On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Andy Walls wrote: > According to the V4L2 specification for the close() call, all devices > should remember their settings. > > There have been recent discussions on devices that do power management > not saving the RF tuner freq after the final close() (and what to do > about it), but the last input and standard should be preserved. (Note, > I have not looked at the usbvision driver to look for problems.) It would appear that the usbvision driver isn't following the spec. As I mentioned in my earlier message, there is an LED which indicates that the box is active. Under windows this comes on and stays on after the first use, until reboot. Under linux it always goes off when the programme using the device exits. > What precise WinTV USB device/verision are you using? >From lsusb : Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0573:4d22 Zoran Co. Personal Media Division (Nogatech) Hauppauge WinTV-USB II (PAL) Model 566 > Try something like: > > $ v4l2-ctl --help > $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --log-status > $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-inputs > $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --set-input=2 > $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --log-status [root@saucy ~]# v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --log-status [root@saucy ~]# v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-inputs ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT Input : 0 Name : Television Type : 0x00000001 Audioset: 0x00000001 Tuner : 0x00000000 Standard: 0x0000000000FFB1FF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) Status : 0 Input : 1 Name : Composite Video Input Type : 0x00000002 Audioset: 0x00000000 Tuner : 0x00000000 Standard: 0x00000000000000FF ( PAL ) Status : 0 Input : 2 Name : S-Video Input Type : 0x00000002 Audioset: 0x00000000 Tuner : 0x00000000 Standard: 0x00000000000000FF ( PAL ) Status : 0 [root@saucy ~]# v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --set-input=2 Video input set to 2 (S-Video Input) [root@saucy ~]# v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --log-status [root@saucy ~]# Each of these commands causes the following messages to be repeated in /var/log/messages Jun 29 13:43:06 saucy kernel: saa7115' 1-0025: saa7113 found (1f7113d0e100000) @ 0x4a (usbvision #0) Jun 29 13:43:08 saucy kernel: tuner' 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (usbvision #0) Jun 29 13:43:08 saucy kernel: tuner-simple 1-0061: creating new instance Jun 29 13:43:08 saucy kernel: tuner-simple 1-0061: type set to 5 (Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles)) Jun 29 13:43:12 saucy kernel: tuner-simple 1-0061: destroying instance I'm currently using kernel 2.6.27.21-desktop-1mnb on Mandriva 2009.0. Tim W -- Tim Williams BSc MSc MBCS Euromotor Autotrain LLP 58 Jacoby Place Priory Road Edgbaston Birmingham B5 7UW United Kingdom Web : http://www.autotrain.org Tel : +44 (0)121 414 2214 EuroMotor-AutoTrain is a company registered in the UK, Registration number: OC317070. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb