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Sabrent PCI TV Tuner / Video capture with FM & Remote Control
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1 21995 12-17-2009
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No recommendations $49.99 7.0



Description: An analog TV tuner with S-Video and VGA input based on the saa7134 chipsset and without built-in audio support (a cable to use the audio card line-in is included).
Keywords: PCI TV Tuner / Video capture with FM & Remote Control
/sbin/lspci output: 02:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
Chipset: saa7134
Connection Type: PCI


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Old 12-17-2009, 10:42 PM   #1
Elv13
 
Registered: Apr 2006
Distribution: Gentoo
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Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid? (in USD): $49.99 | Rating: 7

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.31-14-generic
Distribution: Ubuntu/Gentoo



After a kernel patch (merged in Linux 2.6.28), 40 hours of configuration and a lot of head-hake, it work! This device totally lack any kind of plug and play support. I had to figure out what tuner and card type I had by hand (and mine was not even support at that time). The audio configuration is also a mess, I had to fork the line channel to a new virtual /dev/dsp to have something working.

On the bright side, the picture and audio quality are great. Perfect for my MythTv setup.

/etc/modprobe.d/saa7134.conf:
Code:
options saa7134 card=121 tuner=9
 




  



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