Oh, sure... I was thinking about the channel configuration. I am almost
certain that my card would not work with your plugin, since the
gstreamer-v4l does not provide an interface with the ivtv-based cards.

Best Regards, 

Jens

On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 19:21 +0100, Rui Castro wrote:
> Hi Jens,
> 
> I have looked to your plugin before developing mine, but unfortunately
> not all capture cards provide the video in mpeg format directly from
> the device file. My card (Pinnacle PCTV - saa7134 driver) doesn't work
> that way. My ideia is to provide a plugin for any v4l2 supported
> device.
> 
> By the way, have you tested my plugin with you card? I would love to
> know if it works with any card besides mine.
> 
> Best regards,
> Rui
> 
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Jens Fursund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Rui,
> >
> >  Don't know if it can help you, but I created an ivtv-plugin a while ago,
> >  which might have some of the same features as you are looking into. I
> >  don't know if it works with current elisa (it probably doesn't), but I
> >  thought that it might help you.
> >
> >  http://elisa.fluendo.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=171
> >
> >
> >  Best Regards,
> >
> >  Jens
> >
> >
> >
> >  On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 05:21 +0100, Rui Castro wrote:
> >  > Hi,
> >  >
> >  > Here's a new version of the v4l2 plugin.
> >  > The README file explains how to create a channels file.
> >  >
> >  > Enhancements:
> >  >  - pipeline framerate is good, but there are still some vestige of
> >  > interlaced frames
> >  >    the pipeline is "vrl2src ! video/x-raw-yuv,framerate=24/1 ! videosink"
> >  >  - playback start and channel zapping are much more faster and smoth
> >  >  - channels file changed location. it shoud be in .elisa/video*.channels
> >  >     (one step less to create the channels file. no need to create the
> >  > directory .elisa/v4l2_channels)
> >  >
> >  > Problems:
> >  >  - channel name is not changing when the channel is changed with LEFT,
> >  > RIGHT keys
> >  >    (all uris have the name of the channel in the label; don't know
> >  > what else to do)
> >  >
> >  > Things missing:
> >  >  - sound (saa7134-alsa is crashing at load in the current ubuntu hardy 
> > kernel)
> >  >  - channel changing must be tested with a remote (I don't have one, yet)
> >  >  - radio is not supported yet
> >  >
> >  > I'm very happy with this version. I hope someone could test it with
> >  > diferent video devices.
> >  >
> >  > Rui
> >
> >

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