[linux-dvb] Fwd: Problems with the bttv driver and an avermedia DVB-T card

2004-07-21 Thread David Maslen
Can someone explain what's happening here with linux 2.6.7 and the latest bttv driver from bytesex.org and my avermedia DVB-T card? It's working but not well enough to set and forget. Basically it's working, but it isn't reliable. Sometimes (eventually) it will just stop tuning until the bttv

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Ralph Metzler
Kenneth Aafløy writes: On Wednesday 21 July 2004 00:34, Ralph Metzler wrote: [snip] Alternative: get the i2c_adapter pointer via sub_device, lock it, (in case of linuxtv driver, change i2c adapter name), scan it for already present clients, init them, How the

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Ralph Metzler
Gerd Knorr writes: Alternative: get the i2c_adapter pointer via sub_device, lock it, (in case of linuxtv driver, change i2c adapter name), scan it for already present clients, init them, How the initialization is done? Via i2c client command calls. FE_REGISTER

[linux-dvb] Matrix reloaded Cam working with NOVA-CI !

2004-07-21 Thread Sjoerd Simons
Hi, We've got a WinTV-NOVA-CI with a matrix reloaded cam card, the cam didn't work at first. After some digging (adjust timeouts and stuff like that), i noticed that the card was never reset during the initialisation. Adding a reset made the card work :). Patch for this is attached.

[linux-dvb] black screen on 2.6.8-rc2 (2.6.8-rc1 works) (and no audio but OSD)

2004-07-21 Thread Gregoire Favre
Hello, I have just booted under 2.6.8-rc2 which has some DVB/v4l change since 2.6.8-rc1 and I don't get audio/video anymore. The OSD works, I can zap to any channel and receive the EPG. Also I can't play recordings made earlyer... My config for this kernel is to be found under :

[linux-dvb] Re: black screen on 2.6.8-rc2 (2.6.8-rc1 works) (and no audio but OSD)

2004-07-21 Thread hgm.bg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just booted under 2.6.8-rc2 which has some DVB/v4l change since 2.6.8-rc1 and I don't get audio/video anymore. The OSD works, I can zap to any channel and receive the EPG. Also I can't play recordings made earlyer... I have the same problem but only after

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Holger Waechtler
Kenneth Aafløy wrote: On Wednesday 21 July 2004 01:25, Johannes Stezenbach wrote: Kenneth Aafløy wrote: On Tuesday 20 July 2004 21:08, Holger Waechtler wrote: wouldn't it be better to replace the from-scratch list-and-device handling in dvb_i2c.[hc] by the driver/bus infrastructure in 2.6 that

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Gerd Knorr
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 10:20:54AM +0200, Ralph Metzler wrote: Gerd Knorr writes: So this part should be easy as the i2c_clients_command() helper function (see i2c-core.c) does everything you need for that I think. This does not solve the problem with the timing of registration and

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Holger Waechtler
Kenneth Aafløy wrote: On Tuesday 20 July 2004 21:08, Holger Waechtler wrote: well -- I still can't see the deep reason for this, the recent patches usually added ~20-100 lines of code complexity to each file, so where is the point of getting rid of something? There wasn't that much complexity

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Kenneth Aafløy
On Wednesday 21 July 2004 14:18, Holger Waechtler wrote: I have to admit that I didn't felt the urge to use this yet, but at a first glance over the API everything looks good, pretty cleanly implemented and provides all the power management and hotplug features the current dvb_i2c and the

[linux-dvb] Re: black screen on 2.6.8-rc2 (2.6.8-rc1 works) (and no audio but OSD)

2004-07-21 Thread Gregoire Favre
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 01:34:28PM +0200, hgm.bg wrote: I see no frontend. Are you sure you modprobe all frontends ? See my .config : CONFIG_DVB=y CONFIG_DVB_CORE=y CONFIG_DVB_VES1X93=y CONFIG_DVB_AV7110=m CONFIG_DVB_AV7110_OSD=y CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7146=m CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7146_VV=m

