Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 09:53:12 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: STB tuner Message-ID: <199702270753.JAA12921@grackle.grondar.za>
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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
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