On Saturday 19 July 2003 23:47, Christian Hack wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucas Correia Villa Real" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 12:35 PM
> Subject: multiple open()'s on the same device
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am playing with a Bt878-based card, which has 4 input sources.
> > Actually, using bttv 0.9.11, I can open() the v4l device twice, but I
> > can't capture data using different input sources (television on app1 /
> > composite1 on
>
> app2).
>
> > Is this possible on the current status of bttv drivers? Please note I
>
> didn't
>
> > try this with applications other than xawtv.
>
> This physically isn't possible (and thus never will be) since there is only
> one capture device on the card. The different inputs are merely switched
> between the capture section of the BT878.

The card has only 1 bt878 chip, and 4 inputs. It has a software/driver for 
Windows, and it can capture using the 4 inputs at the same time.
What happens with xawtv is that I can switch between input source, but can't 
open 2 xawtv sessions, each one using a different input source (what is 
perfectly done on Windows).

By the way, I have continued to search on the archives and saw this post:
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/private/video4linux-list/2003-March/msg00226.html 

I'm just giving a look on the v4l2 API to code something based on this post 
and see if it works.


Lucas


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