[mythtv-users] WinTV GO

Thu Oct 23 09:31:46 EDT 2003

Hey all,
Thanks for the input,
I looked at my lsmod and this was the output, along with other info i
edited out for this message.

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
tuner                  11808   1  (autoclean)
tvaudio                15068   0  (autoclean) (unused)
bttv                   74176   0  (unused)
i2c-algo-bit            8872   1  [bttv]
i2c-core               19172   0  [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit]
videodev                8288   2  [bttv]

I also looked in my hardware browser, where I saw under video capture
devices, a bt878 Video capture using driver bttv.
I donno, as far as I can tell this all looks ok.
Unfortunately I still am not sure why I get the "couldn't open /dev/video0
to probe its sources" in mythtv setup

Help please
Jon

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Top-posting rearranged to protect the innocent...

> From: Jonathon.Schmidt at sasktel.sk.ca

> Im just starting out, I got my new WinTV GO card, and Im trying to
> run it on redhat9.
>
> I did not build a driver into the kernel.  How do I do this?
> I know it does need the bttv module, but I think I have this.
> How do I do the check?

On Wednesday, Oct 22, 2003, at 15:07 US/Pacific, Patrick M. Gray, Jr.
wrote:

> Lsmod will list the modules you have loaded.  Look for bttv and tuner.
> If you don't have them, check the redhat documentation on how to build
> a
> kernel.

Beware. Some newer WinTV Go cards aren't bt8x8-based anymore. They use
a newer Conexant 2388x chipset, that is NOT supported by the bttv
driver (but is supported by the cx88 driver, but it is VERY alpha
quality right now).

Oh yeah, and you should never have to build a bttv module for Red Hat.
They include it in the distro, and the card should be auto-detected by
kudzu. My guess is that you have a cx2388x-based version of the WinTV
Go... :-\

Take a peek on the card itself. You should see either a Conexant Fusion
878A chip, or a Conexant cx2388x chip.

--Jarod

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