Teralogic 880 HDTV decoder Linux driver / News: Recent posts

A new version of TL880Spy, v1.3, has been released. It adds several new features over the previous versions, including binary register and memory dumps, and a new window to tweak the display of the MyHD Windows application.

This release adds a very basic framebuffer driver, to demonstrate that image display is possible using the TL880's OSD feature.

Two new releases have been made by the MyHD Linux Driver Project. A new version of the MyHD/TL880 Linux driver, version 0.2.0, has been released which improves support for newer MyHD cards (MDP-120 and MDP-130). It also adds several tools for working with the card's on-screen display.

A new version of the TL880 card tweak tool for Windows, TL880Spy-1.1, has also been released. This new version adds several very useful features to the program and makes its use easier. Since the addition of the new features, progress on the TL880 driver itself has accelerated.... read more

The MyHD Linux Driver Project has released a new testing version of the Linux driver for the TL880-based line of high definition tuner cards. This is the first release to include preliminary support for the on-screen display features of the TL880 chip. While it does not yet support video capture or playback, development on the driver is progressing. Testing, development, and other help are welcomed by the project.... read more

A new program, Judder Test for Linux, has been added to the TL880 driver project page. This program allows one to test a particular display, video card, and refresh rate combination for tearing and judder problems. This is most helpful in a home theater setting, where perfect refresh rates are needed for video playback.

Finally, Linux users have an alternative to the popular Windows Judder Test.

This tool is not based on the Windows Judder Test tool.

The latest TL880 driver release, myhd-0.1.99.1, has been uploaded to SourceForge. The release will soon be available from http://myhd.sourceforge.net/. This prerelease version adds preliminary support for kernel 2.6, a /proc/tl880 interface, and support for manually created device nodes. This release removes all support for kernel 2.4 and devfs.

See the MyHD web site (http://myhd.sf.net/) for more information and known issues.

The latest version of the MyHD Linux Driver, 0.0.6, is out. This release adds HiPix detection, and a DPC interrupt handler. It does not yet support video capture or playback; it's intended for developers and testers. See the project page at http://myhd.sourceforge.net/, and remember to read the release notes.