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The README file from the original package from Micronas appears below. Only
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the part about the firmware redistribution in section 0 is relevant, all
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other sections are completely obsolete.
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WIS GO7007SB Public Linux Driver
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*** Please see the file RELEASE-NOTES for important last-minute updates ***
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0. OVERVIEW AND LICENSING/DISCLAIMER
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This driver kit contains Linux drivers for the WIS GO7007SB multi-format
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video encoder. Only kernel version 2.6.x is supported. The video stream
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is available through the Video4Linux2 API and the audio stream is available
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through the ALSA API (or the OSS emulation layer of the ALSA system).
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The files in kernel/ and hotplug/ are licensed under the GNU General Public
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License Version 2 from the Free Software Foundation. A copy of the license
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is included in the file COPYING.
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The example applications in apps/ and C header files in include/ are
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licensed under a permissive license included in the source files which
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allows copying, modification and redistribution for any purpose without
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attribution.
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The firmware files included in the firmware/ directory may be freely
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redistributed only in conjunction with this document; but modification,
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tampering and reverse engineering are prohibited.
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MICRONAS USA, INC., MAKES NO WARRANTIES TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WITH
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RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE OR ANY DERIVATIVES THEREOF OR ANY SERVICES OR
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LICENSES AND DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SUPPORT, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
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1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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This driver requires Linux kernel 2.6. Kernel 2.4 is not supported. Using
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kernel 2.6.10 or later is recommended, as earlier kernels are known to have
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unstable USB 2.0 support.
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A fully built kernel source tree must be available. Typically this will be
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linked from "/lib/modules/<KERNEL VERSION>/build" for convenience. If this
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link does not exist, an extra parameter will need to be passed to the
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`make` command.
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All vendor-built kernels should already be configured properly. However,
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for custom-built kernels, the following options need to be enabled in the
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kernel as built-in or modules:
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CONFIG_HOTPLUG - Support for hot-pluggable devices
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CONFIG_MODULES - Enable loadable module support
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CONFIG_KMOD - Automatic kernel module loading
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CONFIG_FW_LOADER - Hotplug firmware loading support
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CONFIG_I2C - I2C support
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CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV - Video For Linux
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CONFIG_SOUND - Sound card support
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CONFIG_SND - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
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CONFIG_USB - Support for Host-side USB
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CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS - USB device filesystem
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CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD - EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
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Additionally, to use the example application, the following options need to
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be enabled in the ALSA section:
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CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS - OSS Mixer API
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CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS - OSS PCM (digital audio) API
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The hotplug scripts, along with the fxload utility, must also be installed.
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These scripts can be obtained from <http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/>.
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Hotplugging is used for loading firmware into the Cypruss EZ-USB chip using
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fxload and for loading firmware into the driver using the firmware agent.
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2. COMPILING AND INSTALLING THE DRIVER
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Most users should be able to compile the driver by simply running:
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$ make
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in the top-level directory of the driver kit. First the kernel modules
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will be built, followed by the example applications.
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If the build system is unable to locate the kernel source tree for the
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currently-running kernel, or if the module should be built for a kernel
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other than the currently-running kernel, an additional parameter will need
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to be passed to make to specify the appropriate kernel source directory:
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$ make KERNELSRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10-custom3
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Once the compile completes, the driver and firmware files should be
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installed by running:
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$ make install
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The kernel modules will be placed in "/lib/modules/<KERNEL VERSION>/extra"
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and the firmware files will be placed in the appropriate hotplug firmware
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directory, usually /lib/firmware. In addition, USB maps and scripts will
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be placed in /etc/hotplug/usb to enable fxload to initialize the EZ-USB
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control chip when the device is connected.
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3. PAL/SECAM TUNER CONFIGURATION (TV402U-EU only)
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The PAL model of the Plextor ConvertX TV402U may require additional
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configuration to correctly select the appropriate TV frequency band and
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audio subchannel.
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Users with a device other than the Plextor ConvertX TV402U-EU should skip
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this section.
