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 Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:49 am Post subject: Someone who has there bttv card working in 2.6 read this! |
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I have been battling with linux for about 2 months now trying to get my ATI TV Wonder card to work. It works, except for the tuner part of it. I am using the kernel from www.kernel.org, and it is version 2.6.2.
All i am asking is for someone who has there card working to please post all there files [/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, etc], the steps they took [what they compiled into the kernel], etc. I really dont know what todo right now. Im so lost, and i feel like i have tried everything  .
Please, anyone, this is a desperate cry to watch TV while developing free software. Hehe.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| What exactly doesn't work with the tuner? Which program do you use for watching tv? (I recommend tvtime) I have a bttv card (Hauppage) and it doesn't differ from installing it in 2.4. I just compiled all bttv references in the kernelconfig into the kernel (not as a module) and it just worked. When I'm home I'll see if I can post more detailed info about the kernel config. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:12 am Post subject: |
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I have the same card running with 2.6.5-rc2-mm5. All the drivers are built as modules, since you have to pass an option to the module for the tuner to work correctly. Otherwise, you get a black and white picture and all the channels are off by one.
For drivers, you need v4l, bttv, i2c_algo_bit and (optionally) snd_bt87x. Then, the last two lines of my /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 are:
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tuner type=2
bttv card=63
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I also like tvtime for viewing. It seems to work the best of the several apps I have tried. If you still have problems try a newer kernel.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:21 pm Post subject: This is how i did it |
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I merged the newest kernel (gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) whith this config-options, and all i have to do is a 'modprobe bttv' to get xawtv to find the device (pinacle pctv)
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# I2C support
CONFIG_I2C=y
# I2C Algorithms
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=m
# Multimedia devices
CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=y
# Video For Linux
# Video Adapters
CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_TUNER=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_BUF=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_BTCX=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_IR=m
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Hope it helps
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:56 pm Post subject: I may have the solution... |
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| my ATI TV Wonder VE didn't work under development-sources<=2.6.2 but did under development-sources >=2.6.3. Also be sure to compile in i2c and the audio capture driver under ALSA. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe because im using 2.6.2 its not working. I have tried lower versions of 2.6 and the same thing happens, which is nothing  . I will compile 2.6.5, and if it doesn't work i will post all of my config files, and maybe find out what im doing wrong.
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I tried to get 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 to work, but it was freezing at boot. I tried 2.6.4-kernel-r2, and it worked, except for my tv tuner . Here is all my files that have things todo with my bttv card.
KERNEL CONFIGURATION
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<M> I2C support
<M> I2C device interface
I2C Algorithms --->
--- I2C bit-banging interfaces
<M> I2C PCF 8584 interfaces
<M> Video For Linux
--- Video Adapters
<M> BT848 Video For Linux
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dmesg | grep bttv
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bttv: driver version 0.9.12 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0a.0, irq: 22, latency: 32, mmio: 0xf47fe000
bttv0: detected: ATI TV Wonder [card=63], PCI subsystem ID is 1002:0001
bttv0: using: ATI TV-Wonder [card=63,insmod option]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
bttv0: using tuner=2
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... 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
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
bttv0: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
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dmesg | grep tuner
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bttv0: using tuner=2
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) by bt878 #0 [sw]
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lsmod
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Module Size Used by
nvidia 1704108 6
sg 31776 0
tuner 18060 0
msp3400 23188 0
bttv 144492 0
video_buf 18052 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 9992 1 bttv
v4l2_common 6016 1 bttv
btcx_risc 5000 1 bttv
i2c_core 20100 4 tuner,msp3400,bttv,i2c_algo_bit
videodev 8832 1 bttv
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/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
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bttv card=63 tuner=2 # just a side note: i have tried variations of this.
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This is all i have put in, and i have seen people with less get it working . So im stumped.
