[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCH] szap uses same fd for audio and video

[Dr. Werner Fink]

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:35:02PM +0100, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> Hello Werner,
> 
> On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 21:01 +0100, Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 08:05:35PM +0100, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> > > > Hi Johannes,
> > > > 
> > > > szap uses a single file descriptor for both audio and video demux. I
> > > > wonder if anybody ever used it to watch TV. I guess it worked in an
> > > > older revision. :-)
> > > 
> > > Funny that no one complained. Anyway, I don't have sat equipment
> > > and the patch that broke it was from Werner.
> > 
> > Hmmm ... I'm using this szap version without any problems
> > but with an older driver.
> 
> It might work with live TV depending on how the driver behaves. If it
> does work with the av7110, then this is actually a driver bug.

I'm using szap for Live TV only.  Just to check the AC3 loop
through facility of the firmware.

> I used szap with the -r option to get data from the dvr device.

OK, I've not tried out recording with szap.


        Werner

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