On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 10:46:10AM -0600, Diana Eichert wrote: > NetNeanderthal, mickey, et al > > On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, NetNeanderthal wrote: > > > On 8/3/06, Diana Eichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > bktr0 at pci1 dev 14 function 0 "Brooktree BT878" rev 0x02: irq 10 > > > bktr0: Askey/Dynalink Magic TView, Temic NTSC tuner. > > > "Brooktree BT878 Audio" rev 0x02 at pci1 dev 14 function 1 not configured > > > > The RIOCGINFO ioctl(2) is reserved for /dev/radioN(4) devices.. I > > didn't see it in your dmesg, but I seem to recall my ancient 848 > > enumerating radio0 at bktr0 for NTSC tuning purposes, barring memory > > problems (of the brain sort). > > > > I believe there are also some kernel config options to force manual > > enumeration of the device rather than relying on built-in > > autodetection code. I never had to worry about them, but you might > > give that a go if you're in the kernel-config neighbourhood. > > On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, mickey wrote: > SNIP > > radioctl operates on radio device. > > if it is not attached then it will not work. > > > > besides the fact that to _view_ tv you need some ext program anyway. > > OK, so it takes a bit for me to be clued in and it's quite possible I'm > still not there. > > Here's what I think I know. > > I have a bktr(4) card with an onboard NTSC tuner. I can't control > the bktr(4) setup channel and broadcast type because there is no radio(4) > device attached, probably? because the auto-detect of the tuner failed? > My plan is to pull the card, and verify what tuner is on it. Then build a > new kernel based on GENERIC adding option BKTR_OVERRIDE_TUNER and possibly > option BKTR_OVERRIDE_CARD to see if I can get a radio(4) device attached. > > My purpose in going through all this is to capture video on my OpenBSD > system and stream it on my local network to a PrismIQ media player.
to capture video you need more than just channel setting. you need to install a port like fxtv or smth... cu -- paranoic mickey (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)