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The wide variety of PAL TV systems used in Europe requires that additional
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information about the local TV standards be passed to the driver in order
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to properly tune TV channels. The two necessary parameters are (a) the PAL
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TV band, and (b) the audio subchannel format in use.
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In many cases, the appropriate TV band selection is passed to the driver
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from applications. However, in some cases, the application only specifies
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that the driver should use PAL but not the specific information about the
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appropriate TV band. To work around this issue, the correct TV band may be
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specified in the "force_band" parameter to the wis-sony-tuner module:
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TV band force_band
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------- ----------
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PAL B/G B
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PAL I I
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PAL D/K D
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SECAM L L
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If the "force_band" parameter is specified, the driver will ignore any TV
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band specified by applications and will always use the band provided in the
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module parameter.
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The other parameter that can be specified is the audio subchannel format.
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There are several stereo audio carrier systems in use, including NICAM and
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three varieties of A2. To receive audio broadcast on one of these stereo
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carriers, the "force_mpx_mode" parameter must be specified to the
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wis-sony-tuner module.
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TV band Audio subcarrier force_mpx_mode
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------- ---------------- --------------
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PAL B/G Mono (default) 1
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PAL B/G A2 2
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PAL B/G NICAM 3
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PAL I Mono (default) 4
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PAL I NICAM 5
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PAL D/K Mono (default) 6
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PAL D/K A2 (1) 7
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PAL D/K A2 (2) 8
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PAL D/K A2 (3) 9
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PAL D/K NICAM 10
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SECAM L Mono (default) 11
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SECAM L NICAM 12
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If the "force_mpx_mode" parameter is not specified, the correct mono-only
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mode will be chosen based on the TV band. However, the tuner will not
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receive stereo audio or bilingual broadcasts correctly.
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To pass the "force_band" or "force_mpx_mode" parameters to the
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wis-sony-tuner module, the following line must be added to the modprobe
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configuration file, which varies from one Linux distribution to another.
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options wis-sony-tuner force_band=B force_mpx_mode=2
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The above example would force the tuner to the PAL B/G TV band and receive
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stereo audio broadcasts on the A2 carrier.
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To verify that the configuration has been placed in the correct location,
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execute:
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$ modprobe -c | grep wis-sony-tuner
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If the configuration line appears, then modprobe will pass the parameters
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correctly the next time the wis-sony-tuner module is loaded into the
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kernel.
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4. TESTING THE DRIVER
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Because few Linux applications are able to correctly capture from
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Video4Linux2 devices with only compressed formats supported, the new driver
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should be tested with the "gorecord" application in the apps/ directory.
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First connect a video source to the device, such as a DVD player or VCR.
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This will be captured to a file for testing the driver. If an input source
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is unavailable, a test file can still be captured, but the video will be
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black and the audio will be silent.
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This application will auto-detect the V4L2 and ALSA/OSS device names of the
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hardware and will record video and audio to an AVI file for a specified
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number of seconds. For example:
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$ apps/gorecord -duration 60 capture.avi
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If this application does not successfully record an AVI file, the error
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messages produced by gorecord and recorded in the system log (usually in
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/var/log/messages) should provide information to help resolve the problem.
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Supplying no parameters to gorecord will cause it to probe the available
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devices and exit. Use the -help flag for usage information.
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5. USING THE DRIVER
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The V4L2 device implemented by the driver provides a standard compressed
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format API, within the following criteria:
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* Applications that only support the original Video4Linux1 API will not
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be able to communicate with this driver at all.
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* No raw video modes are supported, so applications like xawtv that
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expect only uncompressed video will not function.
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* Supported compression formats are: Motion-JPEG, MPEG1, MPEG2 and MPEG4.
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* MPEG video formats are delivered as Video Elementary Streams only.
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Program Stream (PS), Transport Stream (TS) and Packetized Elementary
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Stream (PES) formats are not supported.
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* Video parameters such as format and input port may not be changed while
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the encoder is active.
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* The audio capture device only functions when the video encoder is
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actively capturing video. Attempts to read from the audio device when
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the encoder is inactive will result in an I/O error.
