> Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:05:34 +0100 > From: "Uijldert, Quinten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Linux-usb-users] Hauppauge WinTV USB > > Hi all, > =20 > I've searched high and low for some instructions/drivers/etc. to get it > to work, but found nothing useful. Is there anyone out there who > actually got the device to work on Linux? > The last time someone asked this was back in October 2000, so I guess it > can not harm to ask for an update? Hi Quinten, I have tracked down a couple of driver collections that will control some aspects of a wintv USB dongle and change channel and produce uncompressed video for xawtv to display. The frame rate is awful at any decent picture size but it does prove the concept and the sound is fine (direct into the sound card). Someone else has been in contact with me and wants to start an open source project for example on sourceforge. I did not write the drivers but I quote from the top of the usbvision.c file: /* * USB USBVISION Video device driver * * * This driver is based on USB CPiA driver written by Peter Pregler, * Scott J. Bertin and Johannes Erdfelt * * Ideas taken from bttv driver by Ralph Metzler, Marcus Metzler & * Gerd Knorr and zoran 36120/36125 driver by Pauline Middelink */ I don't know who wrote it but it seems to be based on GPL code so I guess that we could use it as a basis for an open source driver. The driver uses i2c-algo-usb (anon) to control the dongle and saa7111 to decode the video (GPL - Copyright (C) 1998 Dave Perks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) There is no decompression code and no teletext control code but I have got it to work. I also needed at least kernel 2.4.1 to get the USB stuff to work. I also tried using the perl V4L bindings but only managed to change channels. I am not a good driver coder but I would be pleased to help test/patch where I can. Regards, Dermot _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
