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steveo@rocketmail.com · Xplorer Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 4

Hi,
I have been viewing this thread to try and get my old TV card going. First off it was not detectd by the BIOS. In the thread I see someone had a result with moving the card to another PCI slot. I did this and the card was detected.

BUT it shows up as camera?

Does anyone know how to get it to be detected as the correct device. I have been through the modprobe and created the actions file, but no luck.

The card is the type=60 an MM100PCTV or Modular technology.

Any help would be great.

Thanks..

electronics45 · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:47 am Post subject:

The card would not be shown in the bios, regardless of what you do.

All tv tuner cards show up as cammera devices in control centre. It's not a bug, It's just how Xandros detects btxxx based hardware Smile

Have you tried to view tv with a program like Tvtime, available form XN?

did it show up as an ***Unknow/Generic TV Card*** before you started messing with the actions file?
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steveo@rocketmail.com · Xplorer Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 4

Hi, in the end I swapped the card for a different one, this was found at boot time and works great with TvTime. The other card was from 1999-2000 so I guess it was time for a new one Smile

Cheers..

solitzer · Xplorer Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13

I have an NVIDIA nForce 4 Chipset. I guess I don't know for sure if it's analog or digital, but it has both s-video and composite video. Here's what I got after the "dmesg" command:

bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:01:07.0, irq: 3, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfdfff000
bttv0: detected: Leadtek TV 2000 XP [card=34], PCI subsystem ID is 107d:6609
bttv0: using: Leadtek WinFast 2000/ WinFast 2000 XP [card=34,insmod option]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=003ff502 [init]
bttv0: using tuner=5
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type set to 5 (Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles)) by bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type already set to 5, ignoring request for 2
tuner: The type=<n> insmod option will go away soon.
tuner: Please use the tuner=<n> option provided by
tuner: tv aard core driver (bttv, saa7134, ...) instead.
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
bttv0: registered device radio0
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
bttv0: add subdevice "remote0"

I haven't had a chance to have a problem with the card yet. I've never had it working, Getting a flash of TV Time and then losing it is the furthest I've gotten. Thank you for your help.

electronics45 · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:52 am Post subject:

KidMoe · Xplorer Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 4

My TV card isn't playing nice. I have a Winfast 2000XP Deluxe card which detects fine but the autodetect sets the tuner type to 5 and it should be 2. I followed the instructions from the first post in this thread then ran dmesg and it states: "Type already set to 5, ignoring request for 2" Now what do I do? Dmesg detects my card by name and by its proper card number which is 34. I also get video but it is in black and white and all the channels are behind 1 number. Any furthur advice? Thanks.

Moe

electronics45 · Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 12:26 am Post subject:

paddy · Xplorer Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 38

have tried all instructions on this thread but still no joy have emailed customer support will post reply happauge cards seem to be a problem but would rather buy compatable card than go back to windoze

electronics45 · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:56 am Post subject:

Could you please tell me what the model of TV tuner card you have is, the chipset, and if possible, the tuner brand and model (Should be written on the tuner its self; the big grey box).

The hardware you running now would also be useful, and I'll do what I can to help. Smile

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paddy · Xplorer Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 38

hi my card is a happauge bt878 this is what my control panel shows under hardware
<Brooktree>
Manufacturer: Brooktree Corporation
Model: Bt878 Audio Capture
Description: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture
Driver: snd-bt87x
Driver loaded: Yes
Bus type: PCI

<Brooktree>
Manufacturer: Brooktree Corporation
Model: Bt878 Video Capture
Description: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture
Driver: bttv
Driver loaded: Yes
Bus type: PCI

and this is what i getwhen i try your instructions

shack:~# update-modules
shack:~# rmmod bttv
shack:~# modprobe bttv
FATAL: Error inserting rtc (/lib/modules/2.6.15-dcc-uni/kernel/drivers/char/rtc.ko): No such device

hope you can help thanks btw my card is under audio devices
paddy

electronics45 · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:

Hmmm... seems things have changed a little since the last release.

I don't have my anolonge tuner anymore, so I'm afraid I'll be of limited assistance.

The happauge model are generally well supported in linux though. What happens when you try to watch something under TVTime or another application? Is there a "configure tuner" option there?

If you type into a console "dmesg", could past the lines refering to "bttv" here please? Mabye the results of "lsmod" from the console to if possible.

