Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 17:49:52 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bt848 driver release 0.3 Message-ID: <199703010149.RAA12261@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:14:42 EST." <199702252314.SAA05959@whizzo.transsys.com>
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Hi, If you want to try out "dtv" the "old way" please download : ftp://rah.star-gate.com/pub/tv-0.2.tar.gz Have fun, Amancio >From The Desk Of "Louis A. Mamakos" : > > > A couple of hackers have reported success with Hauppages's > > WinCast/TV which is a Bt848 based video card. WinCast/TV is cheaper > > than the Intel card plus it has much better driver support in Win95. > > I just wanted to echo that I just tried this new release of the driver > on a brand new WinCast/TVdbx (version with stereo audio), and it seems > to be working great with dtv. I got the "deluxe" version at CompUSA > for $159.00; the non-stereo audio version was $129, I think. > > I'm curious to try dtv the "old" way, with the video in a window done > the hard way. I'd like to be able to watch the video, and hack away > on some code at the same time in another window. The current version > using the DGA XFree86 extension sort of grabs the display away from > the X server for the duration. I'm trying to figure out if it's > "safe" to create a window that's "always on top" and "sticky" (that > is, it moves with the view as you pan around on a desktop) and have > the video blasted into it, within the window frame. I fear that I'm > gonna have to learn much more about how X works than I ever wanted > to.. > > I contacted the Brooktree people today, and I'm hoping that I'll get > some docs on the Bt848, as well as their hardware eval board which > looks to have the same sort of tuner assembly on it. They have some > sample software for their hardware eval kit, and I'm hoping source > code which might include how to talk to the tuner over the I^2C bus. > > louie
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