Re: Support for Empia 2980 video/audio capture chip set

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On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 06:38:59PM +0100, Frank Schäfer wrote:
> 
> Am 06.02.2014 13:57, schrieb Keith Lawson:
> > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 09:08:25PM +0100, Frank Schäfer wrote:
> >> On 17.01.2014 01:11, Keith Lawson wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:37:44PM +0100, Frank Schäfer wrote:
> >>>> Am 14.01.2014 01:48, schrieb Keith Lawson:
> >>>>> On 2014-01-12 11:56, Frank Schäfer wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 09.01.2014 02:02, Keith Lawson wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hello, I sent the following message to the linux-usb mailing list
> >>>>>>> and they suggested I try here. I'm trying to get a "Dazzle Video
> >>>>>>> Capture USB V1.0" video capture card working on a Linux device but
> >>>>>>> it doesn't
> >>>>>>> look like the chip set is supported yet. I believe this card is the
> >>>>>>> next version of the Pinnacle VC100 capture card that worked with the
> >>>>>>> em28xx kernel module. The hardware vendor that sold the card says that
> >>>>>>> this device has an Empia 2980 chip set in it so I'm inquiring about
> >>>>>>> support for that chip set. I'm just wondering about the best
> >>>>>>> approach for getting the new chip supported in the kernel. Is this
> >>>>>>> something the
> >>>>>>> em28xx maintainers would naturally address in time or can I assist
> >>>>>>> in getting this into the kernel? Here's dmesg from the Debian box
> >>>>>>> I'm working on: [ 3198.920619] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device
> >>>>>>> number 5
> >>>>>>> usingxhci_hcd [ 3198.939394] usb 3-1: New USB device found,
> >>>>>>> idVendor=1b80,idProduct=e60a [ 3198.939399] usb 3-1: New USB device
> >>>>>>> strings: Mfr=0, Product=1,SerialNumber=2 [ 3198.939403] usb 3-1:
> >>>>>>> Product: Dazzle
> >>>>>>> Video Capture USB Audio Device [ 3198.939405] usb 3-1: SerialNumber:
> >>>>>>> 0 l440:~$ uname -a Linux l440 3.10-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.10.11-1
> >>>>>>> (2013-09-10) x86_64 GNU/Linux If this isn't the appropriate list to ask
> >>>>>>> this question please point me in the right direction. Thanks, Keith
> >>>>>> The em28xx is indeed the dedicated driver for this device, but it's hard
> >>>>>> to say how much work would be necessary to add support for it.
> >>>>>> We currently don't support any em29xx chip yet, but in theory it is just
> >>>>>> an extended em28xx device.
> >>>>>> Whatever that means when it comes to the low level stuff... ;)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> What's the best route to get support for this chip added then? Should
> >>>>> I start working on a patch myself or will this just happen during the
> >>>>> course of development of the em28xx module? I'm a developer but
> >>>>> haven't done any kernel hacking so this would likely be a steep
> >>>>> learning curve for me.
> >>>> Can you create USB-Traces of the Windows driver and send us the output
> >>>> of "lsusb -v -d 1b80:e60a" for this device ?
> >>>> That will give us a hint how much work will be needed.
> >>> For the USB-trace will the Win7 logman output do or is there a Win7 64-bit utility like usbsnoop I should use?
> >> AFAIK the logman output doesn't contain any transferred data.
> >> SniffUSB would be preferred, but AFAIK it doesn't work with Win 7.
> >> You may also want to try USBPcap (http://desowin.org/usbpcap/), but
> >> I don't know if it runs on the 64bit version of Win 7.
> >> There are also various commercial USB-Sniffers and some of them are
> >> providing a free trial period/version.
> >> In any case we need a readable (text) sniffing output.
> > Thanks for the pointer. I used USBPcap and exported text out of wireshark. 
> >
> > Here's the capture of connecting the device: 
> >
> > https://www.libertas-tech.com/dazzle_usb_connect.txt
> >
> > Here's a capture of the device recording a 1 minute video. This one is almost 700 meg so you probably don't want to try and open it in a browser: 
> >
> > https://www.libertas-tech.com/dazzle_recording_video.txt 
> >
> > I can arrange to get one of these devices in the hands of a developer if that would help too. 
> Sorry for the delay, I'm currently burried under lots other stuff...

