bttv tuner card try number 2

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Mon Sep 5 23:04:41 EDT 2005


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Frank Kumro wrote:

>No it does not. I get the same problem where the card is not showing a
>picture but it is detected. However it still says its suppose to use
>the saa7134 driver. I load the bttv driver with the options in
>modprobe.conf and yet xawtv -hwscan still returned
>
>/dev/video0: OK                         [ -device /dev/video0 ]
>    type : v4l2
>    name : UNKNOWN/GENERIC
>    flags: overlay capture tuner
>
>Which will not work. Should I try the saa7134 driver with the same options?
>
>On 9/5/05, Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
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>>Does it work?
>>
>>Frank Kumro wrote:
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>>>Alright well i really want to get this card working so I am back to
>>>fedora core 3. I figured this is a common distro here and it will make
>>>it easier for everyone to help. This is what I have done so far. I
>>>have added the following lines to my /etc/modprobe.conf
>>>
>>>alias char-major-81-0   bttv
>>>options bttv card=2 radio=1
>>>options tuner type=2
>>>
>>>However xawtv -hwscan still says the device is UNKNOWN/GENERIC
>>>I enter the kde hardware browser and it lists my capture device as
>>>Philips Semiconductors SAA713X Audio+video broadcast decoder
>>>Manufacturer: Unknown
>>>Driver saa7134
>>>
>>>Anymore ideas? Why does FC3 say to use the saa7134 driver?
>>>
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