From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n7BLmMZq003423 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:48:22 -0400 Received: from partygirl.tmr.com (mail.tmr.com [64.65.253.246]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n7BLm8TD028078 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:48:08 -0400 Received: from partygirl.tmr.com (partygirl.tmr.com [127.0.0.1]) by partygirl.tmr.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n7BLm7f5010693 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:48:07 -0400 Message-ID: <4A81E717.1040509@tmr.com> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:48:07 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: video4linux M/L References: <4A7B2BDB.5000906@tmr.com> <829197380908061221l54ba8f1pcbec404200ae6c93@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B37F9.8070905@tmr.com> <829197380908061318x5ee6ccfbn5d8890e98b6f6325@mail.gmail.com> <4A81AC59.5020306@tmr.com> <829197380908111051v3e446534k73ae23883c510e65@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <829197380908111051v3e446534k73ae23883c510e65@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Is there any working video capture card which works and is still made? List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com List-ID: Devin Heitmueller wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> Since you quoted the HVR-950Q as working, I tried one of those. Someone else >> said the ATI HDTV-Wonder works. Neither do. I tried all of the programs >> people swore work with these cards: tvtime, xawtv, cheese, and vlc. Mythtv >> appears to need the whole system tuned to be a pvr, not the intent here, >> users want to monitor CNN, MSNBC, and similar news or financial channels in >> a window without needing to get a TV for each seat. >> > > Well since I did the support for the HVR-950Q, I'm pretty sure it > works. :-) With regards to the "ATI HDTV-Wonder" card you referred > to, there are many cards with that name, so you would need to be more > specific (providing a model number and bus type). For example, I did > the work for the "ATI TV Wonder HD 600 USB". For analog support, both > of the above cards work fine with tvtime. > > Do you have some particular application with which you think it "works?" If by works you mean a /dv/video0 and /dev/dvb/* ar created and the kernel log shows no errors, then it works. By works I mean there is some application (I listed several) which actually has audio and video, and the number of such I can identify is still zero. When analog cards were being made virtually every application worked fine, > If you have a specific case that is causing you problems, please > provide details as to exactly which card you are trying to use, which > distro and application you are using, and what errors you are seeing > and we will see if we can help you debug your problem. But saying > vague things like "nothing works" isn't really a constructive way to > improve your situation. > > I went out and got the HVR-950Q because you said it worked, as noted above the kernel like it but nothing I can find will use it usefully, I posted the lspci -vvvv for the ATI HDTV-Wonder, what exactly more do you need to identify a specific card? This is the problem I've had for years, that cards with the same part number aren't the same part. :-( >> And after all that I am still at ground zero, not only nothing I would date >> try to give to an end user, but nothing I want to use myself, tuning by >> frequencies in MHz, good grief! The kernel loads drivers and makes entries >> in /dev/dvb and/or /dev/videoN, but none of the software people suggested >> does anything useful. >> > > You only need to tune to something specifying MHz if you are using the > command line tools. The GUI applications have built in mechanisms to > change channels. > > I agree that there is plenty of room for improvement in the > application space. Feel free to roll up your sleeves and help out > (that's how I got involved in the project, after all). Given the > number of devices people are demanding support for, we are quite > understaffed and could use all the help we could get. > > Devin > > -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc "You are disgraced professional losers. And by the way, give us our money back." - Representative Earl Pomeroy, Democrat of North Dakota on the A.I.G. executives who were paid bonuses after a federal bailout. -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list