From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 11 13:17:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB841065670 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:17:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from smadev.internal.net (host3.dynacom.ondsl.gr [62.103.35.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AC358FC14 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from smadev.internal.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smadev.internal.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6BDHmk7086762; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:17:48 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by smadev.internal.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m6BDHl3Z086761; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:17:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) From: Achilleas Mantzios Organization: Dynacom Tankers Mgmt To: Mark Tinguely Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:17:47 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200807111250.m6BConpi048567@casselton.net> In-Reply-To: <200807111250.m6BConpi048567@casselton.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807111617.47400.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bktr and kodikom 4400R X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:17:54 -0000 =CE=A3=CF=84=CE=B9=CF=82 Friday 11 July 2008 15:50:49 =CE=BF/=CE=B7 Mark Ti= nguely =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5: >=20 > > Hi i just bought a clone of kodikom 4400R from ebay and i have not man= aged to get > > any video out of it. > > The system detects the 4 chips on the card. In the same machine i also= have a single chip linuxmedialabs card > > which works good for over a year.=20 > > The 4 chips are detected as /dev/bktr0 - > /dev/bktr3, and the lml (pr= eviously /dev/bktr0) now as /dev/bktr4 > > > > My question is that whether i have a foundamental problem with the car= d or should i keep trying. >=20 > The kodicom 4400 has 4 Brooktree capture chips, a transparent PCI bridge > and a video crossbar. >=20 > The patch programs the crossbar so you can route the video signal from > one of the 16 inputs to a particular capture chip. many versions of this > card has 4 BNC video inputs, they are crossbar inputs 0-3. Additionally > there is also set of riser pins for all 16 inputs. The patch intially > programs the crossbar so input 0 goes to the first capture chip, etc. >=20 Thanx for the info. However before doing that, one thing puzzles me. my version of the card is: http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/4/2/2/5/5/6/webimg/55209639_o.jpg however the one that i received seems to have one chip missing http://matrix.gatewaynet.com/panix/kodikom4400r-problem.jpg Is that chip essential? > once the input is selected, use any bktr-aware capture program. >=20 > --Mark. >=20 =2D-=20 Achilleas Mantzios