Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB [bcc][faked-from][heur][spam-bayes]

2006-09-21 Thread Manu Abraham
Mark Howells wrote: Hi Steve -Original Message- From: Steven Toth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 September 2006 13:26 Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB Last I checked, VDR did not use V4L, it's a DVB (and maybe ATSC) DVR application. Maybe so - I haven't really

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB [bcc][faked-from][heur][spam-bayes]

2006-09-20 Thread Steven Toth
stream. Doesn't this mean that the quality of the resultant image is dependant upon the quality of the card manufacturer components (i.e. cheap units are likely to give poor perfomance) whereas with DVB devices a cheap device should give identical results to a higher quality unit (assuming a

RE: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB [bcc][faked-from][heur][spam-bayes]

2006-09-20 Thread Mark Howells
Hi Steve -Original Message- From: Steven Toth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 September 2006 13:26 Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB Last I checked, VDR did not use V4L, it's a DVB (and maybe ATSC) DVR application. Maybe so - I haven't really checked yet. I'm still

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Steven Toth
Assuming a decent tuner lock, your basic assumption is true but the subject runs much deeper than that. Always, but at last my basic understanding appears to be correct. Can a V4L device provide MPEG streams like a DVB device? How does it provide EPG type info? It has support for

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Qua, 2006-09-20 às 11:07 -0400, Steven Toth escreveu: Assuming a decent tuner lock, your basic assumption is true but the subject runs much deeper than that. Always, but at last my basic understanding appears to be correct. Can a V4L device provide MPEG streams like a DVB

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Michael Krufky
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: It has support for MPEG2 hardware encoders (typically the cx23416) which is found on many products. There are also support for cx2584x family. Mauro, cx2584x is an audio/video decoder -- it is not an mpeg encoder. Cheers, Mike

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Qua, 2006-09-20 às 11:33 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu: Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: It has support for MPEG2 hardware encoders (typically the cx23416) which is found on many products. There are also support for cx2584x family. Mauro, cx2584x is an audio/video decoder -- it is

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Michael Krufky
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em Qua, 2006-09-20 às 11:33 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu: Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: It has support for MPEG2 hardware encoders (typically the cx23416) which is found on many products. There are also support for cx2584x family. Mauro, cx2584x is an

RE: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Mark Howells
-Original Message- From: Steven Toth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 September 2006 16:08 Which product are you planning to work on? Which components? Perhaps someone is already working on it, or we already have drivers for parts of it. It's unbranded but

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Qua, 2006-09-20 às 12:06 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu: Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em Qua, 2006-09-20 às 11:33 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu: Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: It has support for MPEG2 hardware encoders (typically the cx23416) which is found on many products. There

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Michael Krufky
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em Qua, 2006-09-20 às 12:06 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu: Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em Qua, 2006-09-20 às 11:33 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu: Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: It has support for MPEG2 hardware encoders (typically the cx23416) which is found on

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Qua, 2006-09-20 às 12:25 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu: Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: No, you didn't ... I created the file: /linux/drivers/media/video/cx25840/Kconfig and it has never incorrectly described the cx2584x family as mpeg encoders. What are you talking about? I'm talking

Re: [linux-dvb] V4L vs DVB

2006-09-20 Thread Steven Toth
Which product are you planning to work on? Which components? Perhaps someone is already working on it, or we already have drivers for parts of it. It's unbranded but carries a product code of VS-DVBT 355U Upon plugging the device, lsusb reports the device