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LeadTEK Winfast 2000XP Expert - low resolution s-video probl

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:50 am
by evarn
Hi,

I have a LeadTEK Winfast 2000XP Expert and am using it as an input for a outdoor camera.

I know for a fact that the camera does 640x480 and in windows i get 640x480 resoultion, however I only get 320x240 on linux. Is there an option i can use on the cx88xx module to force the higher res?

Here's some info:

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dmesg output
CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 107d:6611, board: Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert [card=5,insmod option]
cx88[0]: Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert config: tuner=38, eeprom[0]=0x01
input: cx88 IR (Leadtek Winfast 2000XP as /class/input/input3
cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:02:02.0, rev: 5, irq: 22, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfa000000
tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx88[0])
tuner 0-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (cx88[0])
cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
cx88[0]/0: registered device radio0

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lspci -v
02:02.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
        Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc. Unknown device 6611
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
        Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

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v4l-info
### v4l2 device info [/dev/video0] ###
general info
    VIDIOC_QUERYCAP
        driver                  : "cx8800"
        card                    : "Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert"
        bus_info                : "PCI:0000:02:02.0"
        version                 : 0.0.6
        capabilities            : 0x5010011 [VIDEO_CAPTURE,VBI_CAPTURE,TUNER,READWRITE,STREAMING]

standards
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(0)
        index                   : 0
        id                      : 0x1000 [NTSC_M]
        name                    : "NTSC-M"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1001
        frameperiod.denominator : 30000
        framelines              : 525
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(1)
        index                   : 1
        id                      : 0x2000 [NTSC_M_JP]
        name                    : "NTSC-JP"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1001
        frameperiod.denominator : 30000
        framelines              : 525
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(2)
        index                   : 2
        id                      : 0x7 [PAL_B,PAL_B1,PAL_G]
        name                    : "PAL-BG"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1
        frameperiod.denominator : 25
        framelines              : 625
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(3)
        index                   : 3
        id                      : 0xe0 [PAL_D,PAL_D1,PAL_K]
        name                    : "PAL-DK"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1
        frameperiod.denominator : 25
        framelines              : 625
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(4)
        index                   : 4
        id                      : 0x10 [PAL_I]
        name                    : "PAL-I"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1
        frameperiod.denominator : 25
        framelines              : 625
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(5)
        index                   : 5
        id                      : 0x100 [PAL_M]
        name                    : "PAL-M"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1001
        frameperiod.denominator : 30000
        framelines              : 525
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(6)
        index                   : 6
        id                      : 0x200 [PAL_N]
        name                    : "PAL-N"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1
        frameperiod.denominator : 25
        framelines              : 625
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(7)
        index                   : 7
        id                      : 0x400 [PAL_Nc]
        name                    : "PAL-Nc"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1
        frameperiod.denominator : 25
        framelines              : 625
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(8)
        index                   : 8
        id                      : 0x800 [PAL_60]
        name                    : "PAL-60"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1001
        frameperiod.denominator : 30000
        framelines              : 525
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(9)
        index                   : 9
        id                      : 0x400000 [SECAM_L]
        name                    : "SECAM-L"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1
        frameperiod.denominator : 25
        framelines              : 625
    VIDIOC_ENUMSTD(10)
        index                   : 10
        id                      : 0x320000 [SECAM_D,SECAM_K,SECAM_K1]
        name                    : "SECAM-DK"
        frameperiod.numerator   : 1
        frameperiod.denominator : 25
        framelines              : 625

inputs
    VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT(0)
        index                   : 0
        name                    : "Television"
        type                    : TUNER
        audioset                : 0
        tuner                   : 0
        std                     : 0x723ff7 [PAL_B,PAL_B1,PAL_G,PAL_I,PAL_D,PAL_D1,PAL_K,PAL_M,PAL_N,PAL_Nc,PAL_60,NTSC_M,NTSC_M_JP,SECAM_D,SECAM_K,SECAM_K1,SECAM_L]
        status                  : 0x0 []
    VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT(1)
        index                   : 1
        name                    : "Composite1"
        type                    : CAMERA
        audioset                : 0
        tuner                   : 0
        std                     : 0x723ff7 [PAL_B,PAL_B1,PAL_G,PAL_I,PAL_D,PAL_D1,PAL_K,PAL_M,PAL_N,PAL_Nc,PAL_60,NTSC_M,NTSC_M_JP,SECAM_D,SECAM_K,SECAM_K1,SECAM_L]
        status                  : 0x0 []
    VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT(2)
        index                   : 2
        name                    : "S-Video"
        type                    : CAMERA
        audioset                : 0
        tuner                   : 0
        std                     : 0x723ff7 [PAL_B,PAL_B1,PAL_G,PAL_I,PAL_D,PAL_D1,PAL_K,PAL_M,PAL_N,PAL_Nc,PAL_60,NTSC_M,NTSC_M_JP,SECAM_D,SECAM_K,SECAM_K1,SECAM_L]
        status                  : 0x0 []

tuners
    VIDIOC_G_TUNER(0)
        index                   : 0
        name                    : "Television"
        type                    : ANALOG_TV
        capability              : 0x2 [NORM]
        rangelow                : 0
        rangehigh               : 4294967295
        rxsubchans              : 0x0 []
        audmode                 : MONO
        signal                  : 65535
        afc                     : 0

