EMDTV(4)

πŸ“¦ version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… EMDTV(4) β€” the kernel interfaces manual page, but make it cute πŸ’…

okay bestie, buckle up, this is the emdtv page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual and it's genuinely shorter than my attention span but every single crumb matters so let's go 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

emdtv β€” the digital video driver for Empia Technology EM28xx based cards πŸ“ΊπŸ’–

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

emdtv* at uhub?
dtv* at dtvbus?

that's it, that's the whole vibe check ✨

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

okay so the emdtv driver is literally the support system for digital video cards built on the Empia Technology EM28xx series of DTV interface chips β€” and yes, specifically the EM2883 gets called out, iykyk. this chip lives inside USB products, periodt πŸ”Œ

The cards that are supported include:

  • ATI TV Wonder 600 USB β€” demodulator: lg3303(4), tuner: xc3028(4) (XC3028L) πŸ‘‘
πŸŽ€ heads up bestie: the XC3028L digital tuner requires firmware. no firmware, no vibes. that firmware is provided by the pkgsrc/sysutils/xc3028l-firmware package β€” go get it, it's giving necessary πŸ’…

πŸ’œ SEE ALSO πŸ’œ

go read those too, they're iconic in their own right 🧚

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The emdtv device driver first appeared in NetBSD 6.0 πŸŽ€ a little vintage, a little main character energy, we respect her 🌈

🌸 AUTHORS 🌸

The emdtv driver was written by Jared D. McNeill ⟨jmcneill@NetBSD.org⟩ β€” thank you king, we love a legend πŸ«ΆπŸ‘‘


πŸ’€ and that's the whole page, no cap. this version comes to you from Debian, dated August 30, 2011 β€” yes she's an elder but she ate and left no crumbs πŸ’–βœ¨πŸŒ·
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