bttv card not working

ferradura · 06-23-2006, 02:21 PM

i have tried many things to get my pci tv card (Pinnacle PCTV PRO)running but everything failed...(Slackware Current 2.4.32)
I am using the detected card (39) and tuner 1 (i am from Portugal, i think it is this one...any europeans around here?)

here is the list of things i have tried (not at the same time):

edited /etc/modprobe.conf
# i2c
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
options i2c-core i2c_debug=0
options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=0
# bttv
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 bttv
options bttv card=39
options tuner type=1

edited /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
modprobe bttv card=39 tuner=1

edited /etc/rc.d/rc.local
modprobe bttv card=39 tuner=1

Also tried card=52 and tuner=5 with no results

+ #chmod 666 /dev/video0

I also tried different cards and tuners and still nothing but noise and no image

PHP Code:



ferradura@Slackware:~$ xawtv
This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.32)
dlopen: libdv.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dlopen: libdv.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support.
seteuid(root): Operation not permitted
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
ioctl: VIDIOCCAPTURE(int=1): Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOCCAPTURE(int=0): Invalid argument

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ferradura@Slackware:~$ lsmod |grep bttv
bttv                   94048   0
i2c-algo-bit            6696   1 [bttv]
i2c-core               12260   0 [tuner tda9887 tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit]
soundcore               3300   7 [snd bttv]
videodev                5728   2 [bttv]

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ferradura@Slackware:~$ dmesg |grep bttv
bttv: driver version 0.7.108 loaded
bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for capture
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0c.0, irq: 5, latency: 64, mmio: 0xdfcfe000
bttv0: detected: Pinnacle PCTV [card=39], PCI subsystem ID is 11bd:0012
bttv0: using: Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave [card=39,autodetected]
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: pinnacle/mt: id=1 info="PAL / mono" radio=no
bttv0: using tuner=1
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0

egag · 06-23-2006, 02:34 PM

maybe it's just not tuned to a channel.
did you try to tune it, or do you have a valid channel-list for your country ?

egag

ferradura · 06-23-2006, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by egag

maybe it's just not tuned to a channel.
did you try to tune it, or do you have a valid channel-list for your country ?

egag

thanks for your reply
i tried to tune with kdetv, even including the correct frequency (mhz) for the channels

how is your configuration? which files did you edit?

egag · 06-23-2006, 03:49 PM

i didn't edit any files for xawtv.
if you right-click on the window, you'll get a menu.
if you pick "channel editor" you'll get another.

place the mousepointer in the textwindow under "channel" and use the arrow-keys to tune.
if you find a channel, push "add", and when ready hit "save"
the data will go to ~/.xawtv; a textfile.

see if you get some channels that way.

egag

ferradura · 06-23-2006, 03:55 PM

i wanted to know how your /etc/modprobe.conf or some other file looks, cause i need to get the card recognized...that is my main problem i think

egag · 06-23-2006, 05:17 PM

your card is recognised, see the "bttv"-output from dmesg above.
bttv even autodetects it, so i don't think that's the prob.

if you start xawtv, you get a picturewindow with snow, right?
i think that's a picture of an untuned tv.
did you try to tune it ?

edit:
i just took a look at <kernelsource>/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
and saw your card is listed as id. 52; and the 39 is Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave .
so the autodetection is not ok or you have the other card ?

if you have the "pro" version, you might want to try "modprobe bttv card=52"

egag

ferradura · 06-25-2006, 10:38 AM

i made a mistake my card is studio not pro, so it is 39
i went trough the forum i nothing i have tried worked
i installed a 2.6.xx kernel with no luck, apart from the noise that was gone
also tried to install a new version of the bttv driver

when i try to load the tuner module the system ignores it so i am not able to tune with 2.6.13

PHP Code:



bash-3.00# dmesg |grep tuner 
bttv0: using tuner=33 
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw] 
tuner: type set to 33 (MT20xx universal) by bt878 #0 [sw] 
tuner: microtune: companycode=8e0e part=42 rev=a7 
tuner: microtune MT2050 found, OK 
bttv0: using tuner=33 
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw] 
tuner: type set to 33 (MT20xx universal) by bt878 #0 [sw] 
tuner: microtune: companycode=8e0e part=42 rev=09 
tuner: microtune MT2050 found, OK 
tuner: TV freq (268435455.93) out of range (44-958) 
tuner: TV freq (268435455.93) out of range (44-958) 
tuner: TV freq (268435455.93) out of range (44-958) 
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw] 
tuner: type set to 33 (MT20xx universal) by bt878 #0 [sw] 
tuner: microtune: companycode=8e0e part=42 rev=97 
tuner: microtune MT2050 found, OK 
tuner: type already set to 33, ignoring request for 1 
tuner: The type=<n> insmod option will go away soon. 
tuner: Please use the tuner=<n> option provided by 
tuner: tv aard core driver (bttv, saa7134, ...) instead. 
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw] 
tuner: type set to 33 (MT20xx universal) by bt878 #0 [sw] 
tuner: microtune: companycode=8e0e part=42 rev=19 
tuner: microtune MT2050 found, OK 
tuner: type already set to 33, ignoring request for 5 
tuner: The type=<n> insmod option will go away soon. 
tuner: Please use the tuner=<n> option provided by 
tuner: tv aard core driver (bttv, saa7134, ...) instead.

