[linux-dvb] Re: Need help understanding OSD ioctls, mostly SetColor and SetBlock.

2001-06-18 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Chris Worley wrote: > > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > > > Chris Worley wrote: > > You can have 1, 2, 4 or 8 bpp. However, since OSD memory is very limited, > > using more than 4bpp leaves you with only a very small usable OSD area. > > > > Another drawback of the DVB card's OSD is that it isn't ver

[linux-dvb] Seca CI

2001-06-18 Thread Massimiliano Perantoni
Hi! Some time ago I asked to the list if there's any poin of sale in Europe where to buy a Seca CI that is not ASTON, but didn't receive any answer: is that because ALL Seca users have Aston and there's nobody else to sell Seca CIs or just that this is a professional secret? Ciao Massimiliano -

[linux-dvb] Re: Need help understanding OSD ioctls, mostly SetColor and SetBlock.

2001-06-18 Thread Ralph Metzler
Chris Worley writes: > That solution would be okay if I could overlay graphics atop the > video, and have alpha blending. > > I could go without alpha blending, but graphics overlay atop the video > is necessary, and it's not always nice rectangles. > > If I draw the video from the DVB

[linux-dvb] Re: Need help understanding OSD ioctls, mostly SetColor and SetBlock.

2001-06-18 Thread Ralph Metzler
Chris Worley writes: > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > > > Chris Worley wrote: > > You can have 1, 2, 4 or 8 bpp. However, since OSD memory is very limited, > > using more than 4bpp leaves you with only a very small usable OSD area. > > > > Another drawback of the DVB card's OSD is that it isn

[linux-dvb] Re: Need help understanding OSD ioctls, mostly SetColor and SetBlock.

2001-06-18 Thread Chris Worley
Ralph Metzler wrote: > Chris Worley writes: > > Another reply to this post said DirectFB works for the DVB cards. Is > > that true? If so, then there should be some way to get a memory > > mapped pointer directly into the DVB-S cards graphics framebuffer memory? > > No, we use DirectFB on

[linux-dvb] Re: Need help understanding OSD ioctls, mostly SetColor and SetBlock.

2001-06-18 Thread Chris Worley
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > Chris Worley wrote: > You can have 1, 2, 4 or 8 bpp. However, since OSD memory is very limited, > using more than 4bpp leaves you with only a very small usable OSD area. > > Another drawback of the DVB card's OSD is that it isn't very fast. > Drawing a lot of text with

[linux-dvb] Re: Need help understanding OSD ioctls, mostly SetColor and SetBlock.

2001-06-18 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Chris Worley wrote: > > There doesn't seem to be any documentation on the OSD ioctls (or > library calls). If there is, please point me there and I'll RTFM. > > I've been looking at VDR's use of OSD, but it seems minimal. > > VDR only calls "open" with 4bpp. The libdvb OSD.c seems to limit bp

[linux-dvb] Re: New version of vdr & driver

2001-06-18 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Matthias Weingart wrote: > > On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Ulrich Gierschner wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > > VDR 0.81 (which is VDR 0.80 plus a small patch from > > > ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/people/kls/vdr/vdr-0.81.diff.gz) records > > > and replays great. > > > > No glitches anymore ? What about the "mux-q

[linux-dvb] Re: Need help understanding OSD ioctls, mostly SetColor and SetBlock.

2001-06-18 Thread Szymon Polom
Hi... Quoting Chris Worley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > There doesn't seem to be any documentation on the OSD ioctls (or > library calls). If there is, please point me there and I'll RTFM. Just a suggestion: The OSD memory is very limited and so is the functionality. Maybe the use of DirectFB (www.

[linux-dvb] Need help understanding OSD ioctls, mostly SetColor and SetBlock.

