In response to ongoing issues with the IR support for dib0700 and firmware 1.20, I spent most of yesterday refactoring the code. When firmware 1.20 was introduced, the dib0700 switched from a polling model using a USB control message, to the messages being delivered on a USB bulk pipe. The code I originally added would… Read More
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Xc5000 improvements Released!
Tonight I finally fixed the last Pinnacle 800i issue and issued a PULL request to Mauro for the xc5000 improvements. If you’re reading this because you’re looking for the firmware, you can find it here: http://kernellabs.com/firmware/xc5000/ Now that we have legal redistribution rights, I’ll be working on getting this firmware into the various distributions so… Read More
XC5000: Now with faster tuning and power management!
For those of you who might be reading this blog because of an interest in developments on the HVR-950q or the Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro 801e, you might want to check the linux-media mailing list. Tonight I announced a beta release of the xc5000 changes I have been working on since last August. Here are… Read More
Channel scanning failures…
Had Tuesday off from work. Spent a couple of hours writing code at a coffee house for a nice change in scenery. Issued a PULL request for the HVR-950q regression, and did more xc5000 merge work. Spent most of yesterday trying to figure out why my Pinnacle 801e successfully found 24 channels in a Kaffeine… Read More