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A TV Tuner Card (as the name suggests) allows you to pick up broadcast television signals on your computer.
-Under windows
, drivers are normally specific to a manufacturer's board, while under linux
the driver is normally specific to the chip used on the board. (This is true for just about all [PCI]/[AGP]/[ISA] cards and drivers.)
+Under MicrosoftWindows
, drivers are normally specific to a manufacturer's board, while under [Linux]
the driver is normally specific to the chip used on the board. (This is true for just about all [PCI]/[AGP]/[ISA] cards and drivers.)
!!!Hardware Setup
!! BT878 / BT848
-The most popular cards are boards based on the BrookTree Technologies BT878 or BT848 chip, and drivers are in the standard linux kernel
(2.4.x and possibly earlier). The difference is one chip also does sound, while for the other chip the board requires a separate audio chip.
+The most popular cards are boards based on the BrookTree Technologies BT878 or BT848 chip, and drivers are in the standard [LinuxKernel]
(2.4.x and possibly earlier). The difference is one chip also does sound, while for the other chip the board requires a separate audio chip.
In the 2.6 kernel, you need:
* the __snd_bt87x.ko__ driver for the Audio (CONFIG_SND_BT87X: in Device Drivers -> Sound -> ALSA -> PCI Devices -> bt87x Audio Capture)
** If you use the obsolete OSS system instead of ALSA, you want CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 (in Device Drivers -> Sound -> OSS - bt878 audio DMA, ''and'' Tv card (bt848) mixer support)
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
See the IvTv page for kernel support notes, and IvTvNotes for module/ [PAL] support
and other hints.
!! Leadtek TV2000 XP Deluxe
-This card will be automaticly detected by Fedora Core
2. All that remains is for you to install a viewing application.
+This card will be automaticly detected by FedoraCore
2. All that remains is for you to install a viewing application.
Note this card uses a loop-back cable for audio that goes from the card to the line input on your sound card.
This cable is needed for sound.
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A newer chip is made by Philips. The Lifeview Fly Video 2000 and 3000 boards sold at [DSE] in New Zealand are based on the saa7130 chip (which uses the same driver as the saa7134 chip).
Note that this card also has a RadioTuner in it - see that page for setup hints.
-Support is in the mainstream 2.6 kernel. If you use a 2.4 series kernel you will need to download drivers and a few small kernel patches from http://bytesex.org/saa7134/. You will need to be using kernel 2.4.20 or later to apply these patches - the kernel patches use V4L (video for linux
) version 2, while the 2.4 series kernels use version 1).
+Support is in the mainstream 2.6 kernel. If you use a 2.4 series kernel you will need to download drivers and a few small kernel patches from http://bytesex.org/saa7134/. You will need to be using kernel 2.4.20 or later to apply these patches - the kernel patches use [
V4L]
([Video4Linux]
) version 2, while the 2.4 series kernels use version 1).
You still need to configure I2C support in the kernel as above,
as well as making a module for saa7134 ("Device Drivers -> Multimedia devices -> Video For Linux -> Philips SAA7134 support").
If you can "modprobe saa7134" then your kernel already has this
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options saa7134 card=3 tuner=5
</verbatim>
If you find you get video but no sound the following command may be useful as some tv applications don't unmute this card properly (ie mythtv).
-assuming your v4l
device is /dev/video0
+assuming your [V4L]
device is /dev/video0
/usr/bin/v4lctl -c /dev/video0 volume mute off
!!!saa713x Card types
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!!Tuner type
Some cards have an [EEPROM] on them which means that your OperatingSystem can automatically figure out what type of tuner chip it is using. Some cards -- especially the cheaper ones -- save a few cents per card by not putting this on, and hard-code the tuner-type into the driver. This works on windows if they give you a CDROM with binary drivers on it, but doesn't work so well
if you use drivers that come from anywhere else.
-If linux
can not automatically determine what type of tuner the card is using, you will need to manually set it using the <tt>tuner={n}</tt> module option, such as
+If [Linux]
can not automatically determine what type of tuner the card is using, you will need to manually set it using the <tt>tuner={n}</tt> module option, such as
<verbatim>
options saa7134 card=3 tuner=5
</verbatim>
in an /etc/modprobe.d/* file (for kernel 2.6 and later).
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@
See the RadioTuner page.
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-See also the [LinuxTV Wiki|http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page] ("intended to become the ultimate resource regarding all questions about Video, TV and DVB support on Linux, free DVB software and cool projects"), and the [Video4Linux Wiki|http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Main_Page] ("designed to serve as a community focus and the resource of reference for users and developers of the Video4Linux framework").
+See also the [LinuxTV Wiki|http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page] ("intended to become the ultimate resource regarding all questions about Video, TV and DVB support on Linux, free DVB software and cool projects"), and the [Video4Linux Wiki|http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Main_Page] ("designed to serve as a community focus and the resource of reference for users and developers of the [
Video4Linux]
framework").
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