Hi,
I'm trying to get my newly purchased Pinnacle PCTV pro card working under
Linux. It works fine under windows, although it took me a while to work
out that I was supposed to use the PAL-I standard since I live in the UK.
Under Linux, it looks like the modules work fine, but xawtv displays a
blue screen. I read somewhere that this means that the card works fine but
needs further configuration. I'm no expert with TV cards - this is the
first time I try one. Maybe someone can help me to find the appropriate
settings?
I've attached all the information about the system that I thought could
possibly be useful at the bottom of this email.
Thanks for your help,
Donald.
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uname -a
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Linux linux 2.4.20-4GB-athlon #1 Mon Mar 17 17:56:47 UTC 2003 i686 unknown
unknown GNU/Linux
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lspci -v
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00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00
[Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: dde00000-dfefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: cdd00000-ddcfffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV pro (TV + FM stereo
receiver) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
Memory at dddfe000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
00:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture
(rev 11)
Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV pro (TV + FM stereo
receiver, audio section)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
Memory at dddff000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5900
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:0d.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20376 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Promise Technology, Inc.: Unknown device 6620
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 96, IRQ 10 I/O
ports at ec00 [size=64]
I/O ports at e800 [size=16]
I/O ports at e400 [size=128]
Memory at dffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at dffc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
00:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
Controller (rev 46) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller Flags:
bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
Memory at dfffe800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 585b
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory
at dffe0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device.
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3
Enable-
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) (prog-if
20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
Memory at dfffe700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus
Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 Bus Master
ATA133/100/66/33 IDE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255
I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0322
(rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Unknown device 1682:1280
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 11
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at dfee0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0
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/etc/modules.conf (relevant section)
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alias char-major-81-0 bttv
alias char-major-81-1 off
alias char-major-81-2 off
alias char-major-81-3 off
options bttv card=52
options tuner pal=i
options tda9887 pal=i
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dmesg (relevant sections)
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Linux video capture interface: v1.00
i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module version 2.7.0 (20021208)
bttv: driver version 0.7.105 loaded
bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for capture
bttv: Host bridge is VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:07.0, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xdddfe000
bttv0: detected: Pinnacle PCTV [card=39], PCI subsystem ID is 11bd:0012
bttv0: using: BT878(Pinnacle PCTV Studio Pr) [card=52,insmod option]
i2c-algo-bit.o: Adapter: bt848 #0 scl: 1 sda: 1 -- testing...
i2c-algo-bit.o:1 scl: 1 sda: 0
i2c-algo-bit.o:2 scl: 1 sda: 1
i2c-algo-bit.o:3 scl: 0 sda: 1
i2c-algo-bit.o:4 scl: 1 sda: 1
i2c-algo-bit.o: bt848 #0 passed test.
msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3410G-B11 +nicam +simple +radio
msp3410: daemon started
tvaudio: found pic16c54 (PV951)
tda9887: probing bt848 #0 i2c adapter [id=0x10005]
tuner: probing bt848 #0 i2c adapter [id=0x10005]
tuner: chip found @ 0xc0
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found
bttv0: pinnacle/mt: id=2 info="PAL+SECAM / stereo" radio=yes
bttv0: using tuner=33
tuner: type set to 33 (MT2032 universal)
MT2032: Companycode=3cbf Part=42 Revision=46
not a MT2032.
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
bttv0: registered device radio0
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dmesg after running xawtv (once for each attempt to view a channel)
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mt2032: re-init PLLs by LINT
mt2032: re-init PLLs by LINT
MT2032 Fatal Error: PLLs didn't lock.
