[mythtv-users] RE: Pixelview BT878P+

Tony Harmelink Ace at Acescrypt.us
Fri Jul 9 18:02:23 EDT 2004


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On Friday 09 July 2004 01:53, you wrote:
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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
> > > > >
> > > > > - --
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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
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> 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
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> > 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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> 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.
I am using card 72.
I can get music from xmms and MythMusic
i get VERY faint sound from the back of the card after going through a inline 
amp pumped to the max.
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It's not my fault the earth is flying around a giant nuclear explosion in the 
sky!
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