Re: Hw capabilities of the HVR-2200

[Steven Toth <stoth@kernellabs.com>]

On 3/9/10 12:16 PM, Jed wrote:
> 19/09/09 Jed wrote:
>>>>>>> 2) Component input for the A/V-in
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, this exists on the HVR2250 product only.
>>>>
>>>> Ah shite, are you sure?
>>>> If you look at the specs for the reference card it was there, did they
>>>> take it out at the last minute?
>>>
>>> It's not feature Hauppauge supports on the HVR2200 today. I have a
>>> suspicion this may change but I'm neither confirming, denying or
>>> announcing anything. It would make sense to officially support
>>> component cables on the HVR2200 since the silicon supports it.
>>> If/when it does I'm sure it will be mentioned in the forums or on the
>>> HVR2200 product packaging.
>
> Hi Steve, when you said this is not a feature Hauppauge supports.
> Did you mean it's not fully enabled physically in the PCB...
> Or is it just something they need to add support for in the driver?
> If the latter do you know if their policy has changed or is about to?

No idea, I have no answer.

>>>>>>> 3) Hw encode bypass for A/V-in
>>>>>
>>>>> No idea. Regardless of whether it does or does not I wouldn't plan to
>>>>> add basic raw TV support to the driver, without going through the
>>>>> encoder.
>>>>
>>>> Why do you rule it out unequivocally, is it just because I've annoyed
>>>> you? :-(
>>>
>>> Raw analog TV isn't a high priority feature on my mental check-list.
>>> Analog TV via the encoder is much more interesting and applicable to
>>> many people.
>
> Assuming that progress has been made on analogue to
> h.263/mpeg4/VC-1/DivX/Xvid via the A/V-in encoder.
> Is this still considered a low priority?

Raw analog is still very low down any list I have for the HVR22xx driver.

>
> Has progress been made on hw encode via A/V-in?
> I'm "finally" putting my entire system together soon, can't wait!
> Looking forward to seeing how everything has progressed.
> I'll be sure to do some donations once I'm up & running!

The current driver supports DTV only. I have no ETA for analog on the HVR22xx 
driver. If you need analog support then the HVR22xx isn't the right product for you.

Regards,

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