From owner-freebsd-multimedia Sat Jan 9 18:00:52 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA13429 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 18:00:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www2.shoppersnet.com (shoppersnet.com [204.156.152.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA13423 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 18:00:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from digital@www2.shoppersnet.com) Received: from localhost (digital@localhost) by www2.shoppersnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA02111; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 18:04:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from digital@www2.shoppersnet.com) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 18:04:33 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew To: Duane Gustavus cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxtv In-Reply-To: <199901092221.QAA12559@adsl194.directlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Duane Gustavus wrote: > > Hi, > > Following the suggestion at the end of the README included with fxtv, I am > reporting some problems in hopes someone can give me ideas where to look. > > OS = FreeBSD-3.0.0 installed from CD > XF86332 with XF86_S3 server > Pentium 66mhz processor > 48 meg RAM > Diamon Stealth 64 Video VRAM PCI > fxtv ver 0.47 installed from ports tree > mpeg_enocde installed from ports tree > Hauppage WinTV model 404 > > Symptoms: > > 1) It appears fxtv is working fine when I run it with no options. The tv > window appears and displays video (I am using a video camera with the > Input menu set to video). When I click on the camera icon, the image > stops (which I assume is freeze). When I click on File->Save Image a > dialog box pops up that says "No frozen image to save." The same thing > happens with Save Image As. In other words, I cannot find a way to > save an image. > > 2) To try to save a video stream, I select File->Save Video As ... and > the FXTV Save Video Control dialog pops up (the tv window goes black). I > enter "take" for a file name base, target MPEG, leave size 320x240, leave > format RGB (16bpp 565), leave Speed 30, and Image Encode PPM. I disable > Audio Capture since I have no sound card. I click on Record, the tv > window stays black, a few seconds later I click on stop. A dialog pops > up with a message about converting the images, and it is replaced by a > dialog that says Video conversion failed, CMD = take.sh, status = 0x0100. > Left behind is an mpeg_encode.core file, a zero length take.AVraw file, a > zero length take.mpg file, take.param and take.sh files that appear to be > correct (ie useful data in them). I assume the mpeg_encode core dump is > due to the zero length of the take.AVraw file. The entire time the Save > Video Control dialog is up, the tv window is black. When I dismiss the > dialog, the tv window becomes active again. > > 3) I am using WindowMaker 0.50 as a window manager. When I click on the > Resize button (or use Btn3Down), the tv window becomes larger and appears > to be working fine. When I click on Resize again, the entire screen goes > blank with only the mouse indicator showing. The mouse is live and the > indicator changes as I move it around the screen (ie into text mode when > it passes over an xterm window). If I move it to the very bottom of the > screen in either the right or left corner (not in the middle however), > everything will reappear with the tv window back in the smaller size. I > can do this repeatedly with the same behavior. > > 4) Btn1Down (or z or Return etc) in the tv window will turn the entire > screen blank and freeze the mouse indicator. Clicking again will leave the > screen blank but display the mouse indicator again, which will redisplay the > screen by using the method mentioned in symptom three. > > 5) I do not have anything connected to the tuner, so I'm not sure this is > a problem. None of the methods for changing the tuner seem to work. I > select the tuner as input (TUNER IN shows on the tv window), and try > KP_ADD/SUBTRACT and the arrow buttons on the tool bar display. The channel > indicator stays at zero. Eventually I will start getting beeps (perhaps > to indicate there is no tuner input?). For #5, I have an AIMS Lab VideoHighway Xtreme98 card and the tuner also does not work with fxtv -- one can not change the station. But I think the cause is the bktr0 driver because the boot message indicates that it did not find a tuner. I know the manufacturer has a link on their page to someone who made a patch for Linux though... http://www.aimslab.com/download/f_download%20home%20page.htm The boot probe shows: bktr0 rev 18 int a irq 12 on pci0:10:0 Intel Smart Video III, tuner. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message