Re: dvgrab wait for device

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Carl Karsten<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Dan Dennedy<[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Carl Karsten<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> skipped trying to figure out how to add parameters (and given the 10
>>
>> I could do that easily.
>
> works for me.
>
>>
>>> second time out isn't documented, does it really have to be kept?)
>>
>> This does help with troubleshooting. When it is reported (and not
>> using combination of -card and -noavc), then I know that the camera is
>> detected but iso data is not received. If it is not reported, all I
>> really know is that "it does not work." I suppose as an alternative, I
>> could display a message every 10 seconds and keep trying.
>
> This may take care of that:
>
>    sendEvent( "Looking for DV data..." );
>    while ( !g_done && m_frame == NULL )

OK, that is fine, but will change to "Waiting"

> Which personally I like because it tells me it got to that point. If
> more messages will help you, wont' bother me.
>
> Attached is a patch.  should I post it to the sf site too?  guessing
> it so trivial it will be easier for you to just hack the code.

I have flagged this mail and will address it in CVS sometime soon. I
have a few other contibutions pending with a release expected by end
of July.

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