From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.31]:2075 "EHLO smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754617AbZANHhy (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:37:54 -0500 From: Hans Verkuil To: CityK Subject: Re: KWorld ATSC 115 all static Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:37:43 +0100 Cc: hermann pitton , V4L , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Michael Krufky , Josh Borke , David Lonie , linux-media@vger.kernel.org References: <496A9485.7060808@gmail.com> <1231816664.2680.21.camel@pc10.localdom.local> <496D6CF6.6030005@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <496D6CF6.6030005@rogers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200901140837.43282.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wednesday 14 January 2009 05:41:26 CityK wrote: > hermann pitton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am Montag, den 12.01.2009, 21:10 -0500 schrieb CityK: > >> Hans Verkuil wrote: > >>> Yes, I can. I'll do saa7134 since I have an empress card anyway. > >>> It should be quite easy (the cx18 complication is not an issue > >>> here). > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Hans > >> > >> Thanks Hans! > > > > yes, Hans is a very fine guy. > > He is indeed. Absolutely! :-) FYI: I have a patch, but I won't have time to test it until Friday. You should get something from me then. The main change was actually to the saa6752hs.c i2c module (it wasn't yet converted to v4l2_subdev), and I need to test that first with my empress card. Regards, Hans > > But don't hope for too much for DVB/ATSC related stuff soon. > > > > We know about the problems caused by switching antenna inputs from > > a digital demod, it was a famous hack from Chris on cx88xx and Mike > > did good work to port it to saa713x, but unfortunately there was > > some ongoing loss on the other side of the planet then later. > > > > I doubt that Hans is already aware of it at this stage, > > Consulting on irc, both Eric and myself can confirm that DVB is > working fine for the device (I can only test cable currently, but > Eric successfully checked both QAM and 8-VSB). I'm using recent Hg > and Eric is using stock FC10 supplied drivers. So, I'm not sure why > Josh was having problems. > > > these days bugs are fixed from guys without even having hardware, > > Four letter word. Starts with A and ends with Y :p > > > and this is good progress, > > Yes, it was awfully nice of Andy to diagnose and provide a solution. > Props to him. > > > likely they will add new devices the same way too soon. > > This point, however, is not a very good route to go down --- it opens > up a huge can of worms (<-- silly English expression which > essentially means that such action creates problems). > > > I seem to be far behind currently, all caused by the HDTV hype ;) > > You mean you haven't upgraded to the latest 92 inch hyper plasma OXD > display yet! Crappy broadcast content has never looked so good! -- Hans Verkuil - video4linux developer - sponsored by TANDBERG