FlyVideo3000 on Ubuntu, HOW TO?????

abenavar · 04-03-2007, 11:51 AM

Hi, I'm trying to make work my tv card, a FlyVideo3000, but I just don't know how now, I've trying everything...

This is my lspci output:
andrea@andrea-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express Memory Controller Hub
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express PCI Express Root Port
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 01)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]
05:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 10)
05:05.0 Modem: Intel Corporation FA82537EP 56K V.92 Data/Fax Modem PCI (rev 04)
05:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) LAN Controller (rev 01)

What should I do?, Give me some help, please

I'm working on Ubuntu, and my kernel is 2.6.17-11-generic

Thanks!
:

GrapefruiTgirl · 04-04-2007, 08:55 AM

Could you do the command 'lsmod' and post the results of it here please?
It shows the device in the lspci you posted, but we must see if the modules required to run it are installed.
You will likely need v4l (video-for-linux) to use the device. If you use a stock kernel, the support may already be made, and just need to be inserted into the kernel.
Anyhow, post us the lsmod output, and we'll go from there

Alternately, go here:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_saa7134
for a complete tutorial on what's required to enable support for your card

abenavar · 04-04-2007, 05:35 PM

Hi GrapefruiTgirl, thank you very much for your help, I really need this light in the darkness of my tv tuner card...

andrea@andrea-desktop:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13448 1
rfcomm 42260 0
l2cap 27136 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 53476 4 rfcomm,l2cap
radeon 118816 2
drm 74644 3 radeon
speedstep_lib 5764 0
cpufreq_userspace 5408 0
cpufreq_stats 7744 0
freq_table 6048 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 2944 0
cpufreq_ondemand 8876 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
video 17540 0
tc1100_wmi 8324 0
sbs 16804 0
sony_acpi 6412 0
pcc_acpi 14080 0
i2c_ec 6272 1 sbs
hotkey 11556 0
dev_acpi 12292 0
button 7952 0
battery 11652 0
container 5632 0
ac 6788 0
asus_acpi 17688 0
ipv6 272288 10
af_packet 24584 2
fuse 43912 8
parport_pc 37796 0
lp 12964 0
parport 39496 2 parport_pc,lp
saa7134_alsa 15392 0
snd_hda_intel 20116 1
snd_hda_codec 164608 1 snd_hda_intel
e100 38020 0
saa7134 118496 1 saa7134_alsa
video_buf 27652 2 saa7134_alsa,saa7134
compat_ioctl32 2432 1 saa7134
v4l2_common 17280 1 saa7134
v4l1_compat 15108 1 saa7134
ir_kbd_i2c 9872 1 saa7134
ir_common 28548 2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
snd_pcm_oss 47360 0
snd_mixer_oss 19584 1 snd_pcm_oss
mii 6912 1 e100
i2c_core 23424 3 i2c_ec,saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
tsdev 9152 0
snd_pcm 84612 4 saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25348 1 snd_pcm
sg 37404 0
videodev 10752 1 saa7134
psmouse 41352 0
snd 58372 9 saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 11232 1 snd
usbhid 45152 0
serio_raw 8452 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
hw_random 7320 0
evdev 11392 1
pcspkr 4352 0
shpchp 42144 0
pci_hotplug 32828 1 shpchp
intel_agp 26012 1
agpgart 34888 2 drm,intel_agp
ext3 142856 1
jbd 62228 1 ext3
uhci_hcd 24968 0
ehci_hcd 34696 0
usbcore 134912 4 usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
ide_generic 2432 0
sd_mod 22656 8
ahci 20356 6
libata 74892 1 ahci
scsi_mod 144648 4 sg,sd_mod,ahci,libata
ide_cd 33696 0
cdrom 38944 1 ide_cd
piix 11780 1
generic 6276 0
thermal 15624 0
processor 31560 1 thermal
fan 6020 0
fbcon 41504 0
tileblit 3840 1 fbcon
font 9344 1 fbcon
bitblit 7168 1 fbcon
softcursor 3328 1 bitblit
vesafb 9244 0
capability 5896 0
commoncap 8704 1 capability
andrea@andrea-desktop:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11$

Thanks Again :-)

Electro · 04-04-2007, 09:59 PM

Add the line below in either /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modules.conf

alias char-major-81-0 saa7134
options saa7134 tuner=17 card=2 noninterlaced=1 video_nr=0

After you load the module (modprobe -v saa7134) or reload the module (modprobe -r saa7134 && modprobe -v saa7134), use only tvtime and switch its input to either Composite 2 or S-Video. You should get video if you have connected a VCR, DVD, game console, etc to it. Then switch the input again to Television. Start changing channels. You will have to change Television Standard and broadcast in tvtime to match the signal in your area. Unfortunately, V4L defaults to PAL.

