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William M. Quarles wrote:
> William M. Quarles wrote:
> > Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> >> avview: You can also compile static ffmpeg library from snapshot of
> >> historic version and then link with avview statically.
> > 
> > Do you know how I can get the historic version? I tried checking out 
> > from the SF.net CVS with, well, I don't know what I got back but it did 
> > not include any useful source code.

It seems that they migrated to SVN:
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/download.html

You can check-out any version since 2001.

I cannot advise you a correct version which compiled with avview, but as
far as I remember, versions between 2003-2005 (marked 0.4.7, maybe
0.4.8) may work.

-- 
Stanislav Brabec
http://www.penguin.cz/~utx

William M. Quarles wrote:
> Stanislav Brabec wrote:
>> avview: You can also compile static ffmpeg library from snapshot of
>> historic version and then link with avview statically.
> 
> Do you know how I can get the historic version? I tried checking out 
> from the SF.net CVS with, well, I don't know what I got back but it did 
> not include any useful source code.

Hello? Stanislav? Are you there?

Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> 
> avview: You can also compile static ffmpeg library from snapshot of
> historic version and then link with avview statically.

Do you know how I can get the historic version? I tried checking out 
from the SF.net CVS with, well, I don't know what I got back but it did 
not include any useful source code.

Thanks,
William

William M. Quarles wrote:

> Is there another program known to work with the All-In-Wonder cards?

Well there is a limited set of applications. All-In-Wonder use video
overlay technique, data don't go through the main bus nor the GL.
Application creates a rectangle filled with a key color and tells
graphic card to place image there. Probably all later cards use a
different architecture.

All-In-Wonder use tuning and setting via X Video Extension, newer cards
use kernel v4l/v4l2 interface.

To watch the TV:

avview: It can be compiled without ffmpeg. (Such builds are available
from the openSUSE Build Service).

xawtv: several years ago I was able to watch TV there

To record:

avview: You can also compile static ffmpeg library from snapshot of
historic version and then link with avview statically.

Technically, any v4l software can record via the old module, if you will
tune your tuner externally and then force the program to skip tuning.

You can also try the new v4l2 kernel module and use any v4l2 software.
I was not able to make it working with R128.

To tune:

xvattr (from ogle project).


________________________________________________________________________
Stanislav Brabec
http://www.penguin.cz/~utx

Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> William M. Quarles wrote:
>> Has there been any progress made in porting AVview to work with FFmpeg 
>> 0.4.9? If so, what is it, and how can I get it?
> 
> Compiles but crashes:
> http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/ftp/gatos/avview-ffmpeg-preliminary-crashing-0.4.9.patch
> 
> Anybody is free to pick it and fix.
> 
> I don't use avview any more and I have no plans to finish this porting.
> There is no more analog TV broadcasting in Prague, Czech Republic.
> 

There soon won't be any in the U.S. soon either, but the the basic cable 
TV still distributes in analog, so it is still useful for us.

Is there another program known to work with the All-In-Wonder cards?

Thanks,
William

William M. Quarles wrote:
> Has there been any progress made in porting AVview to work with FFmpeg 
> 0.4.9? If so, what is it, and how can I get it?

Compiles but crashes:
http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/ftp/gatos/avview-ffmpeg-preliminary-crashing-0.4.9.patch

Anybody is free to pick it and fix.

I don't use avview any more and I have no plans to finish this porting.
There is no more analog TV broadcasting in Prague, Czech Republic.


________________________________________________________________________
Stanislav Brabec
http://www.penguin.cz/~utx

Has there been any progress made in porting AVview to work with FFmpeg 
0.4.9? If so, what is it, and how can I get it?

Thanks,
William