Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:17:47 +0300 From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@casselton.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bktr and kodikom 4400R Message-ID: <200807111617.47400.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> In-Reply-To: <200807111250.m6BConpi048567@casselton.net> References: <200807111250.m6BConpi048567@casselton.net>
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Στις Friday 11 July 2008 15:50:49 ο/η Mark Tinguely έγραψε: > > > Hi i just bought a clone of kodikom 4400R from ebay and i have not managed to get > > any video out of it. > > The system detects the 4 chips on the card. In the same machine i also have a single chip linuxmedialabs card > > which works good for over a year. > > The 4 chips are detected as /dev/bktr0 - > /dev/bktr3, and the lml (previously /dev/bktr0) now as /dev/bktr4 > > > > My question is that whether i have a foundamental problem with the card or should i keep trying. > > The kodicom 4400 has 4 Brooktree capture chips, a transparent PCI bridge > and a video crossbar. > > The patch programs the crossbar so you can route the video signal from > one of the 16 inputs to a particular capture chip. many versions of this > card has 4 BNC video inputs, they are crossbar inputs 0-3. Additionally > there is also set of riser pins for all 16 inputs. The patch intially > programs the crossbar so input 0 goes to the first capture chip, etc. > Thanx for the info. However before doing that, one thing puzzles me. my version of the card is: http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/4/2/2/5/5/6/webimg/55209639_o.jpg however the one that i received seems to have one chip missing http://matrix.gatewaynet.com/panix/kodikom4400r-problem.jpg Is that chip essential? > once the input is selected, use any bktr-aware capture program. > > --Mark. > -- Achilleas Mantzios
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