I share your unstable Flyvideo 3k problem. When I first got it working it too worked great for a few hours, then whamo, no sound. I posted a lot of articles earlier and we (those on the list who generously participate and I) could not identify/resolve the issue. A few weeks ago I did a fresh install of RedHat 7.3, rebuilt the who kernel from 2.4.18 + patches, and it worked perfectly. I suspect part of my initial problem was that I used the wrong patch getting from 2.4.18 + 2.4.19-?? patch + v4l patch and I had to modified some include share memory file that displayed errors when I applied the patch. But at the time it seemed to compile fine and worked. But later the sound died and I hit the list trying to resolve the problem. When I did the fresh install a few weeks ago all the 2.4.18 kernel + 2.4.19 patch + v4l patch all worked perfectly first time. I tried to reproduce the old problems but could not. I thought I would wait until I posted to the list expecting it to fail again soon. It did not. Also, I was not sure of the true source of the problem, but me tinkering with the include file might have had something to do with it. So. A week ago I got a new 120GB hard drive and decided to re-arranged my whole system and ended up re-installed RedHat 7.3 from scratch. I then rebuilt the kernel BUT this time the current kernel was 2.4.19 (no 2.5.18 + 2.4.19-rc3 patch or anything on http://www.kernel.org. Cool I thought. But when I looked at the current v4l2 patch (diff file) off http://bytesex.org I noticed it is for 2.4.19-rc3. I renamed the 2.4.19 source directory to 2.4.19-rc3, applied the v4l2 patch, built it all, installed, rebooted, recompiled saa7134-0.1.10, installed, modprobe saa7134, started xawtv again! Everything worked fine - BUT now sound again! So. At this point, before further investigation I am waiting for a new version of v4l2 diff file to be released based specifically on a current kernel source / patch file combination. Your not alone! I will post any legitimate findings. --Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jozsa Kristof" <dyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:32 PM Subject: saa7134 - the sound of silence > Hi there, > > I've read through the July-August archive of the list, but couldn't find a > complete solution to the well-known saa7134 based Flyvideo3K problem: xawtv > mutes the card (i've tried some things found in the list archive, but no > help, it just mutes anyway), while any radio application works correctly. > > The strange fact is, that I have two linuxes (on two HDDs) for my box. I do > have my 'old' Debian box with kernel 2.4.19 (v4l2 patches) and > saa7139-1.0.9, where my flyvideo just works *perfectly*. (X booting up, > starting xawtv, it works with pic and sound). But I have my freshly pulled > up gentoo linux on the other hdd, where i just cant get xawtv pushing out > any sound from the saa7134. I use the v0.1.10 saa7134 drivers on gentoo. > > The setup is just the same on the two boxes, as far as I can tell. I have > the flyvideo's line out wired into the sblive 1024's line in with an > external cable. I load only the saa7134 driver with the option card=2, > nothing else. I do not load the tda9887 module (which i believe was meant > for the flyvideo's sound chip). The sblive's mixer is set to recording on > the Line channel, the saa7134's mixer is 'recording' on its Video channel. > These are set the very same way both on the debian box (where it works) and > on the gentoo (where it does not). I have no idea what it's going on here. > > [I have one more slight comment about my story, but you won't believe it: I > did have sound correctly from the saa7134 using xawtv on my gentoo box (!), > for about 40 minutes. Not before, not after, no idea what has changed since > that, or what did I do to get it work, can't reproduce it either since that > (happened 3 days ago). Voodoo, eh?] > > Any help/comments appreciated, > Kind regards, > > Christopher Jozsa > -- > .Digital.Yearning.for.Networked.Assassination.and.Xenocide > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list >
