CaptureCardDefinitions.xml Documentation (1 Viewer)

[ximmortal]

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Is there any documentation available that describes the XML lingo in CaptureCardDefinitions.xml?

I see that the usual route to get a capture card described is to contact DMAN, which is fine, and I have done so, but it might help to have a little documentation to describe the different portions of the <capturecard> section.

I have a Motorola STB that has a firewire interface which works great in GraphEdt, but this device isn't easily translated into a <capturecard> section. Most other capture cards have crossbar, mux, tuner, etc. and I don't understand how these things map to a MPEG2 TS capture device.

For starters, what is the <interface> section describe? What does the <filter> and <connection> sections describe and how are these related to pins?

Thanks!

 

[nvmarino]

I've been tikering with HTPC stuff for quite a few years now and one of the things I constantly come back to trying but have never been able to get to work was firewire capture with MP. As part of my effort to get it (and another project I was working on) running, I was looking for the exact same documentation almost a year ago and never received a response. And now, a year later, I've started investigating again and it just dawned on me how to find what I was looking for - have a look at the source.

The good news - the CaptureCardsDefinitions.xml parameters are fairly well documented in the CaptureCardDefinitions.cs source file. Once I understood how the .xml file worked here's how I thought the definition should look:

<capturecard commercialname="Motorola DCT 6200" capturename="Motorola AV/C Tuner Device" devid="MOTOROLA&amp;DCT-6200&amp;TYP_5&amp;ID_0">
<capabilities tv="true" radio="false" mpeg2="true" mce="true" sw="false" bda="false"></capabilities>
<tv>
<interface cat="capture" video="" audio="" mpeg2="00"></interface>
<filters>
<filter cat="capture" name="Motorola AV/C Tuner Device" checkdevice="false"></filter>
</filters>
<connections>
</connections>
</tv>
</capturecard>

Extremely simple but, unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work. After further digging in to the source, it looks to me like some code has to be writen to get it working. I'm going to avoid trying to explain something I don't fully understand yet but I'd suggest having a look at the source yourself if you want to understand what's going on and what might be needed to get it working.

And please do tell if you do manage to get things going!

--Nino

 

[ximmortal]

I had actually started down this path (w/ source code) but I had limited time with my one and only STB as the wife had control over it mostly in the evenings. Well that hurdle has been overcome as I now have two STBs.

I'll see what I can figure out and post my findings. In the interim I am just using CapDVHS to store off TS files of the content that I want to have accessible in MP as MP plays these just fine in "My Videos". I am using my stereo receiver to switch between the two HDMI outputs (STB, and HTPC) so I still get the benefit of the DVR functionality (dual tuner) of my STB.