tvtime does not work
Antonio Olivares
olivares14031 at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 12 03:13:20 UTC 2006
--- Erik Grootjans <grootjan at wirehub.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tryed it but
> if i type
>
> modprobe bt878 card=0
>
> I get an error:
>
> FATAL: Error insertinhg bt878 (....) .... see dmesg)
> in dmesg:
> bt878: Unknown parameter 'card'
>
> I looked in the manpages, but i didnot find a option
> simulair to card=
> What did you mean.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Erik
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Antonio Olivares" <olivares14031 at yahoo.com>
> To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 2:02 AM
> Subject: Re: tvtime does not work
>
>
> >
> > --- Erik Grootjans <grootjan at wirehub.nl> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have a TV card from KNC-ONE (www.knc1.com)
> > > The producer calls it an analog TV cart with
> Bt878
> > >
> > > Thats all the information on the product.
> > > On the website are drivers
> > >
> > > Erik
> > >
> >
> > The drivers should be present on the fedora kernel
> > that you are running. You need to do the
> following to
> > try and get your tvcard working
> >
> > # lsmod
> >
> > look for bt878 module, and then run dmesg
> >
> > # dmesg
> >
> > look for relevant information pertaining to your
> card.
> > Try to find the messages rant and bt878 card= no
> from
> > the list provided. As you test the cards out, or
> you
> > know which is the relevant one, do the following
> >
> > # rmmod bt878
> > # modprobe bt878 card=X where X represents the
> number
> > that matches your card. IF you run dmesg again,
> and
> > see that there are no error messages try tvtime
> again
> > and make sure to configure it. The tvtime
> homepage
> > was instrumental in setting up a saa7134 card that
> one
> > of my PC's has.
> >
> > http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > click on help/faq and you should be on your way to
> > making tvtime work.
> >
> > If it is of any help I'll send you all the
> commands
> > that make my SABRENT TV/FM card work with Fedora
> Core
> > 6. I had a hard time with it before, but I set it
> up
> > with no problems using the guides on TVTime
> help/faq
> > pages.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Antonio
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Nigel Henry" <cave.dnb at tiscali.fr>
> > > To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:54 PM
> > > Subject: Re: tvtime does not work
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Monday 04 December 2006 18:11, Erik
> Grootjans
> > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a TV card with a BT878 Chip.
> > > > > I live in Holland, so we use pal as the tv
> > > standard.
> > > > >
> > > > > When i configure tvtime like this. it can
> not
> > > find any channels
> > > > >
> > > > > How can i solve this problem
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Erik
> > > >
> > > > Hi Erik. Can you post some more info. Which
> card
> > > are you using?
> > > /sbin/lspci -v
> > > > will show this. Also can you post the relevant
> > > bits from dmesg, for
> > > when the
> > > > bttv stuff is loaded.
> > > >
> > > > Which FC version, and kernel are you using?
> > > >
> > > > I have an Hauppauge Win TV Express card, using
> > > bt878a driver. I'm in
> > > Northern
> > > > France, and can receive SECAM channels from
> > > France, PAL channels from
> > > > Belgiam, and PAL channels from the UK, all
> with an
> > > antenna, but have
> > > had to
> > > > set various options in /etc/modprobe.conf to
> get
> > > this card working.
> > > >
> > > > I havn't had much success with tvtime, and am
> > > using Xawtv, Xawdecode,
> > > or Kdetv
> > > > for viewing TV.
> > > >
> > > > It may also be worth posting to the
> video4linux
> > > list with this
> > > problem. they
> > > > can be a bit slow to answer as it's mainly a
> > > developers list
> > > > video4linux-list at redhat.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
> > > >
> > > > You need to register to post to the list.
> > > >
> > > > You need to be a bit patient. It took me
> between
> > > 2, and 3 weeks to get
> > > my card
> > > > working ok on different distros, and different
> > > kernels can cause a
> > > problem
> > > > too. At the moment I'm trying to get the card
> > > working on Debian Etch
> > > with a
> > > > 2.6.17-2-686 kernel. It works ok with the
> 2.6.8
> > > kernel, but some
> > > problems
> > > > with the 2.6.17 one. It all makes life
> > > interesting.
> > > >
> > > > Nigel.
> > > >
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=== message truncated ===
I first become superuser su -
and run lsmod and look for saa7134 module
[root at localhost ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 10305 1
zlib_deflate 23001 1 ppp_deflate
ppp_async 16577 1
crc_ccitt 6337 1 ppp_async
ppp_generic 32725 6 ppp_deflate,ppp_async
slhc 10817 1 ppp_generic
slamr 436904 2
ungrab_winmodem 6656 0
autofs4 25413 2
...............................
