Re: cx23885

[Michael <auslands-kv@gmx.de>]

Devin Heitmueller wrote:

> I would probably advise against using a cx23885 based design for
> analog under Linux right now.  There is *some* analog support in the
> driver, but it is not very mature and has a host of issues/bugs.
> Also, there is currently no analog audio support in the driver, so if
> you do not have an encoder then it will not work.
>

Well, I don't need audio, just video. A raw stream is everything I need, as 
it is displayed by mplayer directly.

But you mean that this most probably wouldn't work as the analog support is 
not good enough for the time being?

> In other words, even if all you did need was to add another PCI ID,
> you would still be very likely to run into problems.
> 
> We (KernelLabs) have a handful of patches that can eventually get into
> the upstream driver, although right now progress is slow on that front
> and you certainly shouldn't buy hardware based on the expectation that
> the patches are forthcoming.
> 
Well, would these patches help me to get the card working for my purpose 
(raw video stream)? I don't mind patching the driver. I am no developer, but 
applying a patch and compiling the driver I should manage.

Otherwise do you know another mini-pci-express video capture card that is 
supported by the linux kernel?

Thanks for your help

Michael
> Devin
>