[Kwintv] Naive bug?

[Joao Fraga]

I am running KWinTV 0.8.11 on SuSE 8.1. I have a webcam using
/dev/video0. The Pinnacle PCTV is using /dev/video1.

The problem is that KWinTV refuses to start when the TV card is on=20
/dev/video1. Not even using the --device parameter works. It displays=20
always the following error on the console:
        /dev/video0 [v4l]: no overlay support
Xawtv and Zapping work fine when the TV card is on /dev/video1. But=20
KWinTV works normally *only* when the TV card is on /dev/video0.

On KWinTV Preferences, there should be an option to choose which video=20
device the user wants to use. A user may have several video hardware=20
devices on his computer (even several TV cards!). It shouldn't be=20
necessary to pass command line args to tell the program which device to=20
use. KWinTV is a GUI app, so a user should be able to configure it by=20
just using the GUI. And there shouldn't be a sloppy text box on for the=20
user to enter "/dev/video1" or "/dev/video0" at the Preferences. This is =

a program to be used by ordinary users, remember! Instead, KWinTV should =

query for the name of each video hardware device available, fill a=20
select/combo box with the video device names, so that the user can=20
choose. Additionally, on startup KWinTV should test if /dev/video0 is a=20
valid device. If not, test the next available video device until it=20
eventually finds a working TV card. And if it doesn't find, it should=20
*not* exit with a sloppy console error message. It should display a=20
dialog box explaing the error, but *not* quit. In this situation, the=20
user could then go to the Preferences, look at the combo box with the=20
probed video devices, choose a different one and see if it works.


Jo=E3o Fraga