Re: RFCv1: v4l-dvb development models old kernel support

2009-02-22 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Sunday 22 February 2009 02:15:51 kilg...@banach.math.auburn.edu wrote: Oldest supported Ubuntu kernel is 2.6.22 (7.10): This is a bit optimistic. Matter of fact, I just bought a brand new eeePC in January, on which Asus chose to install Xandros. The response to uname -r is (I put this on

Re: RFCv1: v4l-dvb development models old kernel support

2009-02-22 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Sunday 22 February 2009 00:47:46 Adam Baker wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2009, Hans Verkuil wrote: The high rate of changes and new drivers means that keeping up the backwards compatibility becomes an increasingly heavy burden. This leads to two questions: 1) Can we change our

Re: Minimum kernel version supported by v4l-dvb

2009-02-22 Thread Jean Delvare
Hi Trent, On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:58:10 -0800 (PST), Trent Piepho wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, Jean Delvare wrote: Well, that's basically what Hans has been doing with v4l2-i2c-drv-legacy.h for months now, isn't it? This is the easy part (even though even this wasn't exactly trivial...)

POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread Hans Verkuil
Hi all, There are lot's of discussions, but it can be hard sometimes to actually determine someone's opinion. So here is a quick poll, please reply either to the list or directly to me with your yes/no answer and (optional but welcome) a short explanation to your standpoint. It doesn't matter

mercurial problems?

2009-02-22 Thread Hans Verkuil
Hi, When I try to push changes to my tree I get these errors: pushing to ssh://hverk...@linuxtv.org/hg/~hverkuil/v4l-dvb-ng-ctrls searching for changes remote: ** unknown exception encountered, details follow remote: ** report bug details to http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/bts remote: ** or

Re: RFCv1: v4l-dvb development models old kernel support

2009-02-22 Thread Tobias Stöber
Hi together, following this dicussion for some time, let me just add my solely personal view. I'll have to prepend that I'm only a user in terms of v4l-dvb, but do for instance quite a lot support for Eee PC netbooks. So some comments here in some sense urged me to jump into this discussion.

Re: [linux-dvb] Can I use AVerTV Volar Black HD (A850) with Linux ?

2009-02-22 Thread Laurent Haond
Hi, thanks for your support Antti ! Hello and thank you for information, According to your previous post, you are correct. I did one of the most typical mistake when adding new usb-id:s :) (didn't increase .num_device_descs). Laurent Haond wrote: af9015_usb_probe: interface:0

[PATCH] dvb-api: update documentation, chapter1

2009-02-22 Thread wk
Since dvb-api doc is still outdated by six years... The following patch changes dvbapi.pdf as following: ___ - change from twosided book format to singlesided book format. * By doing so, the readability is improved

Re: [PULL] http://linuxtv.org/hg/~dougsland/v4l-dvb/

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Douglas Schilling Landgraf wrote: Hi Mauro, Please pull from http://linuxtv.org/hg/~dougsland/v4l-dvb/ for the following: - v4l2-apps: Add parser for USB snoops captured from SniffUSB 2.0 It is not clear to me why this ended up in /v4l2-apps/test, as opposed to /v4l2/util -- can

Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace

2009-02-22 Thread kilgota
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Hans Verkuil wrote: Hi Adam, Sorry for the late reply, it's been very busy. Same here :) On Wednesday 18 February 2009 01:30:52 Adam Baker wrote: (linux-omap included in distribution as lots of omap systems include cameras so this could be

Re: [PULL] http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/~hverkuil/v4l-dvb-zoran

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Hans Verkuil wrote: It took me several long weekends to get all this work done, but I think it's been very worthwhile. Kudos! Well done -- another positive change! Together these cards use the ... ks0127 i2c devices quick question(s) - is this what I think it is -- a remote

Re: [PULL] http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/~hverkuil/v4l-dvb-zoran

2009-02-22 Thread Jean Delvare
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:32:08 -0500, CityK wrote: Hans Verkuil wrote: It took me several long weekends to get all this work done, but I think it's been very worthwhile. Kudos! Well done -- another positive change! I cant only second this. Yay! Together these cards use the

Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Hans Verkuil wrote: Should we drop support for kernels 2.6.22 in our v4l-dvb repository? Yes Optional question: Why: Its causing skilled developers to waste time that would be better served in other areas. Because of that, these skilled volunteers are becoming frustrated and

[cron job] ERRORS: armv5 armv5-ixp armv5-omap2 i686 m32r mips powerpc64 x86_64 v4l-dvb build

