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the mad doctor kaeding | 2 Apr 2006 19:49
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wide video and low saturation in NTSC TV out

Hi,

Lately I am interested in moving a video project onto VHS,
so I want to use the TV out port of my Dxr3 card, but...

In NTSC mode, the video is twice the width of the TV screen,
and the colors are not saturated (so black looks gray, and
red looks pink).  I've tried various combinations of module
parameters, and get the same results with the Creative Dxr3
card and the Hollywood+ card.  The em8300 driver was from
CVS in fall of 2004, and my kernel is 2.6.9.  Is there a known
bug?  PAL works OK, but my VCR only knows NTSC.

With kernel 2.4.20, em8300-0.11.x, and the exact same
microcode, this problem did not occur.

If your answer is "try the newest version of em8300,"
then I will.  But if one of you knows of this problem already,
I would like to hear about it.

Thank you.

Thomas

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the mad doctor kaeding | 2 Apr 2006 23:55
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Re: wide video and low saturation in NTSC TV out

Oh, and, yes, it does the same thing with em8300-0.15.2.

On 4/2/06, the mad doctor kaeding <the.mad.doctor.kaeding <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Lately I am interested in moving a video project onto VHS,
> so I want to use the TV out port of my Dxr3 card, but...
>
> In NTSC mode, the video is twice the width of the TV screen,
> and the colors are not saturated (so black looks gray, and
> red looks pink).  I've tried various combinations of module
> parameters, and get the same results with the Creative Dxr3
> card and the Hollywood+ card.  The em8300 driver was from
> CVS in fall of 2004, and my kernel is 2.6.9.  Is there a known
> bug?  PAL works OK, but my VCR only knows NTSC.
>
> With kernel 2.4.20, em8300-0.11.x, and the exact same
> microcode, this problem did not occur.
>
> If your answer is "try the newest version of em8300,"
> then I will.  But if one of you knows of this problem already,
> I would like to hear about it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Thomas
>

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Björn Meier | 4 Apr 2006 20:53
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bt865 module parameters

Hi,

I have written a dialog based bash sript (dxr3config.sh), which 
simplifys the process of finding the appropriate module parameters for 
a dxr3. The script shows a test image on the TV and if the image is 
only black&white the user chooses the in the main menu of dxr3config 
the item black&white...

You can find screenshots and downloads here:
http://free.pages.at/wicky4vdr/

But I need some more Informations for the bt865. Because I have only a 
dxr3 with an adv717x onboard.

1. I found some common parameter sets for dxr3-cards with a adv717x 
onboard, but non for the bt865. Should I integrate in dxr3config the 
same module parameters sets for the em8300 module as for the dxr3 
version with a adv717x on board?

2. For the dxr3-cards with a bt865 on board there exists the option

bt865_ucode_timeout

I am unsure if I should integrate this parameter as default with value 
1 for a bt865. Which consequences does this mean for loading the 
modules? Or are the cases where this parameter is needed very rarely?

Thanks in advance,
Björn Meier
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Nicolas Boullis | 5 Apr 2006 00:46
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second 0.15.3 release candidate -- please test

Hi,

After a few days of sourceforge's CVS unavailability, here is a new 
release candidate for 0.15.3. The most significant change since the 
first release candidate is the (hopefully) fix for automatic firmware 
loading with 2.4 kernels. You can get the rc2 tarball at
  http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/download/em8300-0.15.3-rc2.tar.gz

People who still have a working 2.4 kernel are especially urged to test 
this new release candidate, and check if firmware loading works as 
expected.

Thanks in advance, I am waiting for your reports,

Nicolas

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Adam | 5 Apr 2006 01:36
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Problems with dxr3 and kernel 2.6.17-rc1

Hi,

I've just compiled new 2.6.17-rc1 kernel, and I think that you should 
know, that there are some problems with compiling any version of dxr3 
drivers:

