[linux-dvb] Re: dvb-kernel and 2.5.71?

[Gregoire Favre <greg@magma.unil.ch>]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 07:15:48AM +0200, Holger Waechtler wrote:

> Hmm, we want to release the DVB/ tree next time, can you please explain 
> a bit more in detail what exactly the problem is? Basically the code 
> should work reliable for the supported cards, if not we'll have to fix 
> it as soon as possible...

I have reported it a lots of time, and you were the one who fix the bug
in the dvb-kernel, remember?

Just have a look at what I posted Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:14:54 +0200 with
subeject "Why DVB HEAD and dvb-kernel: bug in each one..."

I reput a copy pf the main body here (as nothing have changed since):

since a lots of time there is a really annoying bug in the DVB driver:
on some channels, if you divide the pictures in columns, let's say 720,
you got instead of 1 2 3 ... 720 the following order:
716 717 718 719 720 `nothing` 1 2 3 ... 714 715 720

with the TV ouptut (at least with my projector) I don't see that bug,
but with xawtv yes, and also with mplayer with X11 output.

For example it appears on the following channels:

Neun Live:12480:v:S19.2E:27500:767:768:0:0:897:0:0:0
DSF:12480:v:S19.2E:27500:1023:1024:0:0:900:0:0:0
HOT:12480:v:S19.2E:27500:1279:1280:0:0:40:0:0:0

With the dvb-kernel, that bug is solved from a long time, but there is
another quiete annoying: one can't switch betweem PAL and NTSC with
xawtv...
Also, with dvb-kernel, if I open an xawtv with xv, I can't resize the
window later... and without xv, I got oops if I try the fullscreen mode.
(just for info: same result with 2.4 and 2.5 kernels here...)
(with xv, I can resize to larger screen, but not to smaller one).

Is it a good idea to have separate DVB HEAD and dvb-kernel?
Wouldn't it be better to solve and improve just one source?

> well, 5 years -- then some hours more or less shouldn't make a 
> difference anymore, right?

Unfortunately time is not linear in a `thesis time`: near the end, it's
much shorter than at the beginning ;-)

	Grégoire
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