2009-02-22 Thread Hans Verkuil
(This message is generated daily by a cron job that builds v4l-dvb for the kernels and architectures in the list below.) Results of the daily build of v4l-dvb: date:Sun Feb 22 19:00:03 CET 2009 path:http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb changeset: 10653:359d95e1d541 gcc version:

struct dvb_frontend not initialized correctly / random id value since MFE merge

2009-02-22 Thread Matthias Schwarzott
Hi there! MFE patches added a variable id to struct dvb_frontend. This variable seems to be uninitialized for some drivers. The result is for my skystar2 card (using stv0299 frontend) it sometimes is 0 as it should but sometimes it is a random value, so I get this register message: DVB:

Re: PVR x50 corrupts ATSC 115 streams

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
David Engel wrote: I'll start with what worked. ... [test results of BER and UNC under varying configurations ] ... Steven Toth wrote: I think CityK confirmed that the nxt2004 driver statistics are probably bogus so I doubt you're going to get your 115's running with BER 0 regardless,

Twinhan mantis, any CAM support in progress

2009-02-22 Thread Henrik Beckman
Any work in progress for CAM support on the 2033? Currently using, http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/s2-liplianin but I´ll switch to whatever has or will have CAM. Card info, 25.180805] Mantis :00:07.0: PCI INT A - GSI 18 (level, low) - IRQ 18 [ 25.180843] Mantis :00:07.0: setting

Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace

2009-02-22 Thread kilgota
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: kilg...@banach.math.auburn.edu wrote: snip Hans and Adam, I am not sure how it fits into the above discussion, but perhaps it is relevant to point out that flags can be toggled. Here is what I mean: Suppose that we have two flags 01 and 10

Re: Fwd: [linux-dvb] dvico dual express incorrect firmware version readback!!!

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
sonof...@iinet.net.au wrote: On Mon Feb 16 22:51 , sonof...@iinet.net.au sent: I have done alot more testing and have found that it seems to be only after mythtv has accessed the device where this problem beings begins... Same result with the hg version updated tonight. I

Re: [PATCH] Add Sony PlayTV to dibcom driver

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
I don't think the Patchwork tool picked it up, as I don't see it in the queue :( http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-media/list/ I'm wondering it the quotations in the subject line are enough to throw the script off. Mauro, any ideas? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: firmware

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Matthias Schwarzott wrote: Btw. I also had a longer look at the firmeware page in wiki and removed that note about gentoo using hotplug-scripts as that is false since a long time. CityK you are right, I think most (if not all) current distributions use udev to create device nodes and upload

Re: Kworld atsc 110 nxt2004 init

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Jonathan Isom wrote: Hi I was looking over my logs and I'm wondering is nxt200x: Timeout waiting for nxt2004 to init common No its not common or is this womething I need to worry about. I got one shortly before a lockup(No backtrace). Nothing was doing other than dvbstreamer sitting

Re: [linux-dvb] Giving Feedback (was Re: Klear?)

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Stephen Rowles wrote: Only sending this to linux-dvb as I'm not signed up to the media list, and I'll probably get myself blacklisted from any future help by saying this ;) but... BANISHMENT for Rowles !!! Just kidding. Thanks for the insightful reply. -- To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: [linux-dvb] [Bulk] Problem with TV card's sound (SAA7134)

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
panagiotis takis_rs wrote: panagiotis takis_rs wrote: Hey!! I have a problem with my tv card(pinnacle pctv 310i) I can see image but i have no sound. I have tried both tvtime and kdetv. I have found this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=568528 . Is it related with

[PULL] http://linuxtv.org/hg/~eandren/gspca-m5602/

2009-02-22 Thread Erik Andrén
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Jean-Francois, Please pull from my repository. It includes one critical fix which needs to go in 2.6.29. Best regards, Erik -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

Re: Newbie question about cheap 4ch security card

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Riba Zoltán wrote: Hi, I want to get working this card under my Debian :(2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 on i686) http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Image:4ch_DVR_card.jpg But it doesn't want...: dmesg: bttv: driver version 0.9.17 loaded bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each

Re: vbox cat's eye 3560 usb device

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Amy Overmyer wrote: Lastly, are there any other IC components on the back or front of the PCB ? Can you provide pics (upload them to the wiki article)) ? The back only has a couple components, probably for electrical, no ICs. okay The front only has the cypress (100 pin pkg) chip

Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace

2009-02-22 Thread Hans de Goede
kilg...@banach.math.auburn.edu wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: kilg...@banach.math.auburn.edu wrote: snip Hans and Adam, I am not sure how it fits into the above discussion, but perhaps it is relevant to point out that flags can be toggled. Here is what I mean:

Re: RFCv1: v4l-dvb development models old kernel support

2009-02-22 Thread kilgota
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Tobias Stöber wrote: Hi together, following this dicussion for some time, let me just add my solely personal view. I'll have to prepend that I'm only a user in terms of v4l-dvb, but do for instance quite a lot support for Eee PC netbooks. So some comments here in some

Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace

2009-02-22 Thread Trent Piepho
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Yes that is what we are talking about, the camera having a gravity switch (usually nothing as advanced as a gyroscope). Also the bits we are talking about are in a struct which communicates information one way, from the camera to userspace, so there is

Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread Guennadi Liakhovetski
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans Verkuil wrote: Hi all, There are lot's of discussions, but it can be hard sometimes to actually determine someone's opinion. So here is a quick poll, please reply either to the list or directly to me with your yes/no answer and (optional but welcome) a short

Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace

2009-02-22 Thread Trent Piepho
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Trent Piepho wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Yes that is what we are talking about, the camera having a gravity switch (usually nothing as advanced as a gyroscope). Also the bits we are talking about are in a struct which

Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread kilgota
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans Verkuil wrote: Hi all, There are lot's of discussions, but it can be hard sometimes to actually determine someone's opinion. So here is a quick poll, please reply either to the list or directly to me with your yes/no answer and (optional but welcome) a short

Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace

2009-02-22 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Sunday 22 February 2009 23:54:42 Hans de Goede wrote: Trent Piepho wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Yes that is what we are talking about, the camera having a gravity switch (usually nothing as advanced as a gyroscope). Also the bits we are talking about are in a struct

Re: struct dvb_frontend not initialized correctly / random id value since MFE merge

2009-02-22 Thread Andreas Oberritter
Hi Matthias, Matthias Schwarzott wrote: MFE patches added a variable id to struct dvb_frontend. This variable seems to be uninitialized for some drivers. The result is for my skystar2 card (using stv0299 frontend) it sometimes is 0 as it should but sometimes it is a random value, so I get

Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread Andy Walls
On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 14:12 -0500, CityK wrote: The V4L-DVB is lacking in strategic direction. Yesterday was the time to adopt one; so lets pick up one today! CityK, I see you've been reading (or channeling) my blathering: http://www.linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2009-02-20 ([19:42]

Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace

2009-02-22 Thread Trent Piepho
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Hans Verkuil wrote: On Sunday 22 February 2009 23:54:42 Hans de Goede wrote: Trent Piepho wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Yes that is what we are talking about, the camera having a gravity switch (usually nothing as advanced as a gyroscope). Also

Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace

2009-02-22 Thread Trent Piepho
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Trent Piepho wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Trent Piepho wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Hans de Goede wrote: Yes that is what we are talking about, the camera having a gravity switch (usually nothing as advanced as a gyroscope).

Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread hermann pitton
Am Sonntag, den 22.02.2009, 11:15 +0100 schrieb Hans Verkuil: Hi all, There are lot's of discussions, but it can be hard sometimes to actually determine someone's opinion. So here is a quick poll, please reply either to the list or directly to me with your yes/no answer and (optional

Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] soc-camera: configure drivers with a default format on open

2009-02-22 Thread morimoto . kuninori
Dear Guennadi Currently soc-camera doesn't set up any image format without an explicit S_FMT. It seems this should be supported, since, for example, capture-example.c from v4l2-apps by default doesn't issue an S_FMT. This patch configures a default image format on open(). (snip) Ok,

Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread sonof...@iinet.net.au
Yes... On Mon Feb 23 12:13 , hermann pitton sent: Am Sonntag, den 22.02.2009, 11:15 +0100 schrieb Hans Verkuil: Hi all, There are lot's of discussions, but it can be hard sometimes to actually determine someone's opinion. So here is a quick poll, please reply either to the list or

Re: [PATCH] Add Sony PlayTV to dibcom driver

2009-02-22 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:04:13 -0500 CityK ci...@rogers.com wrote: I don't think the Patchwork tool picked it up, as I don't see it in the queue :( http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-media/list/ I'm wondering it the quotations in the subject line are enough to throw the script off.

Re: [Bulk] Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Andy Walls wrote: On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 14:12 -0500, CityK wrote: The V4L-DVB is lacking in strategic direction. Yesterday was the time to adopt one; so lets pick up one today! CityK, I see you've been reading (or channeling) my blathering:

Re: [PATCH] Add Sony PlayTV to dibcom driver

2009-02-22 Thread CityK
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:04:13 -0500 CityK ci...@rogers.com wrote: I don't think the Patchwork tool picked it up, as I don't see it in the queue :( http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-media/list/ I'm wondering it the quotations in the subject line are enough

About the specific setting for lens

2009-02-22 Thread morimoto . kuninori
Dear Guennadi. Now MigoR and AP325 board have ov772x camera. However, the lens used is different. And I have a specific good setting value for the lens of AP325. So, I would like to add new function for specific lens value. meybe like this. Can I add it ? -- board-ap325 --- static

Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels 2.6.22

2009-02-22 Thread Robert Golding
2009/2/22 Hans Verkuil hverk...@xs4all.nl: Hi all, There are lot's of discussions, but it can be hard sometimes to actually determine someone's opinion. So here is a quick poll, please reply either to the list or directly to me with your yes/no answer and (optional but welcome) a short