Re: Media controller: sysfs vs ioctl

2009-09-13 Thread wk
Hans Verkuil schrieb: Hi all, I've started this as a new thread to prevent polluting the discussions of the media controller as a concept. First of all, I have no doubt that everything that you can do with an ioctl, you can also do with sysfs and vice versa. That's not the problem here. The pr

Re: [patch review 6/6] radio-mr800: redesign radio->users counter

2009-08-08 Thread wk
Alexey Klimov schrieb: On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Trent Piepho wrote: On Sat, 8 Aug 2009, Alexey Klimov wrote: Redesign radio->users counter. Don't allow more that 5 users on radio in Why? Well, v4l2 specs says that multiple opens are optional. Honestly, i think tha

Why is the old DVB ML still alive?

2009-06-25 Thread wk
Why is the old dvb (linux-dvb) mailing list still alive? One of the arguments migrating all dvb related stuff to this combined ml was to reduce overhead. But in fact some information might be lost now, since not everybody will look at both ML's. Wouldn't it be a good idea to close the old ml no

Re: ivtv && Radio Data System (RDS) - is there something planned/already available

2009-06-20 Thread wk
Edouard Lafargue wrote: On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Hans Verkuil wrote: On Friday 19 June 2009 13:36:49 wk wrote: Is there anything planned/ongoing to support Radio Data System (RDS) with ivtv supported cards? Would be quite helpful for analogue radio channel scanning and finding

Re: ivtv && Radio Data System (RDS) - is there something planned/already available

2009-06-20 Thread wk
Hans Verkuil schrieb: On Friday 19 June 2009 13:36:49 wk wrote: Is there anything planned/ongoing to support Radio Data System (RDS) with ivtv supported cards? Would be quite helpful for analogue radio channel scanning and finding the matching channel names. Is there something out to be

ivtv && Radio Data System (RDS) - is there something planned/already available

2009-06-19 Thread wk
Is there anything planned/ongoing to support Radio Data System (RDS) with ivtv supported cards? Would be quite helpful for analogue radio channel scanning and finding the matching channel names. Is there something out to be tested? thanks, Winfried -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the lin

Re: w_scan 20090502, why is the new country code necessary, its breaking my systems

2009-06-01 Thread wk
Hello Jelle, > My w_scan version 20081106 stopped working on my Debian system. I had > the following errors: > ERROR: Sorry - i couldn't get any working frequency/transponder > > So I first checked if there was a wscan update. No reception for some reason - probably the new version will show the

Re: Hauppauge HVR-1500 (aka HP RM436AA#ABA)

2009-04-21 Thread wk
Benster & Jeremy wrote: The patch works perfectly. No indicator light, but 28 channels with stronger signal than mce! Thanks again! Ben -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http

Re: [question] atsc and api v5

2009-03-24 Thread wk
Devin Heitmueller wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM, wk wrote: While trying to update an application to API v5 some question arised. Which type of "delivery_system" should be set for ATSC? says... SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_AC, <- european DVB-C SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B, <- a

[question] atsc and api v5

2009-03-24 Thread wk
While trying to update an application to API v5 some question arised. Which type of "delivery_system" should be set for ATSC? says... SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_AC, <- european DVB-C SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B, <- american ATSC QAM .. SYS_ATSC, <- oops, here we have ATSC again, cable and terrestrial not na

Re: SNR status for demods

2009-03-18 Thread wk
I have updated my compiled list of the various demods and how they currently report SNR info (including feedback from people in the last round). http://www.devinheitmueller.com/snr.txt What about signal strength and BER readout in parallel for each device listed here? Needs the same docs

Re: [PATCH] add new frequency table for Strasbourg, France

2009-03-17 Thread wk
Benjamin Zores schrieb: wk wrote: Then there must be something ``wrong'' with `w_scan' making incorrect assumptions about the data which it's parsing. No - i do not think so. All of the frequencies found are with 166kHz offset. w_scan does not use any of these 166k

Re: [PATCH] add new frequency table for Strasbourg, France

2009-03-17 Thread wk
Then there must be something ``wrong'' with `w_scan' making incorrect assumptions about the data which it's parsing. No - i do not think so. All of the frequencies found are with 166kHz offset. w_scan does not use any of these 166k offsets, that means this frequency data was transmitted as

Re: [PATCH] add new frequency table for Strasbourg, France

2009-03-16 Thread wk
I have some table frequency list here: http://www.tvnt.net/V2/pages/342/medias/pro-bo-doc-tk-frequences_tnt.pdf See the "Canal" array, page 20 for "Strasbourg". I don't know how to determine transponders frequencies from this list. Please find also the remark inside the file: "(9) The frequ

Re: [PATCH] add new frequency table for Strasbourg, France

2009-03-16 Thread wk
by parsing the NIT ot this channel. Current w_scan doesn't use +/-167k offsets. Since in Germany no transmitter uses any freq offsets, the information comes from the French one. And for France finding that freq offsets is quite normal. --wk -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: The right way to interpret the content of SNR, signal strength and BER from HVR 4000 Lite

2009-03-15 Thread wk
Devin Heitmueller schrieb: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:27 PM, VDR User wrote: Just wanted to comment that I'm glad there is a lot of interest in this. I've heard endless talk & confusion on the user end over the years as to the accuracy of the values, or in some cases (as with Genpix adapters

