releasenotes

0. Table of Contents

    1. Scope
        1.1 Supported distributions
    2. Requirement
    3. Feedback and Support
    4. Known Issues
    5. Change Log

1. Scope

This document provides guidelines on using AVerTV Volar HX/AX/MAX driver
installer. The main purpose of the installer is to help user install
driver for the running kernel. If you reboot to another kernel or upgrade
your kernel, the installer should be executed again to install
driver for the new kernel.

The following products are supported by the installer:

    1. AVerTV Hybrid Volar HX/AX/Lite (A827)
    2. AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX (H826)
    3. DVD EZMaker USB Gold (C038)

1.1 Supported Distributions

This version of driver installer supports kernel 2.6.17~2.6.31.
Most distributions with these kernel versions are supported.
If you kernel falls outside this range, the installer will still
try to install the most suitable version.

The following distributions, with their stock kernel, are officially
tested and supported:

    1. Open SuSE Linux 10.3
    2. Mandriva Linux 2008
    3. Fedora Core Release 6
    4. Fedora Core Release 7
    5. Ubuntu 7.10
    6. Ubuntu 8.10
    7. Ubuntu 9.04
    8. Ubuntu 9.10
    9. Mandriva Linux 2009

Currently, only X86 and X86_64 architectures are supported. Other architectures
such as ARM, MIPS, PPC and etc. are not yet supported.

2. Requirement

If you customize your own kernel, make sure to enable support for DVB, Video
For Linux, and USB in the kernel configuration. General users can safely skip
this section.


3. Feedback and Support

Suggestions and bug reports are very welcome. If you have any question
not answered by this document or have any suggestions regarding our product
or driver, please contact AVerMedia support desk at the following website:

http://www.avermedia.com/avertv/Support/ContactSupport.aspx

It would help if you can provide /tmp/H826D-install.log, which is generated by
the installer. It contains much detailed information regarding your system and
how installer operates.


4. Known Issues

    I.   Unable to support Ubuntu 8.04 kernels. Users of Ubuntu 8.04 are
         recommended to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 or build their own kernel.

    II.  Driver fails to install or load, if user upgraded ALSA drivers
         from alsa-driver source packages.

    III. Only V4L2 applications are supported. V4L applications such as XawTV
         are not supported and can not work with our driver.


5. Change Log

0.09-beta => 0.10-beta
    1. Fix compatibility issue with AP
    2. Support Ubuntu 9.10

0.08-beta => 0.09-beta
	1. Support C038
	2. Improve streaming reliability
	3. Improve thread reliablity

0.07-beta => 0.08-beta
    1. Fix wrong device number shown in kernel message
    2. Allow simultaneous receiving of FM radio from multiple tuner devices
    3. Fix LED on H826 & A827 not turned on while playing TV
    4. Support kernel 2.6.30 & 2.6.31
    5. Improved compatibility with various kernel configurations
    6. Fix streaming bug in 64bit platforms.

0.06-beta => 0.07-beta
    1. Fix compatibility issue with TV applications
    2. Support Ubuntu 9.04 & Mandriva 2009
    3. Support kernel 2.6.29

0.05-beta => 0.06-beta
    1. Improved streaming reliability
    2. Mute video & audio to reduce noise/flicker during channel change.
       Use driver option ChMuteMiliSec to adjust mute time.
    3. Add driver option KillAPWhenRemoved to kill AP when device is gone.
       This option is turned off by default.
    4. Support 2.6.28 kernel

0.04-beta => 0.05-beta
    1. Fix naming of DVB-T tuner
    2. Fix bug causing pure digital tuners to not work
    3. Fix bug causing no video from composite/s-video input
    4. Fix power management bug

0.03-beta => 0.04-beta
    1. Fix no sound from external input.
    2. Work around MPlayer bug when setting TV channel.

0.02-beta => 0.03 beta
    1. Much improved driver stability against surprise removal
    2. Corrected order of video input. Tuner input is now input 0.
    3. Included analog TV tool now uses ALSA API to play TV audio.

0.02-beta first release to retail