No worries. I know that feeling all too well. 

> I haven't finished evaluating these logs yet, but so far I can say that
> there's a lot of known stuff but also much new/unknown stuff.
> Which capturing settings (resolution, video format, ...) did you use for
> these logs ?

Someone else did the capture for me since I didn't have a Windows box it would work on. He had it connected to a video camera but didn't have an audio connection so there's no sound.

Here's the settings from the Pinnical software.

The properties of the video are:

Codec                   IPB MPEG-2 MP@ML 4:2:0
Bitrate                  8000 kBit/s
Duration              00:00:05.10
Color Depth        16 Bit
Frame Aspect    4:3
Alpha                    No
Dimensions        720 x 480 px
Pixel Aspect       0.89
Framestart          0
Frames                 29.97 FPS
Interlacing           Top Field First

The properties of the audio are:
Codec                   MP2
Bitrate                  224kBit/s
Duration              00:00:5.17
Sample Rate       48 kHz
Channels             Stereo
Resolution          16 Bit
Sample Type      Stereo
Format                 PCM

When I click on 'Import' there aren't a tone of settings:

Dazzle Video Capture is set to 'Video Composite', 4:3, and NTSC

Mode is set to 'Scene detection ON'


> Does the device consist of any other chips (AC97, demodulator, ...) ?
> 

Not that I see. There's a couple smaller chips on the device. I uploaded pictures here: 

https://www.libertas-tech.com//dazzle1.jpg
https://www.libertas-tech.com//dazzle2.jpg

> Regards,
> Frank
> 
> >
> >>> Here's the lsusb output:
> >> ...
> >>
> >>>     Interface Descriptor:
> >>>       bLength                 9
> >>>       bDescriptorType         4
> >>>       bInterfaceNumber        0
> >>>       bAlternateSetting       7
> >>>       bNumEndpoints           4
> >>>       bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
> >>>       bInterfaceSubClass      0
> >>>       bInterfaceProtocol    255
> >>>       iInterface              0
> >>>       Endpoint Descriptor:
> >>>         bLength                 7
> >>>         bDescriptorType         5
> >>>         bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
> >>>         bmAttributes            3
> >>>           Transfer Type            Interrupt
> >>>           Synch Type               None
> >>>           Usage Type               Data
> >>>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0001  1x 1 bytes
> >>>         bInterval              11
> >>>       Endpoint Descriptor:
> >>>         bLength                 7
> >>>         bDescriptorType         5
> >>>         bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
> >>>         bmAttributes            1
> >>>           Transfer Type            Isochronous
> >>>           Synch Type               None
> >>>           Usage Type               Data
> >>>         wMaxPacketSize     0x1400  3x 1024 bytes
> >>>         bInterval               1
> >>>       Endpoint Descriptor:
> >>>         bLength                 7
> >>>         bDescriptorType         5
> >>>         bEndpointAddress     0x84  EP 4 IN
> >>>         bmAttributes            1
> >>>           Transfer Type            Isochronous
> >>>           Synch Type               None
> >>>           Usage Type               Data
> >>>         wMaxPacketSize     0x03ac  1x 940 bytes
> >>>         bInterval               1
> >>>       Endpoint Descriptor:
> >>>         bLength                 7
> >>>         bDescriptorType         5
> >>>         bEndpointAddress     0x8a  EP 10 IN
> >>>         bmAttributes            2
> >>>           Transfer Type            Bulk
> >>>           Synch Type               None
> >>>           Usage Type               Data
> >>>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
> >>>         bInterval               0
> >> This endpoint configuration is different from the Empia devices
> >> we've seen so far.
> >> We have never seen any devices using endpoint address 0x8a and
> >> endpoint 0x84 looks strange.
> >> It's hard to say what they are used for.
> >> The current em28xx driver will assume 0x84 is used for DVB, but that
> >> makes no sense for this device.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Frank
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