People keep telling me I have to compile the bttv module into my kernel, I have no idea whatsoever how to do that, it is not there.Can anyone else who is using 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 *please* just run a make menuconfig and see if the driver is in fact missing (it is very remotely possible that it got dumped out somehow)? I'd do it myself, but I'm on a SuSE system at the moment. Oh, what the heck, I'll do it myself anyway; the kernel hasn't changed all **that* much since 2.6.5-- at least not in this respect, afaik.
From a make xconfig:
The video driver should be in Device Drivers=>Multimedia Devices=>Video4Linux (if Video for Linux is enabled)=>Video Adapters=>BT848 Video For Linux (very first item)
BT848 Video For Linux (VIDEO_BT848)
Support for BT848 based frame grabber/overlay boards. This includes the Miro, Hauppauge and STB boards. Please read the material in <file:Documentation/video4linux/bttv> for more information.
If you say Y or M here, you need to say Y or M to "I2C support" and "I2C bit-banging interfaces" in the character device section.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called bttv.
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There is also this in the Digital Video Broadcasting device section (just below the Video For Linux section)
Nebula/Pinnacle PCTV PCI cards (DVB_BT8XX)
Support for PCI cards based on the Bt8xx PCI bridge. Examples are the Nebula cards, the Pinnacle PCTV cards, and Twinhan DST cards.
Since these cards have no MPEG decoder onboard, they transmit only compressed MPEG data over the PCI bus, so you need an external software decoder to watch TV on your computer.
Say Y if you own such a device and want to use it.
You might want to enable that too, just in case-- not too sure about the capabilities of your exact card. Maybe it doesn't have an MPEG deocder.
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The audio driver, if your card is using the BT878 chipset rather than the 848, should be in Device Drivers=>Sound=>ALSA (don't feel like typing it out)=>PCI Devices=>Bt87x Audio Capture
Bt87x Audio Capture (SND_BT87X)
Say 'Y' or 'M' to include support for recording audio from TV cards based on Brooktree Bt878/Bt879 chips.
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Or (if you're using OSS for some reason, rather than ALSA OSS emulation), in Device Drivers=>Sound=>OSS=BT878 audio dma
BT878 audio dma (SOUND_BT878)
Audio DMA support for bt878 based grabber boards. As you might have already noticed, bt878 is listed with two functions in /proc/pci. Function 0 does the video stuff (bt848 compatible), function 1 does the same for audio data. This is a driver for the audio part of the chip. If you say 'Y' here you get a oss-compatible dsp device where you can record from. If you want just watch TV you probably don't need this driver as most TV cards handle sound with a short cable from the TV card to your sound card's line-in.
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I know it's not much, given that I'm using the wrong kernel, but hope it helps anyway.
Holly
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