Probe the given device node as a TV card. Return a deferred firing a human-readable device name, a list of channel names (Tuner/Composite/...), and a list of norms (PAL/NTSC/SECAM/...).

Returns: twisted.internet.defer.Deferred

checkWebcam(device, id)

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Probe the given device node as a webcam.

The result is either:

succesful, with a None value: no device found
succesful, with a tuple:
- device name
- dict of mime, format, width, height, fps pair
failed

Returns: flumotion.common.messages.Result

checkMixerTracks(source_factory, device, channels, id=None)

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Probe the given GStreamer element factory with the given device for audio mixer tracks. Return a deferred firing a result.

The result is either:

succesful, with a None value: no device found
succesful, with a human-readable device name and a list of mixer track labels.
failed

Returns: twisted.internet.defer.Deferred

Module video

checkTVCard(device, id='check-tvcard')

checkWebcam(device, id)

checkMixerTracks(source_factory, device, channels, id=None)

checkTVCard(device, id=`'check-tvcard'`)