From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:37383 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752191AbZLXWmO (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:42:14 -0500 Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F051C00207 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:42:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.1.215]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0BA390310 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:42:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.1.215]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DMi03CDRTZFp for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:42:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.5] (ppp-88-217-19-215.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.19.215]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:42:11 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B33EE3E.5060201@a-city.de> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:42:06 +0100 From: TAXI MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Feature Request: virtual /dev/videoX for low budget DVB cards Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: What about a virtual /dev/videoX for low budget DVB cards? The idea behind is to provide a device set with every type of card (low budget, full featured) so that for example tvtime works with every type of card. The virtual device could be made by the following way: kernel driver (low budget, DVB-Decoded) -> kernel/userspace linker -> userspace decoder -> kernel/userspace linker -> kernel-driver (low budget, DVB-Encoded) I'm not a developer so (maybe) that's just a stupid idea.