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* The native format of the audio device is 48Khz 2-channel 16-bit
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little-endian PCM, delivered through the ALSA system. No audio
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compression is implemented in the hardware. ALSA may convert to other
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uncompressed formats on the fly.
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The include/ directory contains a C header file describing non-standard
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features of the GO7007SB encoder, which are described below:
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GO7007IOC_S_COMP_PARAMS, GO7007IOC_G_COMP_PARAMS
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These ioctls are used to negotiate general compression parameters.
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To query the current parameters, call the GO7007IOC_G_COMP_PARAMS ioctl
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with a pointer to a struct go7007_comp_params. If the driver is not
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set to MPEG format, the EINVAL error code will be returned.
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To change the current parameters, initialize all fields of a struct
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go7007_comp_params and call the GO7007_IOC_S_COMP_PARAMS ioctl with a
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pointer to this structure. The driver will return the current
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parameters with any necessary changes to conform to the limitations of
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the hardware or current compression mode. Any or all fields can be set
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to zero to request a reasonable default value. If the driver is not
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set to MPEG format, the EINVAL error code will be returned. When I/O
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is in progress, the EBUSY error code will be returned.
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Fields in struct go7007_comp_params:
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__u32 The maximum number of frames in each
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gop_size Group Of Pictures; i.e. the maximum
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number of frames minus one between
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each key frame.
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__u32 The maximum number of sequential
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max_b_frames bidirectionally-predicted frames.
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(B-frames are not yet supported.)
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enum go7007_aspect_ratio The aspect ratio to be encoded in the
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aspect_ratio meta-data of the compressed format.
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Choices are:
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GO7007_ASPECT_RATIO_1_1
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GO7007_ASPECT_RATIO_4_3_NTSC
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GO7007_ASPECT_RATIO_4_3_PAL
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GO7007_ASPECT_RATIO_16_9_NTSC
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GO7007_ASPECT_RATIO_16_9_PAL
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__u32 Bit-wise OR of control flags (below)
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flags
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Flags in struct go7007_comp_params:
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GO7007_COMP_CLOSED_GOP Only produce self-contained GOPs, used
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to produce streams appropriate for
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random seeking.
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GO7007_COMP_OMIT_SEQ_HEADER Omit the stream sequence header.
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GO7007IOC_S_MPEG_PARAMS, GO7007IOC_G_MPEG_PARAMS
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These ioctls are used to negotiate MPEG-specific stream parameters when
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the pixelformat has been set to V4L2_PIX_FMT_MPEG.
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To query the current parameters, call the GO7007IOC_G_MPEG_PARAMS ioctl
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with a pointer to a struct go7007_mpeg_params. If the driver is not
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set to MPEG format, the EINVAL error code will be returned.
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To change the current parameters, initialize all fields of a struct
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go7007_mpeg_params and call the GO7007_IOC_S_MPEG_PARAMS ioctl with a
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pointer to this structure. The driver will return the current
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parameters with any necessary changes to conform to the limitations of
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the hardware or selected MPEG mode. Any or all fields can be set to
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zero to request a reasonable default value. If the driver is not set
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to MPEG format, the EINVAL error code will be returned. When I/O is in
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progress, the EBUSY error code will be returned.
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Fields in struct go7007_mpeg_params:
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enum go7007_mpeg_video_standard
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mpeg_video_standard The MPEG video standard in which to
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compress the video.
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Choices are:
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GO7007_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG1
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GO7007_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2
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GO7007_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG4
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__u32 Bit-wise OR of control flags (below)
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flags
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__u32 The profile and level indication to be
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pali stored in the sequence header. This
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is only used as an indicator to the
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decoder, and does not affect the MPEG
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features used in the video stream.
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Not valid for MPEG1.
