Re: Pinnacle PCTV pro settings

suriya mohan Mon, 07 Jul 2003 08:46:32 -0700

Hi, I think u would have not scanned for channels which is very important. Execute "scantv -o .xawtv". U'r arguments to "bttv" and "tuner" driver modules is not correct.Follow the steps in the attachment. Confirm the hardware by executing "xawtv -hwscan".

With Regards,
S.Suriya Mohan.
India.

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 Donald Tournier wrote :

Hi,

I'm trying to get my newly purchased Pinnacle PCTV pro card working

under

Linux. It works fine under windows, although it took me a while to

work

out that I was supposed to use the PAL-I standard since I live in the

UK.

Under Linux, it looks like the modules work fine, but xawtv displays a blue screen. I read somewhere that this means that the card works

fine but

needs further configuration. I'm no expert with TV cards - this is the first time I try one. Maybe someone can help me to find the

appropriate

settings?

I've attached all the information about the system that I thought

could

possibly be useful at the bottom of this email.
Thanks for your help,
Donald.

====================================================== uname -a ====================================================== Linux linux 2.4.20-4GB-athlon #1 Mon Mar 17 17:56:47 UTC 2003 i686

unknown

unknown GNU/Linux

====================================================== lspci -v ====================================================== 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host

Bridge

        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 8
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (prog-if

00

[Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: dde00000-dfefffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: cdd00000-ddcfffff Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11) Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV pro (TV + FM stereo receiver) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at dddfe000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

00:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio

Capture

(rev 11) Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV pro (TV + FM stereo receiver, audio section) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at dddff000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738

(rev 10)

Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown

device 5900

Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:0d.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20376 (rev

02)

Subsystem: Promise Technology, Inc.: Unknown device 6620 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 96, IRQ 10

I/O

ports at ec00 [size=64] I/O ports at e800 [size=16] I/O ports at e400 [size=128] Memory at dffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Memory at dffc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

00:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller

Flags:

bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 Memory at dfffe800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] I/O ports at dc00 [size=128] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown

device 585b

Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at dffe0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device. Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+

Queue=0/3

Enable-

00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if

00

[UHCI])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if

00

[UHCI])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if

00

[UHCI])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)

(prog-if

20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at dfffe700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000
        Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC

Bus

Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 Bus Master
ATA133/100/66/33 IDE
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device

0322

(rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Unknown device 1682:1280 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 11 Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Expansion ROM at dfee0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0
======================================================
/etc/modules.conf (relevant section)
======================================================
alias char-major-81-0 bttv
alias char-major-81-1 off
alias char-major-81-2 off
alias char-major-81-3 off
options bttv card=52
options tuner pal=i
options tda9887 pal=i
====================================================== dmesg (relevant sections) ====================================================== Linux video capture interface: v1.00 i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module version 2.7.0 (20021208) bttv: driver version 0.7.105 loaded bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for capture bttv: Host bridge is VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host

Bridge

bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:07.0, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio:

0xdddfe000

bttv0: detected: Pinnacle PCTV [card=39], PCI subsystem ID is

11bd:0012

bttv0: using: BT878(Pinnacle PCTV Studio Pr) [card=52,insmod option] i2c-algo-bit.o: Adapter: bt848 #0 scl: 1 sda: 1 -- testing... i2c-algo-bit.o:1 scl: 1 sda: 0 i2c-algo-bit.o:2 scl: 1 sda: 1 i2c-algo-bit.o:3 scl: 0 sda: 1 i2c-algo-bit.o:4 scl: 1 sda: 1 i2c-algo-bit.o: bt848 #0 passed test. msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3410G-B11 +nicam +simple +radio msp3410: daemon started tvaudio: found pic16c54 (PV951) tda9887: probing bt848 #0 i2c adapter [id=0x10005] tuner: probing bt848 #0 i2c adapter [id=0x10005] tuner: chip found @ 0xc0 bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found bttv0: pinnacle/mt: id=2 info="PAL+SECAM / stereo" radio=yes bttv0: using tuner=33 tuner: type set to 33 (MT2032 universal) MT2032: Companycode=3cbf Part=42 Revision=46 not a MT2032. bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok bttv0: registered device video0 bttv0: registered device vbi0 bttv0: registered device radio0

