ž TV card!

d0mba · 11-28-2005, 05:44 AM

I have Mercury TV Tuner Card, i cannot find any drivers for SuSe 10.How do I configure my TV card in SuSe 10?

acid_kewpie · 11-28-2005, 05:52 AM

assuming it's based on the brooktree 878 just run "modprobe bttv" and it should bve ready to use. there will be no specific driver, becuase it's supported at chipset level, not manufacturer level.

perfect_circle · 11-28-2005, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by d0mba
I have Mercury TV Tuner Card, i cannot find any drivers for SuSe 10.How do I configure my TV card in SuSe 10?

Can you check the chipset of the card and the tuner?
To use the card you need to load the module with the correct options.
In most cases all you need to do is

Code:

modprobe bttv card=x tuner=y

where x,y are the correct values from
/usr/src/linux-<version>/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
and
/usr/src/linux-<version>/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner

d0mba · 11-28-2005, 11:35 AM

sorry i am a total nub for linux,i have youst started to use suse 10,so i dont know anything.Can someone explane me from the beginning how do i configure my card.
My chipset is
Philips SAA7130HL Multimedia Capture Device

thanks....

acid_kewpie · 11-28-2005, 01:07 PM

ahh right, so it's not a bttv card, use the saa7134 driver instead the - "modprobe saa7134"

d0mba · 11-28-2005, 01:13 PM

how do i use this driver?How do I install it?Where can I download this driver?

eka · 11-28-2005, 01:31 PM

After loading driver (modprobe saa7134) you have to install software for watching and recording TV.Xaw TV ,TV Time ,XDTV will be useful.
PS
Type in console as root:
# modprobe saa7134

d0mba · 11-28-2005, 01:38 PM

where can i get this driver?

acid_kewpie · 11-28-2005, 02:17 PM

like the guy there just said, it should already be on your system. there is no "get". Please pay careful attention to the replies

d0mba · 11-28-2005, 02:21 PM

lol...sorry about that...but how do i load it?

acid_kewpie · 11-28-2005, 04:02 PM

good grief.. we've told you twice exactly how to load it...

d0mba · 11-28-2005, 04:46 PM

when i enter modprobe saa7134 card=x tuner=y in console nothing happends,and when I enter /usr/src/linux-<version>/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
or
/usr/src/linux-<version>/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner

i get a responde that that directory does not exists.Am I entering something wronge in a console?

acid_kewpie · 11-29-2005, 01:40 AM

he said:

Quote:

Type in console as root:
# modprobe saa7134

i said:

Quote:

"modprobe saa7134"

nothing will "happen" it will just load the driver in the background.

eka · 11-30-2005, 02:26 PM

By the way isn't there some graphic tool for setting up TV card in SuSE? Some kind of control center or whatever?

acid_kewpie · 11-30-2005, 02:29 PM

That'd be Yast i guess, but i've never used it myself