Re: multiple open()'s on the same device

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Lucas Correia Villa Real <lucasvr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I am playing with a Bt878-based card, which has 4 input sources. Actually, 
> using bttv 0.9.11, I can open() the v4l device twice, but I can't capture 
> data using different input sources (television on app1 / composite1 on app2).

You can't.  input is a global setting, it doesn't make much sense to
have that per application as the chip can't capture from multiple
inputs at the same time.

  Gerd

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