Greetings, I'm running Linux (2.4.20/Gentoo) with a generic BT878 capture card (no tuner). This card used to work fine under FreeBSD. The bttv driver installs, although one alarming message is 'readee error'. The card also has no sound. ------------------------------------ Dec 2 15:08:39 chrome kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). Dec 2 15:08:39 chrome kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0d.0, irq: 17, latency: 32, mmio: 0xeb004000 Dec 2 15:08:39 chrome kernel: bttv0: using: BT878( *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC **) [card=0,autodetected] Dec 2 15:08:39 chrome kernel: i2c-dev.o: Registered 'bt848 #0' as minor 1 Dec 2 15:10:56 chrome kernel: bttv: readee error Dec 2 15:10:56 chrome kernel: bttv0: using tuner=-1 Dec 2 15:11:04 chrome kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found Dec 2 15:11:12 chrome kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found Dec 2 15:11:20 chrome kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found Dec 2 15:11:20 chrome kernel: bttv0: registered device video0 Dec 2 15:11:20 chrome kernel: bttv0: registered device vbi0 ------------------------------------ My issue is quite simple: I'm getting no input from the card. I'm trying to use xawtv (with -noxv to enable the selection of inputs), and selecting any othe inputs (I get a choice of Tuner/Composite1/S-Video/Composite3, but my only input is the one Composite in). I get a purely blue/black screen. The audio is routed to the sound card, and is received fine. Attempts to record with ffmpeg result in a likewise blank screen. I've trawled the web for HOWTOs, FAQs, etc., but to no avail. I have loaded the v4l drivers (both v4l1-compat and v4l2-common). If anybody could offer pointers, ideas, or even outright solutions, I'd be most grateful. Mx. PS: Clips from /etc/modules.conf: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 bttv options bttv card=0 radio=0 bttv_verbose=2 bttv_debug=1 tuner=-1 alias char-major-89 i2c-dev options i2c-core i2c_debug=1 options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
