On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 3:29 AM, Dave Kimble <dave.kimble@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > Your feeling that VB-WinXP would be the problem sent me back to that. > So I found that VB picking up USB 2.0 devices requires the Extension Pack > installed with ehci controller enabled , and that cured that problem, and > the device now finds it's XP driver. Ahh good to know, thanks for the feedback. I generally don't use VB, I go with VMWare on multiple platforms. > > The grabber software loads OK and asks for the signal information. Since the > software goes with this particular device, I am surprised at this - it > should know it already, shouldn't it? Yes. > > Although the software's input is the device's output, it also seems to > depend on the device's input, i.e. the HDMI stream.This stream comes via > satellite dish and decoder box, and is picking up Freeview channels in > Australia. > > Almost all of the options produce the error: "Sigma Designs USB Device > device does not active or error !" [sic] > The best combination of options produces a good picture, but it moves very > slowly and after a few seconds freezes. > XP cannot then terminate the process, and neither can VB > Close. > So I have to VB > Reset > Then Ubuntu loses the device from lsusb and it needs too be unplugged and > plugged in again, and VB-WinXP started again. Urgh. > > Any assistance would be welcome - as you can probably tell, I really don't > know what I'm doing. Probably best to validate the hardware and software on its intended platform and check that everything functions properly. Who knows, maybe you've got a buggy build or a flakey stick. You may be confusing one set of problems for VB related when in fact they're something else. - Steve > > Dave > > On 17/10/14 07:40, Steven Toth wrote: >> >> Ok, no nobody jumped in the first time around..... my turn I guess... :) >> >> Comments below. >> >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Dave Kimble<dave.kimble@xxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> I have just bought an HDMI to USB-2.0 grabber called "GrabBee-HD". >>> http://www.greada.com/grabbeex-hd.html >>> Motherboard photo:http://www.davekimble.org.au/computers/GrabBee-HD.jpg >>> Inside it has chips labelled "Sigma PL330B-CPE3" and "iTE IT6604E". >>> Note that it compresses the video with H.264 . >> >> I've worked on drivers for those two chips in the past. I have a large >> amount of experience with these parts. >> >>> I knew it probably wouldn't have drivers for Linux, but it does have >>> Windows >>> drivers on CD, >>> so since I run Ubuntu-VirtualBox-WinXP I thought it might well work one >>> way >>> or another. >> >> Correct, no Linux drivers. >> >>> On Ubuntu 14.04, the USB device is picked up: >>> $ lsusb -v -d 0658:1100 >>> >> <snip> >> >>> but it is not recognised as a video capture device by VLC. >>> /dev/dvb/ , /dev/v4l/ , /dev/video0 do not exist. >> >> Correct. Linux has no support for that device. :( >> >>> So I fired up VB-WinXP and installed the Windows drivers and software, >>> and >>> restarted. >>> Then plugged in the device, which should connect the device to the >>> driver, >>> but it didn't. >> >> That's odd. It suggests an (off topic) windows related driver problem, >> or a virtual machine issue. >> >>> Starting the Grabbee-HD software gives "No video capture device is >>> connected!" >>> Then I realised the USB device has to be passed through the VB interface, >>> VB-Manager > USB > Add > "no devices available". >>> >>> So because Ubuntu doesn't properly recognise the device, it can't pass it >>> on >>> to VB and XP. >> >> I don't think the virtual machines work that way, at least not in my >> experience. I've always been able to do what you want to do on various >> platforms. Sorry, I can't really help you debug Windows / Virtual >> machine issues. >> >>> Is there any chance of getting this going on Ubuntu 14.04 natively? >> >> Unlikely. Sigma are generally GPL unfriendly. >> >> I've done drivers for this chip on OSX before, mostly as a R&D >> exercise, so I'm highly familiar with it. The chip is a monster to >> write for, kinda nasty to be honest - not very straightforward. >> >> I think you're out of luck. >> >> - Steve >> > -- Steven Toth - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com +1.646.355.8490 -- 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
