From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Feb 26 23:53:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA11251 for multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 23:53:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from grackle.grondar.za (HbyIwv/7ef/A8tcUM/THYdNVuW4fxu0+@grackle.grondar.za [196.7.18.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA11226 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 23:53:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from grackle.grondar.za (Dt4fcUiskcdDT+gfGc1JGo3jPI5qm2/0@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grackle.grondar.za (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id JAA12921; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 09:53:14 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199702270753.JAA12921@grackle.grondar.za> To: Steve Passe cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: STB tuner Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 09:53:12 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > I had a look around you web page and associated documents. It seems that > > PAL versions of these cards are available. How compatible with the PAL > > modes is your work? > > The basic driver already knows about it, and > as for the tuner itself, I have seen no features that are programmable, > either you get a board with a PAL tuner or an NTSC tuner (I think...) > If you look at the tuner module page you will see what I mean: > > http://208.196.158.173/fi1200.html I saw that, there are various PAL/NTSC/SECAM versions. What I was asking (and you answered) is wheter there was some kind of issue with their diffs. > there is an issue as to the station frequencies. right now I'm just plugging > in hard values (now can see all my local stations...). but they are well > documented, am thinking about whether to handle them computationally > or with a lookup table. I'm pretty sure that all countries use the same (VHF/UHF) frequencies for their transmissions. > > I am interested in getting one of these cards, and will galdly contribute > > labour if required. > > to get this right many people will have to chip in, so that we can support > all the various flavors of board/standards/etc. I'm actually more worried > about the audio than the video. Evidently there are parameters for the stere > chip stored in EPROM, with no documentation of their format :-( What is the basis of the stereo? NICAM? M -- Mark Murray PGP key fingerprint = 80 36 6E 40 83 D6 8A 36 This .sig is umop ap!sdn. BC 06 EA 0E 7A F2 CE CE