Re: funny colors from XC5000 on big endian systems

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On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 21:12 -0400, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 8:22 PM, W. Michael Petullo<mike@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is it possible that the XC5000 driver does not work properly on big endian
> > systems? I am using Linux/PowerPC 2.6.29.4. I have tried to view an analog
> > NTSC video stream from a Hauppauge 950Q using various applications
> > (including GStreamer v4lsrc and XawTV). The video is always present, but
> > in purple and green hues.
> >
> > Mike
> >
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> 
> Hello Mike,
> 
> Yes, there was an issue that resulted in purple/green colors, but I
> thought I had it fixed.  Perhaps the fix I made was endian specific (I
> will have to check the code).  Note that this is entirely an issue
> with the au8522 decoder driver, not the xc5000 tuner driver.
> 
> Admittedly, I have done all my testing with x86, so it wouldn't
> surprise me if an endianness bug snuck in there (although I try to be
> conscious of these sorts of issues).
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> Do you see the issue using tvtime?  This will help isolate whether
> it's an application compatibility issue or whether it's related to
> endianness (and I do almost all my testing with tvtime).
> 
> You indicated that you had reason to believe it's a PowerPC issue.  Is
> there any reason that you came to that conclusion other than that
> you're running on ppc?  I'm not discounting the possibility, but it
> would be good to know if you have other information that supports your
> theory.

You may also want to check if CVBS or S-Video also shows the problem.  A
simple test that will conclusively eliminate the XC5000.

Regards,
Andy


> Regards,
> 
> Devin
> 

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