I don't know about your specific card, but I also have a Bt878 based card
(a Hauppage WinTV) and have had similar experiences. As I recall, it didn't
work with RedHat 6.0 (kernel 2.2.something) or Mandrake 7.0 (kernel
2.2.14-15mdk) until I upgraded the I2C code. However, it works without any
trouble using the latest dev kernel (2.3.99-pre8). It uses the bttv driver,
which in my case, automatically loads on demand.
Daniel Senie wrote:
> I've got an Osprey card which has 3 RCA connectors and one S-video, and
> has a BT878 chip on it and little else. Has anyone gotten this card
> working with Redhat 6.1? The list of supported hardware on RedHat's
> support page claims this is a supported chipset, but the built-in
> drivers certainly don't do anything useful.
>
> I was able to use bttvgrab to attempt to get images from it. They are
> all blue screens. The video source is known-good (connected via a
> distribution amplifier to several capture devices). I've tried capturing
> from all ports, and tried moving the video among ports, all with no
> success.
>
> I can't tell what version of the bttv.c driver is in the RedHat 6.1
> kernel. It would appear that no version number is placed in the comments
> of the source code (making it tough to figure out what it is).
>
> The system in question does not have a video display on it. The planned
> use is such that no VGA display can be present. Images are being
> captured and transmitted over the 'net. This means I can't easily use a
> VGA display or any applications which require one in the course of
> debugging.
>
> So, the real question in all of this is: Has anyone gotten this card to
> work? What drivers did you use? Were they the stock ones in the RedHat
> 6.1 distribution? 6.2 distribution?
>
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