On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Michael Krufky wrote: > Mike Isely wrote: > > Guess maybe I need to look harder at getting uncompressed video working > > in the pvrusb2 driver... > > > ...SLIGHTLY off-topic..... > > The moment the pvrusb2 driver supports raw framegrabbing, it opens up > more possibilities. > > It might be a good idea to keep the idea in the back of your head, of > allowing the driver to handle devices without an encoder. > > For example: > > Comparing Hauppauge 24xxx device against DViCO's FusionHDTV5 USB Gold: > > BOTH use a cypress FX2 usb controller > BOTH have the same basic FX2 command set > BOTH have a cx25843 a/v decoder > BOTH have a wm8775 adc > > DViCO's device has ATSC/QAM support, but no encoder. > > 24xxx has an encoder, but no ATSC/QAM support. > > As far as getting analog framegrabber support, the only difference > between these two devices is the presence of the encoder in the 24xxx, > which encapsulates the raw video within the mpeg container. > > Sure, I know that is a big difference... but, other than that, the > same basic code would work on both devices. > > > OTOH, the driver is mostly based on the fact that the device *does* > have a conexant mpeg encoder present... so, this idea might not really > be practical. Just some food for thought :-)
Hmm, interesting... Come to think of it, as of just a few weeks ago, the driver gained the ability to operate without the encoder... Hmm... -Mike -- Mike Isely isely @ pobox (dot) com PGP: 03 54 43 4D 75 E5 CC 92 71 16 01 E2 B5 F5 C1 E8 _______________________________________________ pvrusb2 mailing list [email protected] http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2