snd_pcm_oss 46561 0
saa7134 118177 0
video_buf 28997 1 saa7134
compat_ioctl32 5569 1 saa7134
ir_kbd_i2c 13265 1 saa7134
ir_common 32197 2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
videodev 27073 1 saa7134
v4l1_compat 16453 2 saa7134,videodev
v4l2_common 26305 2 saa7134,videodev
snd_mixer_oss 20545 1 snd_pcm_oss
via_rhine 29901 0
snd_pcm 80325 3
...., etc
uhci_hcd 27725 0
[root at localhost ~]#
run dmesg for relevant info
dmesg returns
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level,
low) -> IRQ 193
saa7130[0]: found at 0000:00:0b.0, rev: 1, irq: 193,
latency: 32, mmio: 0xee002000
saa7134: <rant>
saa7134: Congratulations! Your TV card vendor saved
a few
saa7134: cents for a eeprom, thus your pci board has
no
saa7134: subsystem ID and I can't identify it
automatically
saa7134: </rant>
saa7134: I feel better now. Ok, here are the good
news:
saa7134: You can use the card=<nr> insmod option to
specify
saa7134: which board do you have. The list:
saa7134: card=0 -> UNKNOWN/GENERIC
saa7134: card=1 -> Proteus Pro [philips reference
design] 1131:2001 1131:2001
saa7134: card=2 -> LifeView FlyVIDEO3000
5168:0138 4e42:0138
saa7134: card=3 -> LifeView/Typhoon FlyVIDEO2000
5168:0138 4e42:0138
saa7134: card=4 -> EMPRESS
1131:6752
saa7134: card=5 -> SKNet Monster TV
1131:4e85
saa7134: card=6 -> Tevion MD 9717
saa7134: card=7 -> KNC One TV-Station RDS / Typhoon
TV Tune 1131:fe01 1894:fe01
saa7134: card=8 -> Terratec Cinergy 400 TV
153b:1142
saa7134: card=9 -> Medion 5044
saa7134: card=10 -> Kworld/KuroutoShikou
SAA7130-TVPCI
saa7134: card=11 -> Terratec Cinergy 600 TV
153b:1143
saa7134: card=12 -> Medion 7134
16be:0003
saa7134: card=13 -> Typhoon TV+Radio 90031
saa7134: card=14 -> ELSA EX-VISION 300TV
1048:226b
saa7134: card=15 -> ELSA EX-VISION 500TV
1048:226a
saa7134: card=16 -> ASUS TV-FM 7134
1043:4842 1043:4830 1043:4840
saa7134: card=17 -> AOPEN VA1000 POWER
1131:7133
saa7134: card=18 -> BMK MPEX No Tuner
saa7134: card=19 -> Compro VideoMate TV
185b:c100
saa7134: card=20 -> Matrox CronosPlus
102b:48d0
saa7134: card=21 -> 10MOONS PCI TV CAPTURE CARD
1131:2001
saa7134: card=22 -> AverMedia M156 / Medion 2819
1461:a70b
saa7134: card=23 -> BMK MPEX Tuner
saa7134: card=24 -> KNC One TV-Station DVR
1894:a006
saa7134: card=25 -> ASUS TV-FM 7133
1043:4843
saa7134: card=26 -> Pinnacle PCTV Stereo (saa7134)
11bd:002b
saa7134: card=27 -> Manli MuchTV M-TV002/Behold TV
403 FM
saa7134: card=28 -> Manli MuchTV M-TV001/Behold TV
401
saa7134: card=29 -> Nagase Sangyo TransGear 3000TV
1461:050c
saa7134: card=30 -> Elitegroup ECS TVP3XP FM1216
Tuner Card( 1019:4cb4
saa7134: card=31 -> Elitegroup ECS TVP3XP FM1236
Tuner Card 1019:4cb5
saa7134: card=32 -> AVACS SmartTV
saa7134: card=33 -> AVerMedia DVD EZMaker
1461:10ff
saa7134: card=34 -> Noval Prime TV 7133
saa7134: card=35 -> AverMedia AverTV Studio 305
1461:2115
saa7134: card=36 -> UPMOST PURPLE TV
12ab:0800
saa7134: card=37 -> Items MuchTV Plus / IT-005
saa7134: card=38 -> Terratec Cinergy 200 TV
153b:1152
saa7134: card=39 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum Mini
5168:0212 4e42:0212
saa7134: card=40 -> Compro VideoMate TV PVR/FM
185b:c100
saa7134: card=41 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+
185b:c100
saa7134: card=42 -> Sabrent SBT-TVFM (saa7130)
saa7134: card=43 -> :Zolid Xpert TV7134
saa7134: card=44 -> Empire PCI TV-Radio LE
saa7134: card=45 -> Avermedia AVerTV Studio 307
1461:9715
saa7134: card=46 -> AVerMedia Cardbus TV/Radio
(E500) 1461:d6ee
saa7134: card=47 -> Terratec Cinergy 400 mobile
153b:1162
saa7134: card=48 -> Terratec Cinergy 600 TV MK3
153b:1158
saa7134: card=49 -> Compro VideoMate Gold+ Pal
185b:c200
saa7134: card=50 -> Pinnacle PCTV 300i DVB-T + PAL
11bd:002d
saa7134: card=51 -> ProVideo PV952
1540:9524
saa7134: card=52 -> AverMedia AverTV/305
1461:2108
saa7134: card=53 -> ASUS TV-FM 7135
1043:4845
saa7134: card=54 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum FM /
Gold 5168:0214 1489:0214 5168:0304
saa7134: card=55 -> LifeView FlyDVB-T DUO
