winfast tv2000 xp rm no signal in F8 with tvtime

ardanhawk · 04-08-2008, 08:23 AM

HI guys I've been trying to get tv on for quite a while but so far I have been unsuccesful.
right now I have a leadtek Winfast tv2000 xp rm

but all I get is no signal,

This is what I have:
F8 running on an Athlon 64 x2 4600 kernel 2.6.24.4-64.fc8
the card shows recognized in dmesg but the tunner is automatically selected as pal
so I searched a lot and found that I should use /etc/modules.conf and add a line to set it automatically to ntsc (I live in costa rica we use ntsc).
I added options bttv tuner=2 card=34 lumafilter=1 combfilter=1 chroma_agc=1

now the file didn't exist to I created it just to put that line
however even after a reboot the card keeps coming back as a pal tuner

I also tried to use /sbin/modbprobe -r bttv, /sbin/modebprobe -r tuner, /sbin/modprobe bttv card=34 tuner=2

and the card shows as a ntsc card properly but I'm still unable to get any signal.

I also noticed a warning at http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index...k_WinFast_2000
that it might be needed to apply this patch http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linu...9140716390&w=2

however I'm not savvy enough to find why it doesn't work, I goggled how to apply a diff file and found that it should be patch<diff but it gives me this error:

can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- bttv-input.c.orig 2006-10-15 18:57:11.000000000 +0300
|+++ bttv-input.c 2006-10-15 18:28:08.000000000 +0300
--------------------------
File to patch:

and I have no idea where's the file I take it it's bttv-input.c but I couldn't find it anywhere in my system

So after all the rant my questions are:

1- has anybody been able to get this card working for ntsc in america (I did try to set the correct mode , ntsc & cable)
2- to what file should that patch be applied.

3- if no one know, can anybody recommend me a card that will work for tv time in America (ntsc) that supports SAP (secondary audio program), preferably that doesn't require manual configuration.

Thanks in advance

AL