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Choices for MPEG2 are:
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GO7007_MPEG2_PROFILE_MAIN_MAIN
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Choices for MPEG4 are:
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_S_L0
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_S_L1
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_S_L2
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_S_L3
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_ARTS_L1
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_ARTS_L2
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_ARTS_L3
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_ARTS_L4
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_AS_L0
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_AS_L1
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_AS_L2
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_AS_L3
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_AS_L4
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GO7007_MPEG4_PROFILE_AS_L5
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Flags in struct go7007_mpeg_params:
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GO7007_MPEG_FORCE_DVD_MODE Force all compression parameters and
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bitrate control settings to comply
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with DVD MPEG2 stream requirements.
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This overrides most compression and
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bitrate settings!
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GO7007_MPEG_OMIT_GOP_HEADER Omit the GOP header.
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GO7007_MPEG_REPEAT_SEQHEADER Repeat the MPEG sequence header at
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the start of each GOP.
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GO7007IOC_S_BITRATE, GO7007IOC_G_BITRATE
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These ioctls are used to set and query the target bitrate value for the
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compressed video stream. The bitrate may be selected by storing the
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target bits per second in an int and calling GO7007IOC_S_BITRATE with a
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pointer to the int. The bitrate may be queried by calling
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GO7007IOC_G_BITRATE with a pointer to an int where the current bitrate
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will be stored.
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Note that this is the primary means of controlling the video quality
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for all compression modes, including V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG. The
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VIDIOC_S_JPEGCOMP ioctl is not supported.
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Installing the WIS PCI Voyager Driver
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The WIS PCI Voyager driver requires several patches to the Linux 2.6.11.x
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kernel source tree before compiling the driver. These patches update the
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in-kernel SAA7134 driver to the newest development version and patch bugs
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in the TDA8290/TDA8275 tuner driver.
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The following patches must be downloaded from Gerd Knorr's website and
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applied in the order listed:
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http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/2.6.11-2/i2c-tuner
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http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/2.6.11-2/i2c-tuner2
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http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/2.6.11-2/v4l2-api-mpeg
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http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/2.6.11-2/saa7134-update
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The following patches are included with this SDK and can be applied in any
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order:
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patches/2.6.11/saa7134-voyager.diff
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patches/2.6.11/tda8275-newaddr.diff
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patches/2.6.11/tda8290-ntsc.diff
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Check to make sure the CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7134 option is enabled in the kernel
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configuration, and build and install the kernel.
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After rebooting into the new kernel, the GO7007 driver can be compiled and
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installed:
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$ make SAA7134_BUILD=y
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$ make install
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$ modprobe saa7134-go7007
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There will be two V4L video devices associated with the PCI Voyager. The
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first device (most likely /dev/video0) provides access to the raw video
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capture mode of the SAA7133 device and is used to configure the source
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video parameters and tune the TV tuner. This device can be used with xawtv
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or other V4L(2) video software as a standard uncompressed device.
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The second device (most likely /dev/video1) provides access to the
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compression functions of the GO7007. It can be tested using the gorecord
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application in the apps/ directory of this SDK:
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$ apps/gorecord -vdevice /dev/video1 -noaudio test.avi
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Currently the frame resolution is fixed at 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL),
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and the video standard must be specified to both the raw and the compressed
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video devices (xawtv and gorecord, for example).
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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RELEASE NOTES FOR WIS GO7007SB LINUX DRIVER
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Last updated: 5 November 2005
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- Release 0.9.7 includes new support for using udev to run fxload. The
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install script should automatically detect whether the old hotplug
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scripts or the new udev rules should be used. To force the use of
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hotplug, run "make install USE_UDEV=n". To force the use of udev, run
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"make install USE_UDEV=y".
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- Motion detection is supported but undocumented. Try the `modet` app
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for a demonstration of how to use the facility.
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- Using USB2.0 devices such as the TV402U with USB1.1 HCDs or hubs can
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cause buffer overruns and frame drops, even at low framerates, due to
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inconsistency in the bitrate control mechanism.
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- On devices with an SAA7115, including the Plextor ConvertX, video height
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values of 96, 128, 160, 192, 256, 320, and 384 do not work in NTSC mode.
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All valid heights up to 512 work correctly in PAL mode.
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- The WIS Star Trek and PCI Voyager boards have no support yet for audio
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or the TV tuner.
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