sön 2007-09-30 klockan 20:03 +0200 skrev catonano:
> Martin,
>
> At 18.55 30/09/2007, you wrote:
> >sön 2007-09-30 klockan 17:41 +0200 skrev catonano: > Hello dynabolic-ers ! >
> > > first, let me express my gratitude for making up such a marvelous
> > > installation system: just copy a folder ! Great ! How comes no one
> > > else ever thouthg about this before ? This is unexplainable ! Well,
> > > thanks to you, who did.
>
> >Yah, it's great!
>
> > > Well, the subject is clear, I think. I have a machine with a Matrox
> > > Marvel g450 etv video card.
> > >
> > > I hit "lsmod" on the keyboard and I saw a modue called
> > > "matroxfb_g450" so I thoutgh it had to be the driver suitable for my card.
> > >
> > > I hit modprobe matroxfb_g450 and it seemed it was loaded.
> > >
> > > But then I launched XawTV and it didn't show up.
> > >
> > > Also I opened another video software (I
> > don't remember wich one, sorry) and in a blue
> > screen there was written "No /dev/video0 no such device"
> > >
> > > What's wrong ?
>
> >/dev/video0, /dev/video1, etc is your video-in
> >devices; ie, video-cameras and stuff. So, unless
> >you are trying to connect your computer and
> >camera, you haven't run into any problem yet!
>
> Actually I was not trying to connect any
> video-camera. I was just trying to probe the
> functioning of the video card. In Windows, that
> card is used to collect a video signal coming
> from the tv (the card has a tune-in port) and a
> proprietary software from Marvel saves that
> signal in files. I was just hoping I could do the same in dyne.
>

Ok, so you want to use your computer as a video-recorder? You might want
to take a look at Cinerella, Kdenlive (not in db), or any of the other
tools. Try to get anything to work with your card.

Also, search for documentation on matroxfb_g450 for details on what it
can and cant do, and how to get around the restrictions of the later.

Search for documentation on debugging v4l (Video4Linux).

> >On a relating note, video in dynebolic is more
> >or less broken (I haven't gotten it to work, though).
>
> I see.
>
> > This is due to video in general is broken on Linux.
>
> Oh. I didn't imagine.
>
> >However, we are hoping on a fix ASAP.
>
> Well. After so many bad news I admit your hope to
> fix things ASAP doesn't make me feel better ;-)

...And it doesn't look like there will be any improvements as ASAP as
one would like. The one thing I'm hoping for is the video editor PiTiV
to take off and make video more mainstream in the linux-community, thus
getting more devs to the field.

> And since we're at it, may I ask you why you hope
> to fix thing ASAP ? Probably you know something I don't.

Why I hope video on linux will be fixed soon? Because I'm a video-guy.
Right now, it's a pain in the ass to just capture video, edit a 2-min
short-film and putting it on YouTube - and at the same time, MS and
others are shipping their operating system with video-editors as we
speak (and have done so for years!).

> I mean, the driver for the card is there ! Is it
> crippled ? If it's not I don't see why it shouldn't be working !
>
> Am I wrong ?

No, you aren't.

> Well, thanks for your care, anyhow
> Bye
> Catonano

Take care,
Gasten