVC15 also have a MPEG decoder? > > This raises a different topic, as my list was e

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread PlasmaJohn
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Gert Vervoort wrote: > >Trick Modes? (ff, rew) > > > Trick modes are a decoder issue. Does iTVC15 also have a MPEG decoder? Yes, it does, but the trick modes API call is in the encoder section not sure why. (BTW, the '16 is encode only) > Gert John -- video4linux-list

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread PlasmaJohn
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Marcus Metzler wrote: > There is also a driver for the em8400 chip, but it's not publicly > available. Will it be? I hear good things about the X-Card, particularly compared to the dxr3. While the combo encode/decode card is "interesting" I'd much prefer seperated functions

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread Marcus Metzler
PlasmaJohn writes: > On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Marcus Metzler wrote: > > > There is also a driver for the em8400 chip, but it's not publicly > > available. > > Will it be? I hear good things about the X-Card, particularly compared to the > dxr3. > > While the combo encode/decode card is "int

RE: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread greg
] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gert Vervoort ] Forgot that some encoders also support MPEG-1. ] And also most MPEG encoders do have a from of noise ] reduction, but this ] is very encoder specific. Don't leave out other encoding formats too. Here is a refere