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Old 11-09-2003, 11:28 PM   #1
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ATI TV Wonder USB edition under Linux-- Any advice?


This was originally posted by stevenhasty in the Laptops forum, but I'm using a desktop and having the same issue:

The ATI website's page on XFree86 support lists their devices which currently work under xfree86 and xawtv for watching tv through a program such as xine. I have an ATI TV Wonder USB edition for my laptop and was wondering if anyone had heard of a success story using xawtv or another set of drivers. I've googled this and haven't found much. Am I out of luck? Thanks for any help.
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I also have a USB TV Wonder, and I'd love to use it with my Dell Dimension running Debian.

Anyone have any ideas?

My setup definitely detects it (from KDE Info Center, under USB):
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TV Wonder

Class 0
Sub Class 0
Protocol 0
USB Version 1.0

Vendor ID 0x528 (ATI Technologies, Inc.)
Product ID 0x7561 (TV Wonder)
Revision 1.0

Speed 12 Mbit/s
Channels 0
Max. Packet Size 0
 
Old 11-10-2003, 07:20 PM   #2
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What exactly are the errors?
 
Old 11-10-2003, 08:55 PM   #3
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Oh- Sorry, I guess I should havew been more specific.

I have no clue how to get it recognized in Linux...

I have xawtv installed, but it doesn't see it as an input device.
 
Old 01-20-2005, 02:26 PM   #4
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I am having the same trouble on a linux desktop system running mandrake 9.2. I have the ATI TV Wonder USB. Mandrake control center lists the device under the category "Unknown/Others" as "TV Wonder" with the following information:

Vendor: ?ATI Technologies, Inc.

Bus: ?USB

Description: ?TV Wonder

Module: ?unknown

Media class: ?Interface|Default


It does not appear to be a problem with the xawtv application as I can run my pci tv if I plug it in to this particular computer. Apparently linux does not know what type of device it is or how to use it. Has anybody come up with a solution? If not does anyone have any ideas on how to make the ATI TV Wonder USB work on a linux OS?
 
Old 02-12-2005, 02:45 PM   #5
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I am having the same issue with MEPIS (debian-based). My ATI TV Wonder USB is shown in the info center.
TV Wonder

Class
0
((Defined at Interface level))
Subclass
0
Protocol
0
USB Version
1.00

Vendor ID
0x528
(ATI Technologies, Inc.)
Product ID
0x7561
(TV Wonder)
Revision
1.00

Speed
12 Mbit/s
Channels
0
Max. Packet Size
0


xawtv however will not read it.

This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.7)
can't open /dev/video0: No such device
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device
v4l: open /dev/video0: No such device
no video grabber device available

I figure that the device location for the tuner isn't /dev/video0
can anyone help with what the real device location is?
 
  


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