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Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -03001Some notes regarding the cx18 driver for the Conexant CX23418 MPEG
2encoder chip:
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Hans Verkuil86d674a2008-06-28 14:57:30 -030041) Currently supported are:
Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -03005
Hans Verkuil86d674a2008-06-28 14:57:30 -03006 - Hauppauge HVR-1600
7 - Compro VideoMate H900
8 - Yuan MPC718
9 - Conexant Raptor PAL/SECAM devkit
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112) Some people have problems getting the i2c bus to work.
Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -030012 The symptom is that the eeprom cannot be read and the card is
Hans Verkuil86d674a2008-06-28 14:57:30 -030013 unusable. This is probably fixed, but if you have problems
14 then post to the video4linux or ivtv-users mailinglist.
Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -030015
Hans Verkuil86d674a2008-06-28 14:57:30 -0300163) VBI (raw or sliced) has not yet been implemented.
Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -030017
Hans Verkuil86d674a2008-06-28 14:57:30 -0300184) MPEG indexing is not yet implemented.
Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -030019
Hans Verkuil86d674a2008-06-28 14:57:30 -0300205) The driver is still a bit rough around the edges, this should
Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -030021 improve over time.
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Hans Verkuil1a3932e2008-06-28 20:57:30 -030026You can obtain the firmware files here:
Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -030027
Hans Verkuil1a3932e2008-06-28 20:57:30 -030028http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/firmware/cx18-firmware.tar.gz
Hans Verkuil1c1e45d2008-04-28 20:24:33 -030029
Hans Verkuil1a3932e2008-06-28 20:57:30 -030030Untar and copy the .fw files to your firmware directory.