Hey Mauro, Thanks for the reply. Relieved to know I'm not invisible. =)
I'm a total noob to linux driver issues, so if I'm posting this in the wrong area, please forgive me. I only posted here because this is where linuxtv.org said to go to ask for help. Until now all my hardware has just worked. So big thanks to all the people who made that happen! But this EasyCap board is kind of kicking my butt. You are correct, when I plug this USB device in video capture device is not detected and so does not work. As I understand it, all the drivers needed to make this Easycap work in linux already exist and are used by various forms of Easycap devices already. The em2860 USB video bridge chip should be supported by the "em28xx" kernel modules, and the Trident SAA7115H chip should be supported by the "saa7115" module. My best guess is that the card vendor:product id [1f4d:1abe] is simply not "attached" to those drivers or known by those drivers so when I plug this USB device in, video drivers are not loaded. But my assessment of the situation might be completely off here. Couple questions... First, if nobody know what to do with the information I've posted, why does linuxtv.org/wiki instruct me to post this information here, exactly this way? Not a big issue really, just quite confusing. Secondly, if all the drivers already exist, what do I need to do to get them to "attach" to my hardware? Is there some place I can go to learn how to do that fairly quickly? Is anyone in this board knowledgeable about how that can easily be done? I am competent enough with linux that I can perform the steps necessary if I know what those steps are. This is new territory for me though. Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated! =) Thanks, --Ronald On Sun, 2015-09-06 at 16:53 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Hi Ronald, > > Well, probably nobody knows what to do with that ;) > > If I understood well your post, video didn't work, right? > > So, either you or someone else with the same hardware as you have would > need to make it work and send a patch to the mailing list adding support > for this new ID. > > Probably, it is just either a GPIO or the video input that it is wrong. > In order to fix it, you would either need some help from the manufacturer > or to sniff the USB message exchanges from the original driver and check > the settings for saa7113 and em28xx. The wiki has some info about how > to do it. > > Regards, > Mauro > > > Em Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:16:48 -0500 > Ronald Tallent <r...@tallent.ws> escreveu: > > > Hi, > > > > This is my third attempt to post this information to mailing list in a > > little over a week. Am I invisible? Can nobody see my messages? I have > > precisely followed the instructions posted on > > linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Em28xx_devices#How_to_validate_my_vendor.2Fproduct_id_at_upstream_kernel.3F > > trying to get my hardware validated. What else do I need to do? Can > > someone answer please and help me. > > > > Thanks, > > --Ronald > > > > > > I've tested my USB easycap device (Geniatech iGrabber) in Ubuntu > > 14.04. > > > > Make: Geniatech > > Model: iGrabber for MAC > > Vendor/Product ID: [1f4d:1abe] > > Product website: www.geniatech.com/pa/igrabber.asp > > > > Tests Made: > > - Audio Capture [worked] > > - Video Capture [device not detected] > > - DVB [does not have DVB] > > > > Tested by: > > r...@tallent.ws > > > > > > Detailed information on device and system below for reference: > > > > uname -a: > > 3.13.0-62-generic #102-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 11 14:29:36 UTC 2015 x86_64 > > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > dmesg: > > [] usb 3-3.3: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd > > [] usb 3-3.3: New USB device found, idVendor=1f4d, idProduct=1abe > > [] usb 3-3.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 > > [] usb 3-3.3: Product: USB Device > > [] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio > > > > lsusb: > > Bus 003 Device 008: ID 1f4d:1abe G-Tek Electronics Group > > > > Hardware: > > Opened the case and found the following text printed on the board: > > HandyCap > > v1.51 > > 2007-4-24 > > > > Three chips on board are: > > 1: empia > > EM2860 > > P8367-010 > > 201036-01AG > > > > 2: Trident > > SAA7113H > > C2P409.00 02 > > A5G11152 > > > > 3: eMPIA > > Technology > > EMP202 > > UT11958 > > 1027 > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in > > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
