After searching high and low for an answer I thought i would come here in the hope that someone could shed some light on my problem. I run Slackware 10 and have a Super TV Tuner card. The problem is that i can get a picture but no sound. I have tried using the programs tvtime and xawtv(?) and both do not pick up the sound. I also tried to plug the speakers directly into the TV card but still no sound. Is there something i have to install or configure to get the sound? Everything else works fine (Listening to music, watching DVDs etc)

Hope someone can shed some light on the problem. Thanks.

Fusi0n1911

Do an lsmod to see if all modules are loaded.
You should have:

tuner
tvaudio
bttv
i2c-algo-bit
i2c-core
videodev
snd-bt87x

Also check your mixer, If the tv board is connected to line,
make sure line is unmuted and the volume is up.

Yep i have them all there... don't know if this means anything, but everything seems to have bttv next to is apart from this:

i2c-algo-bit 7144 1 [bttv]
i2c-core 12804 0 [bttv i2c-algo-bit]
videodev 5952 2 [bttv]
snd-bt87x 5192 0 <<<< does it matter that bttv is not listed next to it?

All that stuff should be fine.
Have you run "alsamixer" and put everything up?

I had the same problem when I switched to KDE. I fixed it by going into KMix, and unselecting "Line-In As Surround" from the advanced options.

You could try running tvtime as root, just a stab in the dark.

Just hack the drivers, like so:

Step 1: Download the bttv driver sourcecode unpack it and open your favorite text editor up and replace the *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** secton under the struct tvcard bttv_tvcards[] section with this one in bttv-cards.c:

.name = "Super TV Tuner ",
.video_inputs = 4,
.audio_inputs = 1,
.tuner = 0,
.svhs = 2,
.muxsel = { 2, 3, 1, 0},
.tuner_type = TUNER_PHILIPS_NTSC,
.gpiomask = 0x008007,
.audiomux = { 0x000000, 0x000001,0x000000,0x000000, 0},
.needs_tvaudio = 1,
.has_radio = 1,


Step 2: Make the drivers and reboot.

Now you can use both radio and TV tuner perfectly, now all I need to do is figure out how to make the remote work and we are all set.. I'll keep you posted on that. l8ers

I'm editing bttv 0.9.15. I tried editing the bttv-cards.c file like you said, but when i run make or make install, it wont compile correctly. It stops compiling when it gets to the bttv-drivers.o.

Upgrade to kernel version 2.6.11 or the latest stable release because they have add more tuner and card support. If you have PS/2 mouse, make sure you set as a module. You will thank youself latter because making PS/2 software builtin will not work well.

I do have the latest version of FC3 kernel. I'm using the Super TV Tuner and tvtime will not detect it.

The 0.9.15 bttv drivers are for 2.4.x kernels, so do not use them.

Some parts in the world uses AM audio (poor audio quality if you ask me) to select different channels of audio. You may need to add one of the tdaxxxx modules. Look on the video capture card for a chip. Then refer the IC number to listings in /lib/modules/kernel/drivers/media/video.

Are you sure the card is named Super TV Tuner. What a strange name for video capture card.

Yeah it's a Generic Brand. . .

Are you sure that you have connected the TV-Tuner's line out with your sound card's line in? Are you sure that sound is not disabled for line in?

It's just the video. It will not detect any channels. Everything is plugged in appropriately.