[lazarus] [TV Chip set conversion] X Extensions ?

[andrew johnson]

To start of with DX(7 or 8) needs to be ported for Win32 Support. All
the lower level stuff needed there is really part of DX nowadays. For
Linux V4l is the core framework. For really good support though Xv etc
needs to be available and I do not know if any of that is in the FPC X
headers. The rest.. is something I have never looked into so I wouldn't
know. But those are an almost certain necessity, so like I say.. you
will want to start there. I think there is a project for Delphi DX
headers and components.. might want to check that out and see if its
nice enough to be worthwhile to port. V4L will def. need to be ported in
its entirety though, since AFAIK none of it has been even attempted.

Andrew

On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 15:31, Shane Miller wrote:
> I have been recently looking into Tivo and such things and have found
> them to be a bit expensive at this point.  So, I would be interested in
> knowing what needed converting as I would love to build a PC that could
> use the Gemstar Guide+ or other "TVGuide" like item and allow you to
> record shows, pause live TV, etc.
> 
> Maybe we could start a thread under Lazarus for those interested in this
> subject and for those interested in assisting with the conversion and
> creation of components.
> 
> Shane
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: andrew johnson [mailto:acjgenius at earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:22 PM
> To: lazarus at miraclec.com
> Subject: RE: [lazarus] X Extensions ?
> 
> err I'll answer both in one.. bttv is Brooktree based tv chip sets(ala
> TV cards). so a BTTV panel would be a panel for TV capture/display.
> 
> Since these sorts of things are usually OS/Hardware specific, this sort
> of code should be added to the proposed multimedia extensions if
> possible. We will want to figure out how to layout this sort of stuff
> but to begin with if you want to try and code this sort of stuff you
> can, but you will want to port the headers, probably wrap nice
> components around them and so forth.Like SDL, though could probably use
> the JEDI ones. V4L and V4L2, DX, would have to be ported, OpenGL is
> available of course. So basically it comes down to. This stuff doesn't
> belong in the LCL, but in some sort of MCL(Multimedia Component
> Library). which you are welcome to work on, but which is not really a
> priority.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 14:13, Shane Miller wrote:
> > What is a bttv panel?
> > 
> > Shane
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Creelman [mailto:dave at geko.net.au] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:29 AM
> > To: lazarus mailing list
> > Subject: [lazarus] X Extensions ?
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I finally got lazarus working again under fpc 1.0.7 (thanks Tony and
> > Andrew) and I was wondering whether there are any plans to expose some
> > of the X Extensions, specifically Video (as in motion video).
> > 
> > I know I should be looking at slightly more useful things, but I was
> > thinking it would be fun to implement a linux bttv panel. However the
> > video extensions needed for this aren't hooked in yet.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > DC
> > 
> > 
> > 
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