i don know what else to do really

egag · 06-25-2006, 11:23 AM

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tuner: type already set to 33, ignoring request for 5
--
tuner: Please use the tuner=<n> option provided by
--------------

try modprobe bttv tuner=5

also, is i2c module loaded ?
see " lsmod |grep 2c " output.

egag

ferradura · 06-25-2006, 11:41 AM

egag i`ve seen the dmesg output...i did the "modprobe bttv card=39 tuner=5" before it...
i find it strange 2, don`t have a clue why it is ignoring my input

Code:

root@Slackware:~# lsmod |grep i2c
i2c_sis96x              4740  0
i2c_algo_bit            8840  1 bttv
i2c_core               17680  4 bttv,i2c_sis96x,tda9887,i2c_algo_bit

i even tried to blacklist the modules and then load them and it still loads tuner=33

ferradura · 06-25-2006, 11:49 AM

ok it started to work now although i don know yet what have i done to get it working...

[CODE]:root@Slackware:~# modprobe tuner=5
FATAL: Module tuner=5 not found.[CODE]

and then
[CODE]:root@Slackware:~# modprobe tuner type=5
root@Slackware:~#dmesg |grep tuner
bttv0: using tuner=33
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type set to 33 (MT20xx universal) by bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: microtune: companycode=3dbf part=42 rev=8d
tuner: microtune MT2050 found, OK
bttv0: using tuner=33
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type set to 33 (MT20xx universal) by bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: microtune: companycode=3dbf part=42 rev=8d
tuner: microtune MT2050 found, OK
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type set to 33 (MT20xx universal) by bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: microtune: companycode=3dbf part=42 rev=8d
tuner: microtune MT2050 found, OK
tuner: type already set to 33, ignoring request for 5
tuner: The type=<n> insmod option will go away soon.
tuner: Please use the tuner=<n> option provided by
tuner: tv aard core driver (bttv, saa7134, ...) instead.[CODE]

same output i have had before so, still can tell what happened

_______

P.S.:
Portugal will win Holland :-D

egag · 06-25-2006, 01:22 PM

i wrote " modprobe bttv tuner=5 ", not "modprobe tuner=5".
"tuner=5" is an option for bttv.

but it's working you say ?
so you can watch the game on your pc ?

well, you can keep the bttv module on the hotplug blacklist, and add the modprobe command
to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.

btw.: i hope to see a good game. ( like Argentine-Mexico).
enjoy the game...( and good luck, you'll need it :-D )

egag

ferradura · 07-04-2006, 06:53 AM

i just did a fresh install and using the "testing" 2.6.13 kernel, and after configuring the x-server everything worked without any input (no need to modprobe any modules)

here is a list of the modules required:

Code:

otar@Slackware:~$ lsmod |grep bttv
bttv                  149648  1 bt878
video_buf              17156  1 bttv
firmware_class          7424  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            8712  1 bttv
v4l2_common             4864  1 bttv
btcx_risc               3976  1 bttv
tveeprom               10512  1 bttv
i2c_core               16656  6 i2c_sis96x,tuner,tda9887,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom
videodev                7168  1 bttv

Code:

otar@Slackware:~$ lsmod |grep tuner
tuner                  34728  0
i2c_core               16656  6 i2c_sis96x,tuner,tda9887,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom

Note: Some of these are not available with the default 2.4.31 kernel, so i think that`s why the sound won`t work. I have no time right now to recompile so...won`t point a solution for this.

Also, the default tuner type should be 5 for me (PAL) but hotplug uses type 33 but it works...

Code:

otar@Slackware:~$ dmesg |grep bttv
bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0c.0, irq: 5, latency: 64, mmio: 0xdfcfe000
bttv0: detected: Pinnacle PCTV [card=39], PCI subsystem ID is 11bd:0012
bttv0: using: Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave [card=39,autodetected]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: pinnacle/mt: id=1 info="PAL / mono" radio=no
bttv0: using tuner=33
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok

Code:

otar@Slackware:~$ dmesg |grep tuner
bttv0: using tuner=33
tuner 0-0060: microtune: companycode=3dbf part=42 rev=11
tuner 0-0060: microtune MT2050 found, OK