[linux-dvb] Re: black screen on 2.6.8-rc2 (2.6.8-rc1 works) (and no audio but OSD)

2004-07-21 Thread Thomas Schorpp
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gregoire Favre wrote: | Hello, | | I have just booted under 2.6.8-rc2 which has some DVB/v4l change since | 2.6.8-rc1 and I don't get audio/video anymore. The OSD works, I can zap what v4l change? maybe relevant: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [PATCH]

[linux-dvb] Re: black screen on 2.6.8-rc2 (2.6.8-rc1 works) (and no audio but OSD)

2004-07-21 Thread Gregoire Favre
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 06:18:44PM +0200, Thomas Schorpp wrote: what v4l change? From the patch : patching file drivers/media/video/bttv-cards.c patching file drivers/media/video/bttv-driver.c patching file drivers/media/video/bw-qcam.c patching file drivers/media/video/c-qcam.c patching file

[linux-dvb] Are frontend events queued?

2004-07-21 Thread Wolfgang Fritz
Hello, I'm trying to get some facts about the infamous video data stream broken error in VDR. The following modified code from VDR-1.3.10/dvbdevice.c cDvbTuner::Action active = true; while (active) { if (tunerStatus == tsTuned) { fe_status_t status =

[linux-dvb] Re: Are frontend events queued?

2004-07-21 Thread Johannes Stezenbach
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 07:31:36PM +0200, Wolfgang Fritz wrote: Hello, I'm trying to get some facts about the infamous video data stream broken error in VDR. The following modified code from VDR-1.3.10/dvbdevice.c cDvbTuner::Action active = true; while (active) {

[linux-dvb] Re: Are frontend events queued?

2004-07-21 Thread Andreas Share
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 07:31:36PM +0200, Wolfgang Fritz wrote: Hello, I'm trying to get some facts about the infamous video data stream broken error in VDR. The following modified code from VDR-1.3.10/dvbdevice.c cDvbTuner::Action active = true; while (active) {

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Holger Waechtler
Kenneth Aafløy wrote: On Wednesday 21 July 2004 14:18, Holger Waechtler wrote: I have to admit that I didn't felt the urge to use this yet, but at a first glance over the API everything looks good, pretty cleanly implemented and provides all the power management and hotplug features the current

[linux-dvb] Re: Are frontend events queued?

2004-07-21 Thread Holger Waechtler
Wolfgang Fritz wrote: Hello, I'm trying to get some facts about the infamous video data stream broken error in VDR. The following modified code from VDR-1.3.10/dvbdevice.c cDvbTuner::Action active = true; while (active) { if (tunerStatus == tsTuned) {

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Holger Waechtler
Kenneth Aafløy wrote: On Wednesday 21 July 2004 14:18, Holger Waechtler wrote: I have to admit that I didn't felt the urge to use this yet, but at a first glance over the API everything looks good, pretty cleanly implemented and provides all the power management and hotplug features the current

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Kenneth Aafløy
On Wednesday 21 July 2004 21:36, Holger Waechtler wrote: Kenneth Aafløy wrote: Power management is provided through the dvb driver, and do you really need to hotplug a frontend? All current USB DVB drivers can get forced to oops the kernel if you unplug the device in the wrong moment.

[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

2004-07-21 Thread Johannes Stezenbach
Holger Waechtler wrote: one more point came to my mind: the 2.6 driver API provides a clean way to upload demod firmware files, no need for dirty hacks and workarounds and direct access of internal dvb_adapter or i2c_adapter struct members. That's the whole point why we want to use

[linux-dvb] OSD Patch

2004-07-21 Thread Jeremy Jones
Hi all, I have attached a patch to address a limitation of the OSD API. Currently, the OSD API does not provide the ability to create many of the window types supported by the av7110 OSD. I have implemented a change in the OSD_Open command that will allow the creation of any type of OSD window