5168:0306
saa7134: card=56 -> Avermedia AVerTV 307
1461:a70a
saa7134: card=57 -> Avermedia AVerTV GO 007 FM
1461:f31f
saa7134: card=58 -> ADS Tech Instant TV (saa7135)
1421:0350 1421:0351 1421:0370 1421:1370
saa7134: card=59 -> Kworld/Tevion V-Stream Xpert TV
PVR7134
saa7134: card=60 -> LifeView/Typhoon FlyDVB-T Duo
Cardbus 5168:0502 4e42:0502
saa7134: card=61 -> Philips TOUGH DVB-T reference
design 1131:2004
saa7134: card=62 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+II
saa7134: card=63 -> Kworld Xpert TV PVR7134
saa7134: card=64 -> FlyTV mini Asus Digimatrix
1043:0210
saa7134: card=65 -> V-Stream Studio TV Terminator
saa7134: card=66 -> Yuan TUN-900 (saa7135)
saa7134: card=67 -> Beholder BeholdTV 409 FM
0000:4091
saa7134: card=68 -> GoTView 7135 PCI
5456:7135
saa7134: card=69 -> Philips EUROPA V3 reference
design 1131:2004
saa7134: card=70 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T300
185b:c900
saa7134: card=71 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T200
185b:c901
saa7134: card=72 -> RTD Embedded Technologies
VFG7350 1435:7350
saa7134: card=73 -> RTD Embedded Technologies
VFG7330 1435:7330
saa7134: card=74 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum Mini2
14c0:1212
saa7134: card=75 -> AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180
1461:1044
saa7134: card=76 -> SKNet MonsterTV Mobile
1131:4ee9
saa7134: card=77 -> Pinnacle PCTV 40i/50i/110i
(saa7133) 11bd:002e
saa7134: card=78 -> ASUSTeK P7131 Dual
1043:4862
saa7134: card=79 -> Sedna/MuchTV PC TV Cardbus
TV/Radio (ITO
saa7134: card=80 -> ASUS Digimatrix TV
1043:0210
saa7134: card=81 -> Philips Tiger reference design
1131:2018
saa7134: card=82 -> MSI TV at Anywhere plus
1462:6231
saa7134: card=83 -> Terratec Cinergy 250 PCI TV
153b:1160
saa7134: card=84 -> LifeView FlyDVB Trio
5168:0319
saa7134: card=85 -> AverTV DVB-T 777
1461:2c05
saa7134: card=86 -> LifeView FlyDVB-T / Genius
VideoWonder D 5168:0301 1489:0301
saa7134: card=87 -> ADS Instant TV Duo Cardbus
PTV331 0331:1421
saa7134: card=88 -> Tevion/KWorld DVB-T 220RF
17de:7201
saa7134: card=89 -> ELSA EX-VISION 700TV
1048:226c
saa7134: card=90 -> Kworld ATSC110
17de:7350
saa7134: card=91 -> AVerMedia A169 B
1461:7360
saa7134: card=92 -> AVerMedia A169 B1
1461:6360
saa7134: card=93 -> Medion 7134 Bridge #2
16be:0005
saa7134: card=94 -> LifeView FlyDVB-T Hybrid Cardbus
5168:3306 5168:3502
saa7134: card=95 -> LifeView FlyVIDEO3000 (NTSC)
5169:0138
saa7130[0]: subsystem: 1131:0000, board:
UNKNOWN/GENERIC [card=0,autodetected]
saa7130[0]: board init: gpio is c000
saa7130[0]: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-5)?
saa7130[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7130[0]: registered device vbi0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] enabled at IRQ 22
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.5[C] -> Link [ALKC] ->
GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:11.5 to
64
after which I run
[root at localhost ~]# rmmod saa7134
[root at localhost ~]# modprobe saa7134 card=42
running dmesg again returns
saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
saa7130[0]: found at 0000:00:0b.0, rev: 1, irq: 193,
latency: 32, mmio: 0xee002000
saa7130[0]: subsystem: 1131:0000, board: Sabrent
SBT-TVFM (saa7130) [card=42,insmod option]
saa7130[0]: board init: gpio is c000
saa7130[0]: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-5)?
tuner 1-0060: All bytes are equal. It is not a TEA5767
tuner 1-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (saa7130[0])
tuner 1-0060: type set to 17 (Philips NTSC_M (MK2))
saa7130[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7130[0]: registered device vbi0
saa7130[0]: registered device radio0
and now tvtime works fine.
when finishing watching TV, I have to rmmod saa7134
because sound continues on, even without picture. I
can live with that. Try to find relevant information
for your tv card and try the given advice.
Regards,
Antonio
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