Thank you for taking the time to test this alpha release of the rewrite of KWinTV. It is currently named QtVision because it is based on a similar application named QtVision, and was left as such to avoid clashes with existing installs of KWinTV. To launch the new application, run "qtvision".
This release is intended as a basic demonstration of the design of the application. It provides functionality in the form of support for Xv video streams, OSS mixer (/dev/video, mixer 0), and XML channel files. It most likely only works on Linux, and in fact may only work on ia32 hardware. Camera devices may or may not work.
Make sure you're using XFree86 4 or better. Edit your XF86Config file and find the Section "Module". Within this module, add an entry:
Load "v4l"
Restart your X server. Note that you must have the V4L module for your tuner card loaded before you start X if you want the v4l Module in the X server to find your card.
We can really use some help in developing this code. If you would like to contribute, please send patches or email to the mailing list. In particular, we could use some help writing plugins, commenting on the architecture and API, and porting to other platforms (hopefully Solaris and FreeBSD to start).
We could also really use help with documentation and graphics.
Please do not report bugs with the bug tracking system. Report significant bugs to the mailing list at kwintv@mail.kde.org. Check www.kwintv.org for details. Please do not put in feature requests yet. We are most interested in design flaws or usability problems.
PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THE AUTHORS DIRECTLY, USE THE MAILING LIST
George Staikos, KWinTV Maintainer
staikos@kde.org