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The only thing I see different than my setup is the modules.autoload file. Each module must be on a separate line and mine only works when the tuner is loaded first.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ya i have tried that too. It doesn't seem to work either.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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// bump \\
ok so im using kernel 2.6.6 now, and same no workie from my bttv card.
here is my lsmod again
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lsmod
Module Size Used by
nvidia 2072904 12
sg 31136 0
snd_seq_midi 7584 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 7936 0
snd_emux_synth 36608 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 7040 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 7808 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_emu10k1 93828 2 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 21664 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 61956 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_util_mem 4480 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 8480 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_oss 33664 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7424 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 53136 8 snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 7816 7 snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 49956 0
snd_pcm 87968 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 9988 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_timer 23428 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 18816 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 47972 18 snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
tuner 18316 0
msp3400 23188 0
bttv 146604 0
video_buf 17796 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 9992 1 bttv
v4l2_common 6016 1 bttv
btcx_risc 5000 1 bttv
i2c_core 20100 4 tuner,msp3400,bttv,i2c_algo_bit
videodev 8704 1 bttv
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could someone post there so i can compare them
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
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bttv card=63 tuner=2 # just a side note: i have tried variations of this.
This is all i have put in, and i have seen people with less get it working . So im stumped. |
Try changing this line to just "bttv" and then create a file /etc/modules.d/bttv with the following in it:
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alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
alias char-major-81 bttv
options bttv card=63
options tuner type=2
post-install bttv modprobe tuner; modprobe videodev
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Then run:
and reboot.
This is assuming that those are the correct vard and tuner numbers. I dunno if this is the case as my card is a pinnacle card. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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That does not work either. Im really in a stump here .
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| Not sure if this will help you, but the later TV Wonder cards (the Pro at least), use the CX88 driver, not the BTTV driver. |
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 2:04 am Post subject: |
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Well i had it working before, and everything works BUT the tuner part.
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 2:42 am Post subject: |
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I have it working with latest love sources. I have BT878 support built into my kernel, it gets detected perfectly at boot.
here is my config:
http://www.youhavechoice.com/config
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I tried the latest love sources [2.6.6], but it still never worked. I never had it built in to my kernel though.
Update:
With using everything that your kernel config shows, except for bttv as a module, it still does not work. I have no clue what to do anymore .
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 4:16 am Post subject: ati tv wonder card=64 tuner type=17 |
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just thought id add my 1 cent. I have the same card.Bought it about 3 months ago.
I pass on these options in the /etc/modules.autoload.d.........
options bttv radio=0 card=64
options tuner type=17
I use these options and my tv card works fine ..if you use TVtime you should have RTC enabled in your kernel......
If you look at bttv documents you will see that the ati tv wohder uses card=64
and by default linux sets the tuner at type=19..wich is pal...type=17 is ntsc |
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 4:17 am Post subject: |
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I have always been setting it to type 2. Thats what i have alwayss seen. I will try it and get back to you.
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 5:01 am Post subject: |
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Changing the tuner type to 17 does not work. It is NTSC, but its like NTSC_M. Whatever that is.
My config is at http://8dn.com/~bmilleker/_OTHER/.config
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 7:01 am Post subject: |
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why dont you try build in instead of mudule ?
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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I cant because it detects the tuner wrong. It sets it too 19, which is pal.
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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ok, but cant you change tv norm with tv-viewer? i can.
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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When my box boots up it also detects my tv-wonder with pal:
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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 2) at 0000:01:06.0, irq: 11, latency: 32, mmio: 0xd0001000
bttv0: detected: ATI TV Wonder [card=63], PCI subsystem ID is 1002:0001
bttv0: using: ATI TV-Wonder [card=63,autodetected]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
bttv0: using tuner=19
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... 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
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3445G-B8 +nicam +simple +radio
msp3410: daemon started
tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver
tvaudio: known chips: tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874h/a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951),ta8874z
cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.3 loaded
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type set to 19 (Temic PAL* auto (4006 FN5)) by b
t878 #0 [sw]
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but all i got to do is change it with the app i am watching tv with... no problem there for me, so humor me and try it.
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It does not work.
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