From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.225.204]:45354 "HELO smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751159AbZIIEZ5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:25:57 -0400 Message-ID: <4AA72E57.6000304@rogers.com> Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:25:59 -0400 From: CityK MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Brouwer CC: linux-media Subject: Re: Question on video device in /dev for S460 card cx88 References: <4AA149C6.9070308@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AA149C6.9070308@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Peter Brouwer wrote: > Hello > > Quick question regarding video devices that show up when using a cx88 > base S460 > (tevii) DVB-S2 card. > > I see two devices in /dev > /dev/video0 and /dev/vbi0 related to the cx88 based dvb-s2 card. > What are those devices, is the video0 the video out of the card after the > demuxer? If so, should that device not show up in /dev/dvb/adapterN ?? > > What is the /dev/vbi0 device? > > Regards I heavily modified/updated my previous link/answer I provided to this question you posted earlier. A more thorough answer can be found here: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Device_nodes_and_character_devices Please review that, as it should make clear the answers to your questions.