From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mailex.mailcore.me ([94.136.40.61]:38324 "EHLO mailex.mailcore.me" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750983Ab3IPRd0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:33:26 -0400 Received: from [177.102.42.224] (helo=[192.168.1.143]) by mail10.atlas.pipex.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcfp-0003le-Bl for linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:33:21 +0100 Message-ID: <523740DA.2000107@sca-uk.com> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:33:14 -0300 From: Steve Cookson MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hauppauge ImpactVCB-e 01381 PCIe driver resolution. References: <5235CED8.3080804@sca-uk.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@casper.infradead.org Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Devin, Thanks for responding. So my question would be then, is it worth fixing? I can't find any PCIe cards that give me a reasonable quality. If I use an external card like the Dazzle it seems quite fast and better quality than many s-video cards. Could the ImpactVCB-e be better than the Dazzle? Regards Steve. On 15/09/2013 17:26, Devin Heitmueller wrote: > > > On Sep 15, 2013 11:35 AM, "Steve Cookson" wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I seem to be having immense difficulty getting the Hauppauge ImpactVCB-e 01381 PCIe card working on Linux (I'm using Kubuntu 13.04) with greater than 320x240 resolution. > > > > This is what I've done: > > > > lspci recognises the card but only as a Conexant card (Vendor ID = 14f1:8852), not Hauppauge card (Vendor ID = 0070). Hauppauge is shown as the subsystem (0070:7133). I don't really know what this means. > > > > lsmod returns nothing related to the card. > > > > dmesg | grep cx23885 suggested card= insmod option (full output from dmesg below). So I did: > > > > echo cx23885 card=5 | sudo tee -a /etc/modules > > > > So I tried a few version numbers, but they all give me 320x240 in s-video or composite mode. > > > > If I use a Pinnacle Dazzle, I get perfect 640x480 for about the same price. But I need an internal PCIe card, rather than a external card/box. > > > > How can I add the card to video4Linux? > > > > Any help much appreciated. > > > > Regards > > > l believe the scaler is broken in the cx23885 driver. I did a bunch of work on the driver last year to fix a variety of bugs, but didn't get around to making the scaler work properly. Most likely the card only works right at it's max resolution (720x480 for NTSC or 720x576 for PAL). > > It can probably be made to work with a few hour's worth of debugging, but I didn't have a commercial customer at the time who needed it and as far as I know nobody else is working on it. > > Devin