From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com ([65.9.87.151] helo=localhost) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15VZBY-0004t9-00 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 09:52:16 -0400 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com (c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com [65.9.87.151]) by localhost (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f7BDqGf13685 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 13:52:16 GMT Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 09:52:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Carmickle X-Sender: frankiec@localhost To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: tv tunner and Linux In-Reply-To: <20010810233741.A258@linserver.megsinet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: frankiec@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Greg On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > I just got a hand me down bt878 tv tuner from > a friend. Since the driver names on the cd for it > begin with "bt848" and since I saw an option > for that device right after > the sound card options in make config, I did something probably dumb > and thoughtless by choosing that option. > The dmesg output says that mixer support for bt848 is registered. > However, I'm not sure where to go from there, > as I'm new to tv tuners in general. If you are using a 2.4 kernel the support for the bttv cards is current. If you are using a 2.2 kernel then get the bttv package from the bttv sight. > I guess my first question is do I need x to watch tv in Linux, or is > there console software for that? There is console software. You will probably want to have a framebuffer device if there are going to be sightlings around who will actually turn on the monitor. If not then you can just listen to the audio by using v4lctl. > If I don't need x, did I do the right thing by choosing the bt848 option > during make config? > Does anyone know if there are drivers for bti78 under Linux Well there is one driver for all of the cards based on the bt848/849/878/879. You will want to make sure that you have the modules i2c-core videodev tvaudio tuner msp3400 Unfortunately there are lots and lots of options and it is not a walk in the park to configure. You will become very familiar with modutils I can assure you. you will have to do an 'lspci' to find out exactly what card you have and then read read read read the docs. I will throw in an example config that will help you but it probably won't work for your card. #i2c alias char-major-89 i2c-dev #bttv alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 bttv options bttv card=2 radio=1 options tuner type=2 options tvmixer tea6300=1 HTH -- Frank Carmickle phone: 412 761-9568 email: frankiec@dryrose.com