Which "tuner" software to use?

[Santanu Chatterjee]

On 8/9/06, phenolholic <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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> How did you get your tuner to work? I have a KWorld KW-878RF-PRO. In
> TVTime, I get a fuzzy scrammbled-like picture. When I change the
> channels, I can tell it's receiving a signal because I can tell the
> channels are changing, however that fuzz remains and makes it
> unviewable. What were the steps you took to get your card to work?

I don't know about the KWorld KW-878RF-PRO since my card is
KWorld VS-878RF, but I believe it should work too.

First and foremost, use a kernel 2.6.16 or above ( I had compiled
a 2.6.17 kernel containing the latest v4l2 and bttv drivers ). Of course,
compiling the latest bttv and v4l2 source and using those should work too,
but I felt compiling the latest kernel was easier.

Next, I followed the same procedure as mentioned in
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=160271
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As mentioned there, I put the following lines in my
/etc/modprobe.d/bttv file:
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option bttv card=78 radio=1 tuner=38 pll=1 gbuffers=4 \
    gpiomask=0x1c0007 \
    audiomux=0x080000,0x000001,0x080000,0x080000,0x000001
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After I rebooted, both FM Radio and TV started working perfectly!!
(So, my tuner type is 38, not 5 as was autodetected using the card=78 option)


By the way, since you say that the you can feel the channels are
changing (although it looks fuzzy), I get the feeling you have not
scanned for the channels. If that is the case, and you are using
tvtime, then before running tvtime, use tvtime-scanner to scan the
channels. Also, are you sure you are using the correct video standard,
eg, PAL, NTSC or SECAM?

I hope this would help you get the card working.

Regards,
Santanu