Thanks
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paddy · Xplorer Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 38

hi here is dmesg and lsmod i have tried using card =10 and tuner=18 aswell but no joy yours hopefull
paddy

dmesg

bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:04.0 (0004 -> 0006)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:04.0, irq: 10, latency: 66, mmio: 0x40200000
bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb
bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt848) [card=2,insmod option]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00fffffb [init]
bttv0: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5]
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 38105, rev = B435, serial# = 3815816
tveeprom: tuner = Temic 4066FY5 (idx = 35, type = 1 Cool

tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(I) (eeprom = 0x10, v4l2 = 0x00000010)
tveeprom: audio processor = None (type = 0)
tveeprom: decoder processor = Type 0x00 (type = 0)
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 38105, rev = B435, serial# = 3815816
tveeprom: tuner = Temic 4066FY5 (idx = 35, type = 1 Cool

tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(I) (eeprom = 0x10, v4l2 = 0x00000010)
tveeprom: audio processor = None (type = 0)
tveeprom: decoder processor = unknown (type = cccdfc32)
bttv0: using tuner=-919658980
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
tuner: Unknown parameter `type'
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0

lsmod
Module Size Used by
wacom 13568 0
iptable_filter 2560 0
ip_tables 18176 1 iptable_filter
cpufreq_conservative 6052 0
cpufreq_powersave 1664 0
cpufreq_ondemand 5276 0
cpufreq_stats 4356 0
freq_table 3588 1 cpufreq_stats
backlight 4096 0
lcd 3968 0
video 14468 0
container 3456 0
fan 3588 0
button 5136 0
thermal 11272 0
processor 21056 1 thermal
af_packet 15624 2
uhci_hcd 27664 0
usbcore 102916 3 wacom,uhci_hcd
floppy 52420 0
ide_floppy 15232 0
sg 26784 0
sr_mod 13604 0
ide_cd 34820 1
cdrom 33696 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
nls_iso8859_1 4096 1
nls_cp437 5760 1
vfat 9984 1
fat 31388 1 vfat
raid10 17024 0
raid6 98832 0
raid5 21376 0
xor 13960 2 raid6,raid5
raid1 16512 0
raid0 7168 0
md_mod 57044 5 raid10,raid6,raid5,raid1,raid0
dm_mirror 18000 0
snd_bt87x 11336 2
tvaudio 20508 0
bttv 147792 0
video_buf 16388 1 bttv
firmware_class 7680 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 8200 1 bttv
v4l2_common 4992 1 bttv
btcx_risc 3976 1 bttv
tveeprom 12588 1 bttv
videodev 7168 1 bttv
snd_seq_dummy 2948 0
snd_seq_oss 27904 0
snd_seq_midi 6176 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5760 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 43088 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_via82xx 21528 2
gameport 11144 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 80544 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus 2048 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 34592 0
snd_mixer_oss 14336 3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 69256 4 snd_bt87x,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 19076 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8200 3 snd_bt87x,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 5760 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 18464 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6796 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd 44736 16 snd_bt87x,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 7264 3 snd
via686a 13576 0
hwmon 2452 1 via686a
i2c_isa 3584 1 via686a
i2c_core 15888 6 tvaudio,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,via686a,i2c_isa
8139too 21632 0
mii 4480 1 8139too
via_agp 7680 1
agpgart 26696 1 via_agp
tsdev 5824 0
psmouse 31108 0
evdev 7168 0
fuse 29708 0
lp 9160 0
parport_pc 29124 1
parport 29000 2 lp,parport_pc
autofs4 15492 3
pppoe 9920 0
pppox 2824 1 pppoe
ppp_synctty 7040 0
ppp_async 8192 0
crc_ccitt 2048 1 ppp_async
ppp_generic 22804 4 pppoe,pppox,ppp_synctty,ppp_async
slhc 5760 1 ppp_generic
8250_pnp 8448 0
8250_pci 16896 0
8250 17268 2 8250_pnp,8250_pci
serial_core 16000 1 8250
genrtc 8064 0
dm_mod 46136 1 dm_mirror
ide_disk 13184 4
generic 4356 0 [permanent]
via82cxxx 7940 0 [permanent]
reiserfs 224884 1
sd_mod 13712 0
scsi_mod 77288 3 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod

electronics45 · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject:

your tuner actually seems to be setup just fine as far as I can tell. Have you tried installing TVtime from Xandros Networks, and then using station management, to set up some channels?
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paddy · Xplorer Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 38

hi electronics45 thanks for all the help got reply from support there sugestion was
The log does show the driver being loaded, but an inconsistency in the
installed tuner chip has my curiosity. What can be attempted it to force
a parameter onto the driver.
As the root administrator, you can launch a text editor session (from
Launch -> Applications -> Accessories) and type in the line:

options bt87x tuner=18

Save the file in directory /etc/modprobe.d/ with any name (bttv would be
appropriate), and restart the PC. Any section about tuner= in the dmesg
output should no longer relate to a negative large number.

but alas it did not work going on hols this weekend will try with clear head in 1 week

wdavis111 · Xplorer Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Houston, TX

Just installed Xandros and although my WinTV PVR-150 card seems to be recognized by Xandros (see below), when I start TV-Time - it just flickers and is gone... which according to this thread means it couldn't find the tuner card. Any suggestions?