Hi Gunther, The bigger helper chip has the following writings: Jaecs IRD C357 EM 0145 The smaller helper chip has the following writings: HEF 4D52BT E2643 16 UnnD135 6 When I run detect and eeprom, I have got the following errors: regyue@linux:~/download/bttv-0.7.97/tools> ./detect 0xc2: tuner (error: Device or resource busy) regyue@linux:~/download/bttv-0.7.97/tools> ./eeprom write addr /dev/i2c-0: Remote I/O error What's wrong? Regards, Reg > > From: Gunther.Mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx (Gunther Mayer) > Date: Mon 30/Sep/2002 20:02 CEST > To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PixelView PlayTV Pro Rec.9D with Noisy Audio > > So far no clue. > > Which are the "helper" chips on your card (the gallery > shows 2 little yet unknown chips, the pcb has room for three > more chips)? I assumed there could > be a sound decoder chip (e.g. tda9874); when sound is > decoded in the tuner itself, not much can go wrong... > > mknod /dev/i2c-0 c 89 0 # to get detect and eeprom running > > reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Hi Gunther, > > > > To answer your questions: > > > > -Which PV-BT878 Revision is your card? > > PV-BT878P+(Rev.9D) > > > > - Is your card already shown on http://home.t-online.de/home/gunther.mayer/bttv/bttv-gallery.html ? > > Yes. > > > > - Do you habe a daugther board installed? > > No. > > > > - Write down the chip ids on your card, and tuner model. > > Writings on the chip: > > CONEXANT > > FUSION 878A > > 25878-13 > > E157865.1 > > 0139 TAIWAN > > > > Writings on the label over PHILIPS tuner: > > 3139 147 13291# > > FI1216 Mk2/PH hm > > SV24 0141 > > > > - Send "dmesg", "bttv-0.7.98/tools/detect" and "bttv-0.7.98/tools/eeprom" > > (this shows what chips are detected by bttv) > > "dmesg" output:- > > bttv: driver version 0.7.83 loaded > > bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k total) for capture > > bttv: Host bridge is PCI device 8086:1237 > > bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled. > > bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). > > bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0a.0, irq: 11, latency: 132, memory: 0xfedfd000 > > bttv0: using: BT878(PixelView PlayTV pro) [card=37,insmod option] > > bttv0: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty) > > 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. > > i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as adapter 0. > > bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found > > bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found > > i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver registered. > > tuner: chip found @ 0xc2 > > bttv0: i2c attach [client=Philips PAL,ok] > > i2c-core.o: client [Philips PAL] registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0). > > > > I cannot run "bttv-0.7.98/tools/detect" and "bttv-0.7.98/tools/eeprom" even > > after "insmod i2c-dev". The programs complained that /dev/i2c-0 is not found. > > Do I need to create the device file myself? > > > > Any clues from the info so far? > > > > Regards, > > Reg > > > > > > From: Gunther.Mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx (Gunther Mayer) > > > Date: Sat 28/Sep/2002 20:04 CEST > > > To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: PixelView PlayTV Pro with Noisy Audio > > > > > > reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have installed PixelView PlayTV Pro on my machine. After I have scanned the > > > > channels in kwintv/motv, the channels I have got have great pictures but noisy > > > > audio (mainly noise with tiny original program audio). When I tried to fine tune > > > > the channels, I found out that if I increase the frequency by 2 MHz, I will get > > > > very clear audio but no picture. It looks like that the video and the audio > > > > are at different frequencies. Does anyone come across this problem? Is there > > > > problem with my TV tuner? I am using SuSE 8.0 (2.4.18 kernel) and bttv that comes > > > > with it. > > > > > > Pixelview has lots of hardware variations. > > > To resolve your problem we first need to know your exact model and hardware. > > > > > > So, > > > - Which PV-BT878 Revision is your card? > > > - Is your card already shown on http://home.t-online.de/home/gunther.mayer/bttv/bttv-gallery.html ? > > > Do you habe a daugther board installed? > > > - Write down the chip ids on your card, and tuner model. > > > - Send "dmesg", "bttv-0.7.98/tools/detect" and "bttv-0.7.98/tools/eeprom" > > > (this shows what chips are detected by bttv) > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Video4linux-list mailing list > > > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! > > For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free on 0800 970 8890 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Video4linux-list mailing list > > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > _______________________________________________________________________ Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! 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