Gunther Mayer wrote: > > Peter Kaczowka wrote: > > > > Type 2 seems to be it. This is strange, since type 2 should be for Philips NTSC > > tuners, and the PCTV card supposedly uses a Temic NTSC tuner, which should be > > type 6. > > > > I found this out (before receiving Zot's mail) by accident; I set type=2 > > explicitly for my WinTV card, started video with the Pinnacle card without > > changing settings, and was surprised that the card then tuned. I then wasted an > > hour or too before figuring out how it was now working. > > Your finding is reasonable. > TEMIC has 2 different tuner series: > - Tuner=8: Temic NTSC (4036 FY5) is Philips compatible (i.e. compatible to type=2) > - Tuner=6: Temic NTSC (4032 FY5) is not > > The difference between 2 vs. 8 are (band) switch over frequencies: 451 vs. 463 MHz, > this should only matter if you tune these frequencies. I don't know how strict the > specifications from datasheets must be taken, I think it won't harm much in this case. > > Still open: > Why does autodetect pick tuner=5 (i.e. PAL) as Zot wrote, perhaps he has another > card. Zot do you live in PAL area? > Nope. US Att cable. I am running Mandrake 7.2 with 2.2.17, mostly stock modules (do not have the numbers in front of me). I have tested newer modules and got the same results. type 5 worked, sorta, and gave me a bad picture. Type 2 rocked. I will try type 8. I can test if you need me to. > PAL (tuner=5) and NTSC (tuner=2) would both tune fine, only difference would be the > IF (intermediate frequency) delta: your channels would be 6.85 MHz offset ! > > -- > Gunther > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list -- Zot O'Connor