2001-06-18 Thread Chris Worley
There doesn't seem to be any documentation on the OSD ioctls (or library calls). If there is, please point me there and I'll RTFM. I've been looking at VDR's use of OSD, but it seems minimal. VDR only calls "open" with 4bpp. The libdvb OSD.c seems to limit bpp in the open call to 15. "Load

[linux-dvb] DTV with keyboard input

2001-06-18 Thread Andreas Hoelscher
Aachen, Mo 18.06.01 20:16 Hi, I want to use the programm dtv (1.1.0) on my desktop PC. I have a new Haupauge card (DVB-S), kernel 2.4.3 and dvb 0.9. 1. I start the dvb driver (make insmod) 2. I start xawtv 3. I start "dvt -v6" in a x-terminal (konsole)

[linux-dvb] Re: New version of vdr & driver

2001-06-18 Thread Matthias Weingart
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Ulrich Gierschner wrote: > Hi ! > > > VDR 0.81 (which is VDR 0.80 plus a small patch from > > ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/people/kls/vdr/vdr-0.81.diff.gz) records > > and replays great. > > No glitches anymore ? What about the "mux-quality" of the streams ? Are they > usable

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-driver 0.9 -> KernelVersion

2001-06-18 Thread Andreas 'Count' Kotes
Hi! * Clemens Kirchgatterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010618 18:54]: > Gerhard Achs wrote: > > Thanx for the hint! 2.4.3 means 2.4.5 for me (and again hours and hours of >compiling > > and recompiling ) > > do you compile with paper and pencil??? ;-) I was w

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-driver 0.9 -> KernelVersion

2001-06-18 Thread Clemens Kirchgatterer
Gerhard Achs wrote: > > Thanx for the hint! 2.4.3 means 2.4.5 for me (and again hours and hours of >compiling > and recompiling ) do you compile with paper and pencil??? ;-) SCNR ... clemens -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subje

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-driver 0.9 -> KernelVersion

2001-06-18 Thread Gerhard Achs
Thanx for the hint! 2.4.3 means 2.4.5 for me (and again hours and hours of compiling and recompiling ) Gerhard Achs Carsten Koch wrote: > Gerhard Achs wrote: > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > I´ve expierienced some kind of problems when trying to compile the new > > (CVS) 0.9 driver-sour

[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-driver 0.9 -> KernelVersion

2001-06-18 Thread Carsten Koch
Gerhard Achs wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I´ve expierienced some kind of problems when trying to compile the new > (CVS) 0.9 driver-sources. Somewhere I read about a "minimum kernel > version", I think. Can anybody tell me which this should be ?? > At the moment I´m running a 2.4.2 and don´t

[linux-dvb] DVB-driver 0.9 -> KernelVersion

2001-06-18 Thread Gerhard Achs
Hello everybody, I´ve expierienced some kind of problems when trying to compile the new (CVS) 0.9 driver-sources. Somewhere I read about a "minimum kernel version", I think. Can anybody tell me which this should be ?? At the moment I´m running a 2.4.2 and don´t see any need for a newer one, exept

[linux-dvb] Re: OT: (Astra-)Channels with undubbed movies?

2001-06-18 Thread Jean-Claude Repetto
- Original Message - From: "Thorsten Heck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:51 AM Subject: [linux-dvb] OT: (Astra-)Channels with undubbed movies? > Hi! > > Sorry for being off-topic, but I guess the audience here know the answer. > > Recently, d

[linux-dvb] Re: AW: OT: (Astra-)Channels with undubbed movies?

2001-06-18 Thread Emil Naepflein
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:45:30 +0200, "Gerhard Andreas (RtW1/WIR2)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I know, no satellite channel can broadcast original audiotrack due > to licensing problems. When broadcasted via cable, distribution can be > controlled and respective license fees are paid. V

[linux-dvb] AW: OT: (Astra-)Channels with undubbed movies?

2001-06-18 Thread Gerhard Andreas (RtW1/WIR2)
___ Von: Thorsten Heck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] This left me wondering, if there are channels which actually broadcast any movies with the original soundtrack via DVB-S, and especially via Astra(19.2E), Does this mean that they never broadcast additional au

[linux-dvb] OT: (Astra-)Channels with undubbed movies?

2001-06-18 Thread Thorsten Heck
Hi! Sorry for being off-topic, but I guess the audience here know the answer. Recently, discussion was about channels with several APIDS ("Finding additional APIDS..."), and Klaus Schmidinger mentioned that the feature of recording two APIDS was mainly intented to record dubbed movies and the

[linux-dvb] Re: Creating a small DTV distribution?!

