Seems like a bug in the "kangaroo patch"[1] to me. Please file a bug in the
issue tracker and we'll try and deal with it. Provide as many details as you
can. Thanks!

Regards
Rubén

[1] This is a sort of a nickname for the piece(s) of code that (allegedly,
as it turns out) fixed the problem of plugging/unplugging the cable in the
Epiphan cards.

2011/9/17 matpro_fhkoeln <[email protected]>

> Hello Adam,
>
> I know this is some time ago, but: having driver
> vga2usb-3.25.0.2-ubuntu-2.6.35-25-generic_x86_64.tbz installed, I use
> the Epiphan DVI2USB Solo with capture.device.SCREEN.type=V4LSRC on the
> CA. When I disconnect the cable, recording stops, plugging it in again
> changes nothing.
>
> Trying capture.device.SCREEN.type=EPIPHAN_VGA2USB, recording goes on
> with a test pattern, but connecting the cable again doesn't bring the
> input back.
>
> So shouldn't it be the other way round, as you discribed? Or: how could
> I get scaling/unplugging/replugging features?
>
> Thanks for answering,
> regards,
>
> [email protected]
>
> Am 02.08.2011 19:44, schrieb Adam Mckenzie:
> > Hi Sebastian,
> >
> > There is a bit of a misconfiguration in your Configuration manager file.
> >
> > for the .type:
> > capture.device.VGA.type=VGA2PCI
> >
> > It should either be:
> > capture.device.VGA.type=EPIPHAN_VGA2USB
> >
> > if you want to use the code we have provided for handling scaling and
> > unplugging and replugging without a hardware dscaler or if you just want
> > to use the v4lsrc plain like you are using on the command line you could
> > use:
> > capture.device.VGA.type=V4LSRC
> >
> > For both of these above options you will need to add
> > capture.device.VGA.src=/dev/video0
> >
> > Or if you want to use the custom producer you will want the .type to be:
> > capture.device.VGA.type=CUSTOM_VIDEO_SRC
> > and the .customProducer line to be:
> > capture.device.VGA.customProducer=v4lsrc device=/dev/video0 ! queue
> >
> > which is almost exactly the same as the .type being V4LSRC so if I was
> > you I would use that one.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Adam
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Sebastian Pichelhofer
> > <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Sorry for the delay, more progress now:
> >
> >     We installed everything from scratch: new Ubuntu, new MH 1.1, etc.
> >
> >     We can successfully install the VGA2PCIe drivers.
> >     We can successfully watch the frame grabber video with gst-launch -e
> >     v4lsrc device=/dev/video0 ! queue ! autovideosink
> >
> >     The config part of the VGA2PCIe  in
> >     org.opencastproject.capture.impl.ConfigurationManager.properties
> >     looks like:
> >
> >     capture.device.VGA.type=VGA2PCI
> >     capture.device.VGA.customProducer=v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! queue
> >     capture.device.VGA.outputfile=screen.mpg
> >     capture.device.VGA.flavor=presentation/source
> >     capture.device.VGA.codec=ffenc_mpeg2video
> >     capture.device.VGA.buffer.bytes=536870912
> >     capture.device.VGA.buffer.time=120000000000
> >
> >     Full *.properties file attached.
> >
> >     Unfortunately it still fails.
> >
> >     opencast.log (full log also attached) shows:
> >
> >     2011-08-02 15:06:17  INFO (GStreamerPipeline:435) - Successfully
> >     initialised 1 devices.
> >
> >     That could be the audio device though....!?
> >
> >     2011-08-02 15:06:18  INFO (GStreamerPipeline:104) - Initializing
> >     devices for capture.
> >     2011-08-02 15:06:18  INFO (GStreamerPipeline:124) - pipeline0
> started.
> >
> >     Then throws a bunch of WARNs and INFOs and the following ERROR:
> >
> >     2011-08-02 15:07:00 ERROR (IngestJob:146) - Ingestion failed with a
> >     value of -4
> >
> >
> >     To me it looks like we have a another problem in addition to the
> >     VGA2PCIe recording not working as well...
> >
> >
> >     Help appreciated!
> >
> >
> >     Regards Sebastian
> >
> >     --
> >     Sebastian Pichelhofer
> >     Medienstelle
> >     Zentraler Informatikdienst und Medienstelle (ZID/BOKU-IT)
> >     Universität für Bodenkultur
> >     Peter-Jordan-Str. 82 1190 Wien
> >     Telefon: +43-1-47654-2134 <tel:%2B43-1-47654-2134>
> >     www.zid.boku.ac.at <http://www.zid.boku.ac.at/>
> >
> >     >>> "Sebastian Pichelhofer" <[email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>> 25.03.2011 12
> >     <tel:25.03.2011%2012>:55 >>>
> >     Thanks!
> >
> >     Now the Gstreamer pipeline is working properly and I assume
> >     matterhorn will also work, will try that next.
> >
> >     And I agree it would be great to add that to the FAQ!
> >
> >     Regards Sebastian
> >
> >     --
> >     Sebastian Pichelhofer
> >     Medienstelle
> >     Zentraler Informatikdienst und Medienstelle (ZID/BOKU-IT)
> >     Universität für Bodenkultur
> >     Peter-Jordan-Str. 82 1190 Wien
> >     Telefon: +43-1-47654-2134 <tel:%2B43-1-47654-2134>
> >     www.zid.boku.ac.at <http://www.zid.boku.ac.at/>
> >
> >     >>> Micah Sutton <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> >     24.03.2011 16 <tel:24.03.2011%2016>:48 >>>
> >     On Mar 24, 2011, at 3:52 AM, Sebastian Pichelhofer wrote:
> >
> >>     Unfortunately it does not start:
> >>
> >>     gst-launch-0.10 -e v4lsrc device=/dev/video0 ! ffenc_mpeg2video !
> >>     mpegpsmux ! filesink location=test.mpg
> >>     Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
> >>     ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause.
> >>     ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4lSrc:v4lsrc0:
> >>     Could not read from resource.
> >>     Additional debug info:
> >>     v4lsrc_calls.c(183): gst_v4lsrc_capture_init ():
> >>     /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4lSrc:v4lsrc0:
> >>     Not enough buffers. We got 1, we want at least 2
> >
> >     Sebastian,
> >
> >     This is due to a misconfigured driver option. You need to supply
> >     v4l_num_buffers=2 while installing the kernel module.
> >
> >     If you use Epiphan's make file, you should edit the insmod line to
> >     have that kernel option. I have attached a modified make file for
> >     your convenience.
> >
> >     example: insmod vga2pci.ko v4l_num_buffers=2
> >
> >     Micah
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Adam McKenzie
> > MSc Student
> > ARIES Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan
> >
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> >
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