Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 10:59:29 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@inna.net> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: Thomas Arnold <tom@inna.net>, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bt848 driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970224105706.844C-100000@dolphin.inna.net> In-Reply-To: <199702232212.OAA00626@rah.star-gate.com>
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We needed the upgrade anyway. The Feb. 15 2.2 Gamma is stable and quick so far, and as soon as 2.2 is -release, I will update all the machines. We wouldn't expect you to support every release even if you did have the bandwidth, just due to time constraints. Thanks for the excellent code, and keep up the good work. This extends to all FreeBSD developers and contributors. On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > Hi, > For whatever is worth saving images over here is almost instantaneous. > > rgb16 converts the image to ppm format . In your case, I would modify > rgb16.c to just dump the raw frame to disk. > > Once you managed to get a video source connected to > your STB WinTV, try running tv. > > I am definitely interested on how the driver works in your system since > I have not heard of anyone using the video capture drivers on any > such systems 8) > > > And, sorry to force you guys to upgrade. Is just that I don't have the > bandwith to support old kernels. > > > > Have fun, > Amancio > > >From The Desk Of Thomas Arnold : > > After the machine I have the STB WinTV card in was upgraded to 2.2-Gamma ( > > thanks to Jamie ) the card is detected fine and the device is created. > > > > Currently since I'm not in the room with the machine I can't hook a camera > > up to it, but, I'm getting a blue box which is the default WinTV output > > when it can't find a signal for its tuner so it looks like its working. > > > > I captured the picture using rgb16.c > > > > Not having used rgb16.c before, how long should it take to capture an > > image? It takes upwards of 10-15seconds for it to create the image. I > > haven't seen yet how much CPU load this creates. > > > > The machine is : > > 2.2-Gamma > > AMD X5-133 ( 486 Class ) > > UMC Chipset > > 32megs > > > > Probably the slowest machine you'll ever hear of someone trying to use > > this card in. :-) > > > > +-----------------------------------------------+ > > : Tom Arnold - No relation to Rosanne : > > : SysAdmin/Pres - TBI, Ltd ( inna.net ) : > > : The Middle Peninsula's Internet Connection : > > +-----------------------------------------------+ > > > > > Jamie Bowden Network Administrator, TBI Ltd.
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