2001-06-18 Thread Bernd Frömel
> Am Sonntag, 17. Juni 2001 11:44 schrieben Sie: > > hi, > Hi , > > > wouldn't it be great to build a small special linux distribution (based on > > kernel 2.4, xfs filesystem...) that comes with vdr or dtv and a dvd player? > > till know everithing isn't finished but when it is such a compact >

[linux-dvb] Re: Where can I get the new DVB driver?

2001-06-18 Thread Andreas 'Count' Kotes
Hi! * andreas beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010617 23:30]: > > > Klaus wrote that VDR 0.82 requires DVB driver dated 2001-06-16 or > > > newer but I have no idea where to get this new driver. Latest > > > driver in Linuxtv download section is dated 2001-06-04. > > > > To get a driver that is newer

[linux-dvb] Re: Finding additional APIDS and how get the AC3 Stream to another device ???

2001-06-18 Thread Andreas 'Count' Kotes
Hi Klaus! * Klaus Schmidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010617 23:30]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > - Now the first question (or improvement) : How about setting additional > > APIDs (some Channels got up to 5 Languages) > > Which channels are those? there are quite some channels out there with

[linux-dvb] Re: Creating a small DTV distribution?!

2001-06-18 Thread Andreas 'Count' Kotes
Hi! * Alfred Zastrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010617 23:29]: > >> I'm still working on a mini environiment for vdr. My goal is to store > >> all programms on a flash disc and to use the hard disc for recording only. > >> I estimate a nessasary size of about 8 to 10 Megs.(with reiserfs and > >> nfs-

[linux-dvb] Re: Finding additional APIDS and how get the AC3 Stream to another device ???

2001-06-18 Thread Harald Lipphaus
>>- AFAIK Pro 7 send on the AC3 APID when no AC3 Broadcast is running DD2.1 >>... Anyone can approve this ??? >> > > I'd also like to know that. Right, i can aprove this with a DBOX1 and an AC-3 Decoder. Ther is always sound in AC-3 on PRO7 (DD2.0) The other Format (when a film is coded in DD

[linux-dvb] VDR radio with faked i-frames ?

2001-06-18 Thread Michael Klo?
Hello Klaus, i think you wrote that radio recording in vdr is a problem because vdr sync on video i frames, or ? So what do you think about the trick to give vdr a small mpeg stream from hd while recodring radio ? That must be only little changes in vdr, or ? Its not the goal but a lillte trick

[linux-dvb] Re: Creating a small DTV distribution?!

2001-06-18 Thread Harald Lipphaus
Engelmann F. wrote: > hi, > wouldn't it be great to build a small special linux distribution (based on > kernel 2.4, xfs filesystem...) that comes with vdr or dtv and a dvd player? > till know everithing isn't finished but when it is such a compact > distribution would be great! something like fl

[linux-dvb] Re: Creating a small DTV distribution?!

2001-06-18 Thread Ulrich Gierschner
Am Sonntag, 17. Juni 2001 11:44 schrieben Sie: > hi, Hi , > wouldn't it be great to build a small special linux distribution (based on > kernel 2.4, xfs filesystem...) that comes with vdr or dtv and a dvd player? > till know everithing isn't finished but when it is such a compact > distribution w

[linux-dvb] Re: New version of vdr & driver

2001-06-18 Thread Ulrich Gierschner
Hi ! Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2001 12:36 schrieben Sie: > > I ask because installing a new kernel and installing new driver/vdr takes > > quite a long time :-) and the Never Change A Running System fact is > > against it :-) > > > From what I can say so far, the latest CVS driver version together w

[linux-dvb] Re: Where can I get the new DVB driver?

2001-06-18 Thread Reiner Rosin
Hi, I suppose you used WinCVS to get the latest driver-source via CVS. In that case you have to enable an option to download linux-text-files correctly due to the old LF/CR-Problem ... I don't know the exact name of that option, but I will check it when I'm at home ... if it's interesting for you

[linux-dvb] kernel: dvb: filter shutdown error :4 ?

2001-06-18 Thread Axel Gruber
Hi All.. I use still the old driver for every-DAY use.. - since some time i often get this message in /messages kernel: dvb: filter shutdown error :4 Does anyone know whats the problem ? CU Axel -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as sub