Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:04:18 +0200 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pvrxxx, linux code and modules Message-ID: <c39ec84c0704161004p75e5cb2ej4120c3920a482734@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20704160745r50010c8ap62fdae49d9acdd92@mail.gmail.com> References: <c39ec84c0704151508t126cf975gaa1957b9205d3244@mail.gmail.com> <20070416055055.GC1593@wantadilla.lemis.com> <c39ec84c0704160448h2d7b0515l8c6e22555d128056@mail.gmail.com> <80f4f2b20704160659q77ef204dlbb29a3a432891a9c@mail.gmail.com> <c39ec84c0704160705g3781c0a9s29dcb4764e3b2c87@mail.gmail.com> <80f4f2b20704160745r50010c8ap62fdae49d9acdd92@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim, On 4/16/07, Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 4/16/07, Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> wrote: > > > First, I'd like to say this is an interesting topic, and I'd like it > > > to stay public if possible. > > > > fine! > > Ok, since context doesn't pass well over text, I hope I didn't say > that one in an offensive manner (is the '!' an exasperation or a > enthusiasm?) enthousiasm. sorry for the ambiguity. > > > I'd like to be able to keep an eye on this, and see if there's any way > > > I can help or suggest if possible. (For example, I would like a > > > tuner/input selector device that I could cat/echo commands into). > > > > why? > > It'd be nice to have a trivial form of control that doesn't need me to > run any unusual commands. i'll be straight about it right away: i don't feel like adding yet another interface. pvrxxx is partly about adding v4l(2) support. so now we have a bktr, meteor and v4l(2) interface to the device. i don't want to add another. i'd rather remove bktr and meteor. btw, which applications are able to read from pvrxxx devices using these interfaces? > Right now, I user the pvr250[I hit tab here] command, but if I could > simply do an echo/redirection, it would feel a lot more natural to me > I guess (more UNIXy), and since it would be interfacing the device > directly, I wouldn't get the obnoxious bktr warnings. if there are problems with the pvr250-setchannel command, these need to be addressed. what errors are you getting? i will consider any patches received. regards, usleep > > > Thanks, > > -Jim >
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