Well sorry, I'm afraid my knowledge has come to an end here :-((

Stanley.

> Hi Stanley
> 
> I tried that and am just getting an error as shown on the dmesg output shown 
> lower down on my previous message
> 
> Regards
> 
> Trev
> 
> On Friday 11 Feb 2005 13:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just a hunch, but try 'pal=I' on the tda9887 module... Not quite sure how
> > this whole module param stuff works, I can see that the value is case
> > insensitive, but cannot trace back the keyword stuff to check this...
> >
> > The "ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x50 not found!" should not be a problem: it is
> > the tveeprom module looking for a hauppauge eeprom...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stanley.
> >
> > > Hi Stanley
> > >
> > > I am getting only static.
> > > I am trying to receive terrestrial TV from my aerial
> > > I believe the transmitting frequencies are between 471.25 and 847.25 in
> > > 8MHz steps.  I also believe locally the relevant frequencies are:
> > >
> > > ITV 487.25MHz
> > > BBC1 511.25MHz
> > > CH4 535.25MHz
> > > BBC2 567.25MHz
> > > CH5 583.25MHz
> > >
> > > I got the above information from http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception and have
> > > been using ptune-ui.pl and the pal-europe setting.  I have been stepping
> > > through all the frequencies and have not got any sort of picture yet.
> > >
> > > I reversed the order of loading the tuner and tda9887 modules and tried
> > > again (exactly the same).
> > >
> > > I don't know if it is of any relevance, but I am getting i2c address 0x50
> > > not found.  Below is the dmesg output, maybe that will show something
> > > useful.  As you can see the PAL=I option is apparently not working.
> > >
> > >
> > > tda9887: Unknown parameter `PAL'
> > > tuner: Unknown parameter `PAL'
> > > Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> > > ivtv: Unknown parameter `PAL'
> > > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > > ivtv: version 0.3.2 (d) loading
> > > ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.8.1-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4
> > > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
> > > ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
> > > ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
> > > ivtv: User specified WinTV PVR 250 card
> > > ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
> > > PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 0000:00:0e.0
> > > PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:05.0
> > > PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:07.0
> > > PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:09.2
> > > ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> > > ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3099 vendor: 0x1106
> > > tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86
> > > ivtv: i2c attach [client=tda9887,ok]
> > > tuner: chip found at addr 0xd6 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
> > > ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> > > tveeprom: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
> > > ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x50 not found!
> > > ivtv: Error -19 reading Hauppauge eeprom.
> > > ivtv: Possible causes: the tveeprom module was not loaded, or
> > > ivtv: the eeprom kernel module was loaded before the tveeprom module.
> > > saa7115: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
> > > saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
> > > saa7115: detecting saa7115 client on address 0x42
> > > saa7115: writing init values
> > > ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[0],ok]
> > > saa7115: status: (1E) 0x40, (1F) 0xc0
> > > msp3400: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
> > > msp34xx: ivtv version
> > > msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3415G-B8, has NICAM support, simple (D) mode,
> > > simpler (G) no-thread mode
> > > msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Feb 10 2005 13:11:49
> > > ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3415G-B8,ok]
> > > ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02030015
> > > ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 4 streams
> > > ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers  4194304 kbytes
> > > total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0
> > > ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> > > ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32
> > > ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> > > ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224
> > > ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes
> > > total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24
> > > saa7115: decoder set input (4)
> > > saa7115: now setting Composite input
> > > ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1
> > > ivtv: Switching standard to PAL.
> > > ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 7479, itv = 0xd0ee6740
> > > saa7115: decoder set norm PAL
> > > saa7115: set audio: 0x01
> > > ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
> > > ivtv: ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > > Trev
> > >
> > > On Friday 11 Feb 2005 08:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Well, your list of modules looks okay, but try and reverse the order of
> > > > loading the tuner and tda9887 modules.
> > > > (tda9887 should get loaded automatically by the tuner module, but it
> > > > looks as if the PAL mode setting isn't passed into the tda9887 module).
> > > >
> > > > Also not quite sure if your tuner needs this module, but what I've seen
> > > > from a few datasheets is that most modern Philips multistandard tuners
> > > > (ME versions?) use this chip to demodulate the signal into video/audio.
> > > >
> > > > Are you getting any picture? Only static? Just a black screen?
> > > >
> > > > If you're getting only static, is there a part of the frequency range
> > > > that does give a picture? Try this with ivtvctl -r
> > > > $(({freq_in_MHz}*16)). Try frequencies in approx. the following ranges:
> > > > 50-160MHz (low band), 160-442MHz, 442+MHz.
> > > > (these ranges are for my tuner, yours might be 10-20MHz off, don't have
> > > > the datasheet to look up the details).
> > > >
> > > > Of course it will help to have a list of frequencies from your cable
> > > > company...
> > > >
> > > > If this is not a problem, then you won't need to fix it ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Stanley.
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Stanley
> > > > >
> > > > > I have previously not been loading the module tda9887.
> > > > > I have listed the modules that are being loaded below, can you tell
> > > > > me if
> > > >
> > > > I>
> > > >
> > > > > have any others missing. (my current setup works OK with the
> > > > > composite input).  NOTE: The adapter is an Adaptec AVC-2410 and I
> > > > > need to set the
> > > >
> > > > car> d
> > > >
> > > > > type to 2 to make it work.
> > > > >
> > > > > msp3400
> > > > > saa7115
> > > > > tveeprom
> > > > > ivtv
> > > > > i2c-algo-bit
> > > > > videodev
> > > > > tda9887
> > > > > tuner
> > > > >
> > > > > I am loading them with:
> > > > >
> > > > > modprobe tuner PAL=I type=52
> > > > > modprobe tda9887 PAL=I
> > > > > modprobe ivtv cardtype=2 ivtv_std=2 PAL=I
> > > > >
> > > > > then to make the sound run at the correct speed on my card:
> > > > >
> > > > > ivtvctl -g reg=0x0030,val=0x03
> > > > > ivtvctl -g reg=0x0031,val=0xc0
> > > > > ivtvctl -g reg=0x0032,val=0x00
> > > > >
> > > > > ivtvctl -g reg=0x0034,val=0xe7
> > > > > ivtvctl -g reg=0x0035,val=0x7d
> > > > > ivtvctl -g reg=0x0036,val=0x18
> > > > >
> > > > > I will have a look at patching the the modules although I'm not quite
> > > >
> > > > certa> in
> > > >
> > > > > how to go about it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best Regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Trev
> > > >
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