Talk:Xawtv

Note by a person
"I stopped maintaining xawtv a few years ago though." -From the "official" site.

The software is now being maintained at http://www.linuxtv.org/, specifically, http://git.linuxtv.org/xawtv4.git.

Xawtv 3.x: Supports only analog devices (TV and webcams). Xawtv 4.x: Supports both analog and digital devices.

Neither project is actively maintained, although linuxtv developers do occasionally release bug fixes. http://www.linuxtv.org/projects.php

The link to kraxel.org might be turned into a sidebar note for historical purposes. The linuxtv.org site would be useful to folks looking for xawtv functionality. People still use 5.25" floppy disks, so no reason to delete the updated content.

Personally, I use v4lctl to control the channels on a Hauppage WintvPVR, then videoloan's vlc v2.09 to view the content. Versions after 2.09 no longer support video capture via usb, although USB v3.0 is more than fast enough to stream high quality digital content. I suspect the Videolan developers still use USB 2.0, so they find no reason to support usb video capture. Hpfeil (talk) 16:36, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Potential references

 * potentially usable source Djm-leighpark (talk) 09:28, 9 March 2019 (UTC)