Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:13:42 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Subject: Re: Linear buffers in VESA screen modes Message-ID: <199907290114.VAA27141@smtp2.erols.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990729010933.15317A-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk>
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On 29-Jul-99 Andrew Gordon wrote: > On 28 Jul 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > >> Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> writes: >> > The application for which I need this is to support capture from the bktr >> > driver onto the screen (ie. so that you can watch TV without X). With the >> > above hack and a small (100-line) program it works very nicely - far >> > tidier than installing X just for this purpose on some embedded systems >> > where I need this capability. >> >> Might one persuade you to release that 100-line program? :) > > Sure. It's rather crude at present, but I've put it up at: > > http://www.arg1.demon.co.uk/vesatv.c My wincast tv card seemed to work w/o your patch to vesa.c. Although I don't think it set the resolution right. I need to get to somewhere that I can get to more than just static though. :) Once I do, I may try and add some support for changing channels and what not, if you don't mind. --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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