====================================================== dmesg after running xawtv (once for each attempt to view a channel) ====================================================== mt2032: re-init PLLs by LINT mt2032: re-init PLLs by LINT MT2032 Fatal Error: PLLs didn't lock.
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Title: TV Tuner on Linux




Quick TV Card Configuration Guide for Linux
                                              
HOME
By Manish Kumar Arya




Requirements




	A TV Tuner
	Card
	
A Linux box
	with working X-windows
	
bttv package
	
xawtv program
	
and a lots of
	patience 
	
	
Screen Shot







Check for TV Card on Machine



A TV tuner card is
installed on PCI Slots on Computer. To check for TV Tuner Card on
your Computer run 'lspci'



$lspci | grep
-i bt



[EMAIL PROTECTED]
manish]# /sbin/lspci | grep -i bt
01:0a.0
Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 02)
01:0a.1
Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev
02)




basically bbtv can work for Bt848 and Bt878 chip sets and some other
chip sets also





another way to check for TV card prsence is to use hard ware
detection option of xawtv program





run 

$xawtv -hwscan



[EMAIL PROTECTED]
manish]$ xawtv -hwscan
This is
xawtv-3.73, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.18-3)
looking for
available devices
port 67-67
    type :
Xvideo, image scaler
    name : I810
Video Overlay



/dev/video0: OK
                        [ -device /dev/video0 ]
    type : v4l
    name :
BT878(Pixelview PlayTV (bt878)
    flags:
overlay capture tuner




if you able to find TV Tuner card on your PC then you need to specify
many parameters for bttv driver module to correcty work for your
card.
These Parameters are



1.Card Type
This is basically your TV Cards Brand
Name and model name and can easily be
know from manual of you TV Card
A complete list of cards supported is
listed in 

'/usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST'



2.Tuner Type
for this you need to reffer manual of
your TV Card or open your PC cabinet, plug out TV card and check
names like 'Philips, Tunic, Alps, LG'. 

A complete list of supported tuner can
be found in 

'/usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST'



Configuration



now make a shell
script that will load drivers for TV card



#!/bin/bash
#load_tv_drivers
/sbin/modprobe tuner type=5 debug=1
/sbin/modprobe bttv card=16
audiomux=0 automute=1



lets analyse above
script word by word



/sbin/modprobe
this command is used to insert loadable kernel modules including supporting modules.Tuner 
is the name of driver for TV tuner and it is loaded for tuner of type
5(see   '/usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST' for
tuner types like 5 is for Philips PAL) and debug=1 turns on debuging



bttv is
main kernel module required for TV card to work option "card=" is used to specify Brand of TV card you have (like card=16
is for PixelView BT878). Option audiomux=<0,1,2,3,4,5> is used
to specify sound source ( 0-Tuner, 1-Radio, 2-external, 3-internal,4-
mute,5- stereo) . for example audiomux=0 specifies that audio input
is from tuner to sound card.(refer 
'/usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Sound-FAQ'
for more information)



For more options
for modules reffer
'/usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-Options' 




You can save above
script and call it from /etc/rc.local to load drivers at boot time
by adding a line in
/etc/rc.local



//load_tv_drivers




an alternative to this way of loading modules is to add an entry for
your TV card drivers in /etc/modules.conf



Now you are
ready to launch TV viewing program




on X-window run xawtv from a terminal (like xterm)





now tune channels 


run scantv command




$scantv -o
.xawtv





it will prompt you for

for TV norm selection

select one like PAL TV norm works in India

next you are prompted for frequency table 

select
one according to your geographic location, if you dont find your
location in table list dont panic, try existing some other frequency
tables. 


like for India  europe-west works





.xawtv file is default setting file for xawtv program for a user. To
make a global file you can specify /etc/xawtvrc file in scantv -o
option





if you are not able to tune channels in first go, dont give up try
other frequency tables and/or TV norms





once you have tuned channels, next you need to give some name to
channels(optional) and fine tune them( if needed)

some weak signal channels are missed during scan. You can add them
later





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