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Date:      Wed, 05 May 1999 07:50:01 +0100
From:      Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>
To:        Frode Vatvedt Fjeld <frodef@acm.org>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bt848: how to capture fields
Message-ID:  <372FEA19.5DE5DDE5@cs.strath.ac.uk>
References:  <2hg15c26d5.fsf@dslab7.cs.uit.no>

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Frode Vatvedt Fjeld wrote:
> 
> Using a Miro PCTV card and the bktr driver (in -stable), how can I
> recieve each field (even/odd) individually at 50/60 Hz?

> Currently, my application extracts the fields from the combined image
> that arrive at 25 Hz. This has two problems: Both fields are delayed
> by 20 ms, and it's very difficult to get the timings right to display
> the even field.

Currently, you cannot.
The driver could be changed to support this.
How good is your C?

> And are there plans to make /dev/bktr select(2)'able so I can avoid
> that ugly signal interface (or are there other alternatives)?

No, but if you want to change the driver, I'll accept patches and commit
code for you

Bye
Roger


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