[PATCH] dvb-api: update documentation, chapter1 (Resubmit)

2009-03-15 Thread wk
Mauro Carvalho Chehab schrieb: Hi wk, Let's commit what we currently have. Could you please re-submit the patch again, this time providing a proper description, and your SOB? Cheers, Mauro. The attached patch provides the following changes to DVB API: - files changed - dvbap

Re: V4L2 spec

2009-03-10 Thread wk
Mauro Carvalho Chehab schrieb: On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:46:34 -0400 Andy Walls wrote: and integrating it into the existing v4l docbook, I'm not sure of the value in that. The DVB conversion to docbook allows us to add it at the kernel docbook docs (probably, not the entire doc

Re: V4L2 spec

2009-03-10 Thread wk
Devin Heitmueller schrieb: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM, wk wrote: Its a bad idea to expect someone else, the magic volunteer, doing work with *deep impact* on the dvb driver API structure or documentation. Working on this topic determines complete usability of the driver, so MAIN

Re: V4L2 spec

2009-03-09 Thread wk
I think so. The better would be to convert DVB api to docbook (as used by all other kernel documents), and add a developers document for the kernel API for both at the kernel documentation structure). However, this is a huge task that someone should volunteer for doing, otherwise, it won't h

Re: V4L2 spec

2009-03-06 Thread wk
Hans Verkuil wrote: Hi Mauro, I noticed that there is an ancient V4L2 spec in our tree in the v4l/API directory. Is that spec used in any way? I don't think so, so I suggest that it is removed. The V4L1 spec that is there should probably be moved to the v4l2-spec directory as that is where

Re: [PATCH] dvb-api: update documentation, chapter1

2009-02-26 Thread wk
Why do I have a feeling even the updated doc will be full of spelling & grammatical errors? ;) Probably, because none of the writers so far where native English. Therefore i'am really happy that *you* now took over all the responsibility to find all that spelling and grammatical errors.

Re: [PATCH] dvb-api: update documentation, chapter1

2009-02-26 Thread wk
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: + +For this API documentation applies an even/odd versioning scheme, stating +unstable or stable versions of that API. Only stable API versions should +be used for developing drivers and applications. Hmm... I wouldn't add the above. I don't think we should use

Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels < 2.6.22

2009-02-25 Thread wk
Should we drop support for kernels <2.6.22 in our v4l-dvb repository? _: Yes _: No YES. Optional question: Why: I assume that the main goal should be development of linux v4l/dvb drivers to be included in *new* kernel versions. These dont need compat code. But beside of the main g

[PATCH] dvb-api: update documentation, chapter1

2009-02-22 Thread wk
Since dvb-api doc is still outdated by six years... The following patch changes dvbapi.pdf as following: ___ - change from twosided book format to singlesided book format. * By doing so, the readability is improved and

Re: RFCv1: v4l-dvb development models & old kernel support

2009-02-21 Thread wk
Hans Verkuil wrote: Comments? Hans As only beeing reader of this list.., why not simply reduce the work load by - reducing the number of supported kernel versions to five major versions? Currently 2.6.28 would mean down to 2.6.23, this would be enough cover all nearly up-to-date d

linux/include/dvb/frontend.h : missing capability flags

2009-02-18 Thread wk
Some time ago two new members were added in frontend.h to enum fe_code_rate: - FEC_3_5 - FEC_9_10 But the matching capability flags for that are still missing, signalling applications support for those: - FE_CAN_FEC_3_5 - FE_CAN_FEC_9_10 It would be possible to use 0x100, 0x200 f

Re: DVB v3 API question

2009-02-17 Thread wk
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:50:50 +0100 Hans Verkuil wrote: Hi all, I've made a v4l-dvb tree containing the old DVB API sources as found here: http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/DVB/doc/dvbapi/. This tree is here: http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/~hverkuil/v4l-d

Re: DVB-API v5 questions and no dvb developer answering ?

2009-02-16 Thread wk
Devin Heitmueller wrote: As always we continue to welcome patches, including for the documentation. Instead of bitching and moaning, how about you roll up your sleeves and actually help out? Let's try to remember that pretty much all the developers here are volunteers, so berating them for not

DVB-API v5 questions and no dvb developer answering ?

2009-02-16 Thread wk
The last week two guys were kindly asking here on the list where to find a written DVB-API v5 documentation, but nobody of the dvb driver community was answering. http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg01350.html http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg0130

Re: Bad sound on HVR1300 & cx88-alsa not loading anymore for HVR1300

2009-02-16 Thread wk
Hello, I'm running Ubuntu 8.10, and 2.6.27-11-generic kernel. I also tried compiling the newest modules from linuxtv. The first problem: The sound from my HVR1300 is really bad, it like a robotic sound, with high tones in it! 2nd problem: cx88-alsa module is not loading automaticly when b

Please help. HVR1300 - no sound on tv input -> wrong tuner initialization?

2009-02-15 Thread wk
I'm trying to use the cx88_blackbird mpeg encoder on a hvr-1300. I'm able to get a picture if i'm tuning to a tv frequency, but no sound (but audio noise, so the mpeg encoder itself works). Please note: that card supports DVB-T, PAL-{b/g,d/k,-50,-60} and CCIR L/L' and FM radio, see datasheet fro