[mythtv-users] WinTV GO

[Ray Olszewski]

At 08:31 AM 10/23/2003 -0600, Jonathon.Schmidt at sasktel.sk.ca wrote:

>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.
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>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]
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>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.

Then you need to re-read Jarod's earlier reply, this time more carefully.

You said below that you are using a "new" WinTV Go card. Earlier this year, 
Hauppauge changed this card from using a bttv-compatible chipset to a 
different one, one that requires a different kernel driver. Jared's reply 
(retained below) tells you what you need to do. Short version: the bttv 
driver very probably is wrong for this card; it needs the cx88 driver (or 
you need a different vidcap card).

>Unfortunately I still am not sure why I get the "couldn't open /dev/video0
>to probe its sources" in mythtv setup
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>Help please
>Jon
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>Top-posting rearranged to protect the innocent...
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> > From: Jonathon.Schmidt at sasktel.sk.ca
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> > Im just starting out, I got my new WinTV GO card, and Im trying to
> > run it on redhat9.
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> > 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?
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>On Wednesday, Oct 22, 2003, at 15:07 US/Pacific, Patrick M. Gray, Jr.
>wrote:
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> > 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
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> > kernel.
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>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).
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>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... :-\
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>Take a peek on the card itself. You should see either a Conexant Fusion
>878A chip, or a Conexant cx2388x chip.
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