Ben,
Ive Got TV! I got it working last night. The last lissue with the color and
alignment was due to using PAL, not NTSC. (previously I had no luck with
NTSC, but was getting something on PAL. I have a new issue with losing the
mouse under X... it used to happen once in a while, but with the tv tuner, it
happens daily. Ive discoverd -noxv, I have to use that (or -remote) because
my video chipset doesnt support overlay. Overlay is nice because it does
little to no processing, just sends whats on the channel to the screen.
At 550 mhz its boarderline (uses a lot of cpu, sometimes more than it can
handle...) Its working pretty well right now, but it de-stablizes this
machine pretty bad. Ive locked the computer up about 50 times in the last few
days...
The good news its it looks much better under linux. I lose some features of
the windows baseed software (I especially miss the remote control) but xawtv
has features that the windows software doesnt. 6, 1/2 dozen...
Anyway its working, I like it, but causes some crashing...
Tips for anyone looking to setup a tuner card.
First edit your modules.conf with:
# TV
alias char-major-81 bttv
pre-install bttv modprobe -k tuner
options bttv radio=0 card=38
options tuner type=5
(note, your tuner may need different values, but you willwant bttv, and tuner
modules to load.)
Load modules
modprobe bttv
(note: bttv will load up the other modules you need (tuner, tvaudio,
i2c-algo-bit, i2c-core, videodev)
Get the most current version of xawtv (version 3.73 is currently current).
Launch xawtv (be prepared for it to lock the computer up... it will likely
happen a few times before you get your settings right!)
If you have issues like image not right, black and white, mis-alignment,
check to make sure your using the right TV norm (pal, ntsc, ...)
If it locks up, try using the -noxv, or the -remote parm (this disables
overlay mode, which will lock the comptuer depending on the video hardware.
use scantv to setup your chanels. You will probably want to edit them later
(mine needs the tuning offset by 14... so I edited my .xawtv file and made a
lot of changes. There is a channel editor, but I like a text editor better...)
Enjoy TV under linux :)
Jamie
On Sunday 07 April 2002 21:15, you wrote:
> Jamie, have you tried xawtv?
> Here's my .xawtv file, may it help you
> and good luck!!
> changing the window size rocks; it only uses the processor for a sec to
> resize, then it's all CPUless entertainment. I switch to email,
> browser, and a few terminals during commercials. I also enjoy the
> gkrellm volume plugin, to I have easy mixer access on the sie of the
> screen... but now I am assuming that you use X; I just found out (at
> EFN's open house) that Larry uses only text-mode there at work. I can
> work like that, but don't often : ) Remote X via ssh...
> One thing, with the xawtv program -- I noticed I'd have to start it in a
> "-noxv" mode (as in no xv lib usage), so get image capture and video
> recording to work at all. : / Then, in the past few months, when I
> tried that mode it was in B & W, maybe like your situation?
> I did look at one avi I saved, and wasn't impressed as not only were
> noticable frames lost, but the colormapping was screwy, yuck. Haven't
> ever used it under windoze! Lemme know how your adventures pan out.
>
> cheers
> -ben
>
> On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 16:52, Linux Rocks ! wrote:
> > I dont think I can? how would I do that?
> > BTW, Ive got it working, but it looks crappy, black and white, and the
> > image doesnt fit the window right (top is cut off, and bottom has part of
> > another channel.) but Im close.
> >
> > Jamie
