[mythtv-users] Multiple Tuner Cards -- Setup Question

Gary geekofalltrades at shaw.ca
Tue Jul 22 22:49:38 EDT 2003


----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Greene" <tnagreene at yahoo.com>
To: <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Multiple Tuner Cards -- Setup Question


> Hi,
>
> I cannot get a second tuner card to work on my mythtv
> system.  The original (working) card is a Hauppauge
> PVR 250 card, the second card is a"KWorld Mpeg TV"
> card based on the Bt878 chipset.  Redhat 9 detects the
> Bt878 card, and uses the bttv driver.
>
> In short, I'm getting a "readee error" message when
> loading modules for the new card.  Also, the PVR250
> card is now on /dev/video1 (instead of video0) and no
> longer can be accessed either.
>
> I suspect my problem is setting up modules.conf.
> Below are the modules.conf file and dmesg output.  Any
> help would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Todd
>
>
> modules.conf:
>
> # STUFF I ADDED FOR BT CAPTURE CARD
> alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
> alias char-major-81 bttv
> options bttv fieldnr=1
> #alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> alias sound-slot-1 btaudio
> alias sound-service-1-0 btaudio
> alias sound-slot-2 bttv
> alias sound-service-2-0 tvmixer
> pre-install bttv modprobe tvmixer
> pre-install tvmixer modprobe tvaudio
> options tvmixer devnr=2
> options btaudio dsp1=1 dsp2=2 mixer=1
> # END OF STUFF FOR BT CAPURE CARD
>
> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> alias char-major-195 nvidia
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> options ivtv debug=1
> options tuner type=2
> options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner lirc_dev lirc_i2c
>
> "dmesg | grep bttv" returns:
>
> -------------------------------------
> bttv: driver version 0.7.104 loaded
> bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for
> capture
> bttv: Host bridge is Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX -
> 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
> bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled.
> bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0f.0, irq: 11, latency:
> 64, mmio: 0xee003000
> bttv0: using: BT878( *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC **)
> [card=0,autodetected]
> bttv0: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty)
> bttv: readee error
> bttv0: using tuner=-1
> 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: registered device video0
> bttv0: registered device vbi0
> tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC
> (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) [insmod]
> tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC
> (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) [insmod]
>
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Hello;



Just a quick readthru seems to point to a load of bttv as char-major 81 but
should be 81-0, whilst ivtv should be 81-1. Might want to ll /dev/video* to
check tho. I have the same setup - if you want i can post my modules.conf.



./gary



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