Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 17:36:00 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: smpatel@prognet.com Cc: Bakul Shah <bakul@torrentnet.com>, multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RealVideo-5.0 and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199710120036.RAA00404@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Oct 1997 15:28:25 EDT." <199710071928.PAA13338@chai.torrentnet.com>
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Our sound driver API is the linux sound driver 3.5. What is currently on 2.2 and 3.0 is the linux sound driver 3.0. The guspnp series of sound driver which I have been supporting for over a year is the linux sound driver 3.5 plus some hacks like support of user land dma I/O which is mostly used for applications such as Quake. Luigi's sound driver eventually will be linux sound driver 3.5 compliant right now is not. It is a huge task and is going rather well so if you are a sound driver level hacker now is a good time to join and make a difference rather than later bitching about it. If you have a commercial product then I suggest to just get the OSS sound driver : http://www.4front-tech.com/ This just means that while we are in the process of rebuilding the sound driver you have the option *today* of coding up to the API . With the respect to the video capture there is no reason that I can think of why RealNetworks is not supporting the Bt848 driver. If you guys have specific issues just mail me . Currently, the Bt848 driver is available for FreeBSD 2.2 and FreeBSD 3.0 -current with no change in the driver. You can also you check out our new Bt848 driver web page: http://www.freebsd.org/~ahasty/Bt848.html I know this is not related however right now we (the multimedia group) are really having a ball with Randall Hopper's fxtv : http://multiverse.com/~rhh/fxtv Excerpt from the announcement: " HIGHLIGHTS: Video Window Annotation for changes in Station, Input Device, Tuner Mode, Volume, and Mute should make it more enjoyable to surf when zoomed full-screen. " Additionally it can generate mpeg files (non-realtime). Regards, Amancio >From The Desk Of Bakul Shah : > Amancio, RealVideo-5.0 beta for FreeBSD is due out RSN. When > I queried, Sujal Patel said he will spit out the port in a > week or two that'll work with 2.2.5. I suspect he will need > your help in making sure the *right thing* (TM) gets done. > It would be a real boon if RV5.0 works out of the box with > FreeBSD-2.2.5! You can reach Sujal at smpatel@real.com. > You can tell him I asked you to bug him :-) > > I am a bit unclear about which driver will end up being the > official FreeBSD one in 2.2.5 and feel you are the best > person to guide RealNetwork (aka Progressive Networks) on > this! I think from a commercial point of view what'll help > is if you (multimedia guys) can settle on an interface that > your as well as Luigi's driver can adhere to.
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