If your area uses PAL, you will have to change the tuner to a different number because the one I gave you is for NTSC. The only way to figure out what tuner works is trial and error method. Look up CARDLIST.tuner in the kernel documentation for list of tuners. Then retest again to make sure it works.

The tuner's reception is poor on this card. I use a VCR or cable box connected to either Composite or S-Video to receive channels clearer. Also VBI (closed captions and/or teletext) does not work. I created a thread about how to fix VBI for saa713x based capture cards. VBI code that the kernel developers have written is too redundant, so a program can not process it in real time. Because of the redundancy, tvtime's XDS option also can not be used. The digital audio device that it creates may not work because of many flaws. One it can only capture from the tuner input. Second, you have to state a fixed sampling rate upon loading the module up. I suggest looping the audio to the line in of your sound card. Third during video recording, you have to use the sound card to have flexibility switching the desire input and sample rate. I guess I have to force my self to learn more about C and maybe SIMD instructions.

I use the following syntax for tvtime.
tvtime -x /dev/mixer:line -d /dev/video0

abenavar · 04-05-2007, 10:39 AM

Hi Electro, I really wanna thank you for your help... but I have a big problem in here.... I'm working on Ubuntu, and here is no /etc/modprobe.conf or etc/modules.conf.....

GrapefruiTgirl · 04-05-2007, 11:08 AM

Have you got a folder in /etc called 'modprobe.d' or 'modprobe' ? Check in there if so.

abenavar · 04-05-2007, 11:10 AM

Hi Electro, I've done everything you told me, but this is what happens:

andrea@andrea-desktop:/etc$ tvtime -x /dev/mixer:line -d /dev/video0
Ejecutando tvtime 1.0.1.
Leyendo la configuración de /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/andrea/.tvtime/tvtime.xml"
I/O error : Permission denied
Imposible cambiar el dueño de /home/andrea/.tvtime/tvtime.xml: Permiso denegado.

Your capture card driver: VideoCam Messenger sn9c101 Ov76
does not support studio-quality colour images required by tvtime.
This is a hardware limitation of some cards including many
low-quality webcams. Please select a different video device to use
with the command line option --device.

Message from the card was: Argumento inválido

I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O error : Permission denied
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/andrea/.tvtime/stationlist.xml"
station: No station file found, creating a new one.
I/O error : Permission denied
Gracias por usar tvtime.

How do I change the output device if don't have the option?
What I'm doing wrong??

GrapefruiTgirl · 04-05-2007, 11:24 AM

Hola Andrea. Mi Espanol es malo, so I am not totally certain what the messages are saying there. I get the impression of two things:
1 - Permission denied, meaning you (user=andrea) hasn't enough permissions to read files from the /etc folder.
2 - It appears to be looking for configuration information in two locations: /etc and /home/andrea.

Make sure the files it is looking for ("/home/andrea/.tvtime/stationlist.xml", "/home/andrea/.tvtime/tvtime.xml") actually exist in the location where it is searching for them in your home folder. If they do not, then copy them from where they actually are, and put them in the correct location in your home folder, and make sure to change the owner/user to allow you to access them (perhaps owner=andrea, group=users).
Alternately you could *try* su'ing to root and running the commands you are trying, to see if the configuration is complete and working.
Finally, I'm not certain why the system is returning information about the sn9c101 driver - that is typically a webcam driver, whereas if I understand correctly, you are working on a TV card using the saa7134 driver. Odd. It may be that you have a webcam plugged in as well, which is occupying /dev/video0

abenavar · 04-05-2007, 11:35 AM

Hi GrapefuiTgirl, I appreciate your help a lot, but the thing here is that the Tvtime software takes my webcam as the input device video, and I don't know how to change it, because I don't have that option... do you have another usefull idea to work on it?

Thanks Again,

GrapefruiTgirl · 04-05-2007, 11:39 AM

Well, on the command line where you have '-d /dev/video0' is where the device is being specified. I guess that is where your webcam is linked to. You might try /dev/video1 or /dev/video2. Look in the /dev folder and in the /dev/v4l folder if it exists, and identify possible devices to try using with the TV card.

abenavar · 04-05-2007, 11:50 AM

Well... i think there is something better after doing dev/video1, now, the software stop saying "no input signal", now is just a black window... but the question now, GrapefuiTgirl is... how can I know that Ubunto recognized my tvtuner card?

GrapefruiTgirl · 04-05-2007, 11:55 AM

Is it a PCI card? Try typing 'lspci' in a console as root. See what it says there. If the device is USB, try 'lsusb'.

abenavar · 04-05-2007, 12:02 PM

Thank you very much for your help, I think I giving it up...

I really appreciate your help

GrapefruiTgirl · 04-05-2007, 12:05 PM

De nada

but hopefully you don't mean you're abandoning it !? Does it work, or does it need some more fine tuning?

abenavar · 04-05-2007, 12:08 PM

Well, actually, I don't know... the I can't use it with any software... =(, now, it don't say "No input signal" but that's all what I get...