On Saturday 22 July 2006 01:55, Randall Hand wrote: > Ok, now I'm really confused.. (fyi, this is reposted on my website at > http://www.yeraze.com/article.php/20060721110952288) > > Ok, first the 'lspci -v': > 00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video > Capture (rev 11) > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4500 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 > Memory at df000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] > Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data > Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2 > > 00:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture > (rev 11) > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4500 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 > Memory at df001000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] > Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data > Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version > > And some of the dmesg: > Linux video capture interface: v1.00 > bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded > bttv: snapshot date 2005-11-09 > bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture > bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled. > bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). > PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:0b.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:0b.1 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:13.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:13.1 > bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0b.0, irq: 11, latency: 32, mmio: > 0xdf000000 > bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV/PVR [card=80], PCI subsystem ID is > 0070:4500 > bttv0: using: Hauppauge WinTV PVR [card=80,autodetected] > bttv0: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty) > bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init] > bttv0: no altera firmware [via hotplug] > tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 45231, rev D323, serial# 4265462 > tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1236 (idx 23, type 2) > tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08) > tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP3435 (idx 10) > tveeprom 1-0050: has radio > bttv0: using tuner=2 > 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: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found > tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (bt878 #0 [sw]) > tuner 1-0061: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) > bttv0: registered device video0 > bttv0: registered device vbi0 > bttv0: registered device radio0 > bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok > bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded > bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0). > PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:0b.1 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:0b.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:13.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:13.1 > bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0b.1, irq: 11, latency: 32, memory: > 0xdf001000 > *(snip)* > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== > ivtv: version 0.4.3 (tagged release) loading > ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0 > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between > ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with > ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. > ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV =================== > > As for the card, the main tuner has a huge sticker with the following on > it: NTSC > 45231 Rev D323 > WinTV Copyright 1998 Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc > > Some of the chipset information: > "Conexant" Fusion 878A, 25878-13 > "Altera" FLEX EPF6016ATC144-3 > "Analog Devices" ADSP2185M, KST-300, ERDA5379A-2.1 > "Vision Tech" Kfir VTKFIRL01, 09K2380 PQ > > And across the top of the card: > Hauppauge! Computer Works, Inc. 450000-05 (c)2000 > > So wtf is this? I see the BT878 chipset, but it's a hauppauge?
With this information i found a picture of the card at http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/bttv/bttv-gallery.html and if it is this one it's without any mpeg capabiltiys this one is a "ordinary" TV card :( greets, Paul > On 7/21/06, Paul Zirnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 21 July 2006 04:42, Randall Hand wrote: > > > Sorry if this has been asked before, but Google hasn't been much help > > > to > > > > me > > > > > so far. > > > > > > I'm fairly new to all this TV stuff in Linux, and I'm trying to get a > > > MythTV rig up and running. I've got an old Hauppauge PVR-250 in a > > > "MythDora" (Fedora) both, fresh install. The lspci show this Hauppauge > > > > as > > > > > a "Brooktree BT878", and seems no matter what I do it loads upt he bttv > > > > & > > > > > bt878 drivers. It loads the ivtv drivers as well but they dont' seem to > > > actually do anything. Manually unloading everything and reloading ivtv > > > > & > > > > > videodev leaves me without any /dev/video0. The bt878 drivers work > > > just fine, but seem to be completely software based while I had really > > > hoped > > > > for > > > > > hardware MPEG encoder acceleration. > > > > > > Am I missing something? I'm using MythDora 2.1 and that comes with ivtv > > > 0.4.3. I thought all Hauppauge cards had on-board acceleration for use > > > with the ivtv chipset, but did the older ones not? > > > > Are you 100% sure it's a pvr-250 ? > > > > Normaly a pvr-250 should show something like with lspci: > > > > 02:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 > > (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR 250 > > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 217 > > Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] > > Capabilities: <access denied> > > > > a Brooktree BT878 is only a "normal" TV-Card without any mpeg capability > > like > > i have in a second machine and lspci shows: > > > > 01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video > > Capture > > (rev 11) > > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV Series > > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 209 > > Memory at d3000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] > > Capabilities: <access denied> > > > > > > greets, > > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ivtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
