Alright, so a -1 until we can get feedback from Rubencino on Thursday. Chris
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:25:16 +0200 Rubén Pérez <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm out of the office until next Thursday. If you can wait until > then, I can give you an ellaborated opinion. Otherwise, I don't think > we should drop the EpiphanProducer from the code but I agree with the > opinion that the install scripts should be less Epiphan-oriented (in > fact, they need some refactoring to make them more user-friendly). > > Regards > Rubén > On 25 Xul, 2012 21:45, "Greg Logan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12-07-25 01:39 PM, Christopher Brooks wrote: > > > Adam, Greg, and Rubencino, can you provide some comments on this > > > proposal please? Does the epiphan producer provide us only these > > > benefits and? > > > > Yes, as far as I know. Adam will be able to speak more on this. > > > > > Ruediger, what is the effect on the install scripts? > > > > Minimal I would think. We still have to configure the device, it > > just configures differently. Ruediger is not proposing dropping > > support completely, just that we treat it as we would any other > > input device. I think this is a good idea overall, especially if > > it pushes more folks towards using a scaler. > > > > G > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:38:59 +0200 > > > Ruediger Rolf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> when we want to start to get the Capture Agent compatible with > > >> current Ubuntu releases (11.04 and later) we face the challenge > > >> that the producer for Epiphan VGA2USB devices needs to be > > >> completly refactored. This will take quite a lot of development > > >> resources. > > >> > > >> The EpiphanProducer code allows: > > >> - To start a vga-recording without a signal connected. > > >> - To detect vga-signal loss and display an image instead. > > >> - To detect a reconnect of the vga-signal and switch back to the > > >> VGA signal. > > >> - To scale the vga, if the new connected signal has a different > > >> resoultion. (It cannot detect resoultion changes by the way) > > >> > > >> All other VGA-grabbers from other manufacturers can only be > > >> connected as custom devices and have to implement these features > > >> in their hardware, need additional hardware scalers (like we > > >> recommend one in the CA reference hardware [1]), or encounter > > >> problems on signal changes. > > >> > > >> I don't see any available developers to work on this problem and > > >> I have hard feelings about our current preference of the VGA2USB > > >> devices. So my #proposal would be to abandon the special > > >> treatment of the Epiphan devices and remove the EpiphanProducer > > >> code from the Capture Agent and treat the VGA2USB like any other > > >> VGA-grabber. Adopters can still use their old hardware but need > > >> to buy scalers to make them work reliable. And we need to update > > >> to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as many adopters will have a hard time > > >> getting Ubuntu to work on a recent computer. > > >> > > >> If you have objections against this proposal please come up with > > >> suggestions on how get the development resources to work on this > > >> issue. > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> Rüdiger > > >> > > >> > > >> [1] > > >> http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MHDOC/Reference+Hardware+1.3 > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Matterhorn mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn > > > > > > To unsubscribe please email > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ Matterhorn mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn To unsubscribe please email [email protected] _______________________________________________