/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:63: error: syntax error before string 
constant
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:63: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in 
declaration of ‘MODULE_PARM’
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:63: warning: function declaration isn’t a 
prototype
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:63: warning: data definition has no type 
or storage class
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:71: error: syntax error before string 
constant
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:71: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in 
declaration of ‘MODULE_PARM’
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:71: warning: function declaration isn’t a 
prototype
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:71: warning: data definition has no type 
or storage class
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:75: error: syntax error before string 
constant
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:75: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in 
declaration of ‘MODULE_PARM’
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:75: warning: function declaration isn’t a 
prototype
/root/em8300/modules/adv717x.c:75: warning: data definition has no type 
or storage class
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the mad doctor kaeding | 5 Apr 2006 02:45
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black is grey and red is pink

Hi, again,

I found a set of module parameters that put NTSC output
in the right size, and not green.  But still the colors are not
right.  They are not rotated, but washed out.  Black looks
grey, red looks pink, etc.  Adjusting with DHC has no effect,
nor does using -contrast and -brightness and -saturation in
MPlayer.  Kernel is 2.6.9 and em8300 is 0.15.2.

The exact same hardware and microcode work just fine
with kernel 2.4.20.

Any suggestions?

Thomas

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Alice in Wonderland | 5 Apr 2006 16:13
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Andreas A. Karydis

Greetings,

When make i get these :

make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-smp/build 
SUBDIRS=/home/alice/drivers/dxr3/em8300-0.15.2/modules                                                           
modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8-obj/x86_64/smp'
make -C ../../../linux-2.6.13-15.8 O=../linux-2.6.13-15.8-obj/x86_64/smp 
modules
/home/alice/drivers/dxr3/em8300-0.15.2/modules/Makefile:104:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8/Rules.mak                                                          
e: No such file or directory
make[4]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8/Rules.make'.  
Stop.
make[3]: *** [_module_/home/alice/drivers/dxr3/em8300-0.15.2/modules] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8-obj/x86_64/smp'
make: *** [build] Error 2

Anyone knows what's wrong ?

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Nicolas Boullis | 5 Apr 2006 23:15
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Re: Problems with dxr3 and kernel 2.6.17-rc1

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 01:36:04AM +0200, Adam wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just compiled new 2.6.17-rc1 kernel, and I think that you should 
> know, that there are some problems with compiling any version of dxr3 
> drivers:
> 

That's really bad news, it means that the API is being broken, once 
again.... :-(
I'll try to work this out, but I can't promise anything for 0.15.3. If 
anyone wants to prepare a patch, feel free...

Cheers,

Nicolas,
really upset by the kernel developpers

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Nicolas Boullis | 5 Apr 2006 23:23
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Re: Andreas A. Karydis

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 05:13:46PM +0300, Alice in Wonderland wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> When make i get these :
> 
> make
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-smp/build 
> SUBDIRS=/home/alice/drivers/dxr3/em8300-0.15.2/modules                                                           
> modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8-obj/x86_64/smp'
> make -C ../../../linux-2.6.13-15.8 O=../linux-2.6.13-15.8-obj/x86_64/smp 
> modules
> /home/alice/drivers/dxr3/em8300-0.15.2/modules/Makefile:104:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8/Rules.mak                                                          
> e: No such file or directory
> make[4]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8/Rules.make'.  
> Stop.
> make[3]: *** [_module_/home/alice/drivers/dxr3/em8300-0.15.2/modules] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8-obj/x86_64/smp'
> make: *** [build] Error 2
> 
> 
> Anyone knows what's wrong ?

I guess you need to install the source of your kernel in 
/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8 ...
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Nicolas Boullis | 5 Apr 2006 23:21
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Re: black is grey and red is pink

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 08:45:56PM -0400, the mad doctor kaeding wrote:
> Hi, again,
> 
> I found a set of module parameters that put NTSC output
> in the right size, and not green.  But still the colors are not
> right.  They are not rotated, but washed out.  Black looks
> grey, red looks pink, etc.  Adjusting with DHC has no effect,
> nor does using -contrast and -brightness and -saturation in
> MPlayer.  Kernel is 2.6.9 and em8300 is 0.15.2.
> 
> The exact same hardware and microcode work just fine
> with kernel 2.4.20.

And the same module version as well? Can you check again with kernel 
2.4.20 and then with 2.6.9? If you can confirm that it works fine with 
2.4.20 but not with 2.6.9, it means that something is severly broken, 
and I have no idea what...

Cheers,

Nicolas

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