From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 16 17:04:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC8ED16A403 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:04:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8658D13C4B9 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:04:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so1628354wra for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:04:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=F2tO/ND/ygrXCa9217UAgSJbhSIbxcqRk7sbzqPEG2/j/N4h9qDrFb0J00ry9ix9gePJ0sPTUj+r3L4fqBZCzBgY+ziONdU9sIw+Zx5cCsUFCK5vQzcFLcX2SX01chnlOy2JrH4fB6KdGfhwzsdHbWOYJgFh7CEfhROe589aN/o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=CDaBIoCFTAc3eoeLI5neCKb9kGv4n7vh2XsB/GtfzuIlZKwTM7j4nVUqs5X3TWMFbmkpIXOiXRF9WkKLD3lje0Y3rhzWKA7wEFWtfxA8lMeectfiLyVsT24y70LJ1UcMgm/l4YvfPuxgh6Gho+U/2NwN0EVW2Dy2Iw2aAiqWIco= Received: by 10.114.60.19 with SMTP id i19mr1991937waa.1176743058484; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.192.12 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:04:18 +0200 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Jim Stapleton" In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20704160745r50010c8ap62fdae49d9acdd92@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070416055055.GC1593@wantadilla.lemis.com> <80f4f2b20704160659q77ef204dlbb29a3a432891a9c@mail.gmail.com> <80f4f2b20704160745r50010c8ap62fdae49d9acdd92@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pvrxxx, linux code and modules X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:04:22 -0000 Jim, On 4/16/07, Jim Stapleton wrote: > > On 4/16/07, Jim Stapleton wrote: > > > First, I'd like to say this is an interesting topic, and I'd like it > > > to stay public if possible. > > > > fine! > > Ok, since context doesn't pass well over text, I hope I didn't say > that one in an offensive manner (is the '!' an exasperation or a > enthusiasm?) enthousiasm. sorry for the ambiguity. > > > I'd like to be able to keep an eye on this, and see if there's any way > > > I can help or suggest if possible. (For example, I would like a > > > tuner/input selector device that I could cat/echo commands into). > > > > why? > > It'd be nice to have a trivial form of control that doesn't need me to > run any unusual commands. i'll be straight about it right away: i don't feel like adding yet another interface. pvrxxx is partly about adding v4l(2) support. so now we have a bktr, meteor and v4l(2) interface to the device. i don't want to add another. i'd rather remove bktr and meteor. btw, which applications are able to read from pvrxxx devices using these interfaces? > Right now, I user the pvr250[I hit tab here] command, but if I could > simply do an echo/redirection, it would feel a lot more natural to me > I guess (more UNIXy), and since it would be interfacing the device > directly, I wouldn't get the obnoxious bktr warnings. if there are problems with the pvr250-setchannel command, these need to be addressed. what errors are you getting? i will consider any patches received. regards, usleep > > > Thanks, > > -Jim >