Roman Gaufman <hackeron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 22 May 2011 04:11, Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >wrote: >> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Roman Gaufman <hackeron@xxxxxxxxx> >wrote: >>> I figured as much, but what can I do now? >> >> Your options at this point are: >> >> 1. ÂFind some developer who cares enough to take a free board just >for >> the fun of making it work. > >Any suggestions where? > >> 2. ÂIf you're a commercial entity, hire somebody to do the work >> (Kernel Labs does this sort of work) > >I have a small company that consists of just me and I'm broke, heh, >but I'll check out kernel labs thanks! > >> 3. ÂLearn enough about driver development to add the support >yourself. > >Any suggestions where/how to start? - are there any guides/tutorials >that show how to go from start to finish getting a board to work? > >> >> The reality is that the LinuxTV project is grossly understaffed >> already, and if you're a regular user who wants a working product, >> your best bet is to just buy something that is already supported. >ÂAll >> other options require either a considerable investment in money (to >> pay someone to do the work), or time (to learn how to do it >yourself). > >Do you have any recommendations for a DVR card that has 8 or 16 >audio+video inputs that's already supported by linux available for >sale? > >The problem is I can't find anything that's already supported, so I'm >just trying random cards. I bought one with SAA7134 chips that >happened to work, but they stopped making it. > >The problem is I can't find anything supported that's available for >sale. It seems quite the opposite, only rare obscure cards that are no >longer sold are supported :/ > >> >> Developers who care enough to contribute to the project typically >have >> no shortage of boards at their disposal, and they tend to focus their >> energy on where you get the most bang for the buck. ÂThis tends to >> favor products that are more popular, which is why the cx25821 driver >> has gotten almost zero attention (since there are almost no actual >> products using it other than Conexant reference designs). >> >>> Should I take some high resolution pictures of the board? >>> Any other details I can provide to help developers add support for >this board? >>> Is there anyone in particularly I should contact? >>> Anywhere I can post any information I collect on this board? >> >> You can create an entry on the LinuxTV wiki with the board details. >> Of course no guarantee that anybody will do anything with it (in >fact, >> the less popular the board, the less likely for this to be the case). > >This is a board from http://securitycamera2000.com and is one of the >few boards that pop up when looking for a DVR card on google and ebay. > >I will create an entry on the LinuxTV wiki, thanks! > >> >> Devin >> >> -- >> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs >> http://www.kernellabs.com >> >-- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" >in >the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Bluecherry might have a product that meet your needs: http://store.bluecherry.net/products/PV%252d155-%252d-16-port-video-capture-card-%28120FPS%29.html I have no actual experience with their products myself. Regards, Andy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
