[ubuntu-za] Video (TV) capture card

[Hannes Coetzee]

Installing some tvcards is pain and I have one lying in my drawer coz 
the sound keeps on stuffing around. Google does not help much but I 
found this - 
http://linuxunderstanding.blogspot.com/2008/01/linux-configure-pinnacle-pctv-card-to.html  
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Regards
Hannes


Robert Holm wrote:
> I have installed a capture card but am unable to get it to be recognised
> by Mythtv, metv or tvtime.
>
> Running lshw gives me:
>
> *-multimedia:0
>              description: Multimedia controller
>              product: SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder
>              vendor: Philips Semiconductors
>              physical id: a
>              bus info: pci at 0000:00:0a.0
>              version: d1
>              width: 32 bits
>              clock: 33MHz
>              capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
>              configuration: driver=saa7134 latency=32 maxlatency=32
> mingnt=84 module=saa7134
>
> so I take it that the card is recognised and should be working.
>
> Metv gives me the message "No tuner device"
>
> Tvtime has no opinion to express, but doesn't work.
>
> In the Mythtv setup the card is recognised as:
> Analogue V4L Capture card /dev/video0 - probed info = Unknown/Generic
> (saa7134), but under System status/Tuner status it says "
> Tuner 1 is not available".
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on this?
>
> Robert
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