video capture
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(0,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 0
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "8 bpp, gray"
        pixelformat             : 0x59455247 [GREY]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(1,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 1
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "15 bpp RGB, le"
        pixelformat             : 0x4f424752 [RGBO]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(2,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 2
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "15 bpp RGB, be"
        pixelformat             : 0x51424752 [RGBQ]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(3,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 3
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "16 bpp RGB, le"
        pixelformat             : 0x50424752 [RGBP]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(4,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 4
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "16 bpp RGB, be"
        pixelformat             : 0x52424752 [RGBR]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(5,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 5
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "24 bpp RGB, le"
        pixelformat             : 0x33524742 [BGR3]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(6,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 6
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "32 bpp RGB, le"
        pixelformat             : 0x34524742 [BGR4]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(7,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 7
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "32 bpp RGB, be"
        pixelformat             : 0x34424752 [RGB4]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(8,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 8
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "4:2:2, packed, YUYV"
        pixelformat             : 0x56595559 [YUYV]
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(9,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                   : 9
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                   : 0
        description             : "4:2:2, packed, UYVY"
        pixelformat             : 0x59565955 [UYVY]
    VIDIOC_G_FMT(VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        fmt.pix.width           : 320
        fmt.pix.height          : 240
        fmt.pix.pixelformat     : 0x33524742 [BGR3]
        fmt.pix.field           : INTERLACED
        fmt.pix.bytesperline    : 960
        fmt.pix.sizeimage       : 230400
        fmt.pix.colorspace      : unknown
        fmt.pix.priv            : 0

vbi capture
    VIDIOC_G_FMT(VBI_CAPTURE)
        type                    : VBI_CAPTURE
        fmt.vbi.sampling_rate   : 35468950
        fmt.vbi.offset          : 244
        fmt.vbi.samples_per_line: 2048
        fmt.vbi.sample_format   : 0x59455247 [GREY]
        fmt.vbi.start[0]        : 6
        fmt.vbi.start[1]        : 318
        fmt.vbi.count[0]        : 17
        fmt.vbi.count[1]        : 17
        fmt.vbi.flags           : 0

controls
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+0)
        id                      : 9963776
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Brightness"
        minimum                 : 0
        maximum                 : 255
        step                    : 1
        default_value           : 127
        flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+1)
        id                      : 9963777
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Contrast"
        minimum                 : 0
        maximum                 : 255
        step                    : 1
        default_value           : 63
        flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+2)
        id                      : 9963778
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Saturation"
        minimum                 : 0
        maximum                 : 255
        step                    : 1
        default_value           : 127
        flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+3)
        id                      : 9963779
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Hue"
        minimum                 : 0
        maximum                 : 255
        step                    : 1
        default_value           : 127
        flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+5)
        id                      : 9963781
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Volume"
        minimum                 : 0
        maximum                 : 63
        step                    : 1
        default_value           : 63
        flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+6)
        id                      : 9963782
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Balance"
        minimum                 : 0
        maximum                 : 127
        step                    : 1
        default_value           : 64
        flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+9)
        id                      : 9963785
        type                    : BOOLEAN
        name                    : "Mute"
        minimum                 : 0
        maximum                 : 1
        step                    : 0
        default_value           : 1
        flags                   : 0

### video4linux device info [/dev/video0] ###
general info
    VIDIOCGCAP
        name                    : "Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert"
        type                    : 0x7 [CAPTURE,TUNER,TELETEXT]
        channels                : 3
        audios                  : 0
        maxwidth                : 768
        maxheight               : 576
        minwidth                : 48
        minheight               : 32

channels
    VIDIOCGCHAN(0)
        channel                 : 0
        name                    : "Television"
        tuners                  : 1
        flags                   : 0x1 [TUNER]
        type                    : TV
        norm                    : 0
    VIDIOCGCHAN(1)
        channel                 : 1
        name                    : "Composite1"
        tuners                  : 0
        flags                   : 0x0 []
        type                    : CAMERA
        norm                    : 0
    VIDIOCGCHAN(2)
        channel                 : 2
        name                    : "S-Video"
        tuners                  : 0
        flags                   : 0x0 []
        type                    : CAMERA
        norm                    : 0

tuner
    VIDIOCGTUNER
        tuner                   : 0
        name                    : "Television"
        rangelow                : 0
        rangehigh               : 4294967295
        flags                   : 0x7 [PAL,NTSC,SECAM]
        mode                    : PAL
        signal                  : 65535

audio
ioctl VIDIOCGAUDIO: Invalid argument

picture
    VIDIOCGPICT
        brightness              : 33667
        hue                     : 33410
        colour                  : 39835
        contrast                : 18761
        whiteness               : 0
        depth                   : 24
        palette                 : RGB24

buffer
ioctl VIDIOCGFBUF: Invalid argument

window
    VIDIOCGWIN
        x                       : 0
        y                       : 0
        width                   : 320
        height                  : 240
        chromakey               : 0
        flags                   : 0

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cat /etc/modules.d/cx8800
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 cx8800
options cx8800 video_nr=0 vbi_nr=0 radio_nr=0
options cx88xx card=5 tuner=38 nicam=1
alias /dev/video0 cx8800
Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Ivan[/code]

mine doesnt work at all

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:02 pm
by xjust
i have the exact card but mine doesnt work at all. can you please tell me if you used any special drivers? i seem to have the exact output as you are on everything you described in your thread