[mythtv-users] RE: Pixelview BT878P+

blefevre at ida.net blefevre at ida.net
Fri Jul 9 14:53:43 EDT 2004


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> On Friday 09 July 2004 13:36, Tony Harmelink wrote:
> > On Friday 09 July 2004 00:15, you wrote:
> > > Tony Harmelink wrote:
> > > > Excuse the noob question, but how do i edit the module options for
> > > > bttv?
> > > >
> > > > The card is a revision 9D
> > > >
> > > > The results of dmesg | grep bttv
> > > >
> > > > bttv: driver version 0.9.14 loaded
> > > > bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
> > > > bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> > > > bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0a.0, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio:
> > > > 0xdc000000 bttv0: using:  *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** 
> > > > [card=0,autodetected] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000
> > > > in=00ffc0ff [init]
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > - --
> > > > It's not my fault the earth is flying around a giant nuclear explosion
> > > > in the sky!
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> > > > .
> > >
> > > For Gentoo the file is (create it if it is not there)
> > >   /etc/modules.d/bttv
> > > which contains
> > >
> > > options bttv        card=72 tuner=2
> > >
> > > Then you run the module update script (modules-update)
> > >
> > >
> > > also before you do this you ought to try it by hand uninstall the bttv
> > > module and restart it
> > >
> > > --uninstal
> > >
> > > rmmod bttv
> > >
> > > --install by hand
> > >
> > > modprobe bttv card=72 tuner=2
> > >
> > > If card 72 doesn't work try card 70 or 37(I think)  (look in your kernel
> > > source directroy under the bttv stuff that has a card list.)
> > >
> > > I had to hack my card's info to get audio working but it may work fine
> > > for you (I have 2 other pixelview cards that just worked)  If you have a
> > > question on that let me know.
> >
> > Thanks for the help.  I now at least have some sort of recognisable
> > picture. Is there any way to fine tune the picture? all i seem to get is a
> > fuzzy, choppy (3-4 FPS), grayscale picture.  and still no audio even with
> > the line in patched through.   I am recompiling my kernel with a more
> > things modularised.  i did have bttv in both my kernel and module and that
> > might be causing problems like david said.
> The recompile with more modules had helped i now have color picture, but
st> ill 
> no sound. here is the latest lsmod
> 
> Module                  Size  Used by
> nvidia               4818484  0
> via82cxxx_audio        27784  0
> uart401                 9732  1 via82cxxx_audio
> sound                  77096  2 via82cxxx_audio,uart401
> ac97_codec             17100  1 via82cxxx_audio
> btaudio                15696  0
> snd_via82xx            25508  2
> snd_ac97_codec         66884  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_mpu401_uart         6912  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_rawmidi            21668  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_oss            33472  0
> snd_seq_midi_event      6848  1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq                53776  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_seq_device          7240  3 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> snd_pcm_oss            50472  0
> snd_pcm                89732  3 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_page_alloc          9480  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> snd_timer              23172  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd_mixer_oss          18240  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd                    50852  15 
>
snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_>
midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_o> ss
> tvaudio                20684  0
> bttv                  144332  0
> video_buf              17092  0
> v4l2_common             5376  0
> btcx_risc               4232  0
> soundcore               8224  5 via82cxxx_audio,sound,btaudio,snd,bttv
> tuner                  17100  0
> msp3400                22036  0
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t> he 
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I had trouble with sound also.  Which card are you using? (72 or 70 or 37)
can you get any other audio sounds out of your computer?
If you plug your speakers into the tv card instead of the computer do you
gget any sound?

If you get regular audio through your computer and sound out of the back of
the capture card you have to play with alsa mixer to get it to work.  Make
sure your linein or mic line is not muted and volume is up.  (also set the
capture using space bar to the correct input)

If that still doesn't work I have a hacked bttvcards file that will fixed
it for
me.



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