I had similar trouble until I loaded the correct my tuner module.
I eventually used a little script on freshmeat.net to do it. It's called
find_tvcardoptions.sh - do you want it to try?
Cheers
Dave
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> Hello all,
>
> A little help from the list for a bttv/WinTV/xawtv newbie please.. :)
>
> OS: Linux
> Kernel: 2.4.2
> Hardware: Hauppauge WinTV Model 401
> Software:
> bttv: bttv-0.7.59
> bttv: bttv-0.8.11 (I've tried them both)
> xawtv: xawtv-3.40
>
> I think that's all the important stuff...
>
> Problem:
>
> I can't get a clear picture or clear audio from xawtv.. If I tune the card to
> US, NTSC, Cable ch. 3; I *almost* get a picture. I can tell that something is
> there, and that it kinda sorta looks like the talking head on CNN-Headline
> News (the channel that my DirecTV receiver is tuned to). I can hear the correct
> audio for CNN-HN, mixed with a lot of static, but the audio is there. The video
> is 90 - 95% noise.
>
> Any pointers on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> What I've tried so far:
>
> Changing the coax feeding the WinTV card.
> Multiple insmod options to the bttv drivers.
> All of the NTSC frequency charts in the xawtv list.
> Verify that my DirecTV receiver is using Ch. 3 as the output channel.
> Both of the bttv driver versions listed above.
>
> /var/adm/messages:
>
> Mar 18 17:49:40 fizban kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module
> Mar 18 17:49:40 fizban kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module
> Mar 18 17:49:40 fizban kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.59 loaded
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k total) fo
> r capture
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:09.0
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: PCI: The same IRQ used for device 00:09.1
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 2) at 00:09.0, irq: 10, latency
>: 32, memory: 0xec001000
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: subsystem: 0070:13eb => Hauppauge WinTV
> => card=10
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: model: BT878(Hauppauge new (bt878)) [autod
> etected]
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: Hauppauge msp34xx: reset line init
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as adapte
> r 0.
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom: model=62471, tuner=Phili
> ps FM1236 (2), radio=yes
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not fo
> und
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not fo
> und
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not fo
> und
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux drive
> r
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: tvaudio: known chips: tda9840,tda9873h,tda9850,td
> a9855,tea6300,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951)
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: i2c-core.o: driver generic i2c audio driver regis
> tered.
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [tda9850]
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: i2c-core.o: client [tda9850] registered to adapte
> r [bt848 #0](pos. 0).
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver registered
> .
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0x61
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [Philips NTSC]
> Mar 18 17:49:41 fizban kernel: i2c-core.o: client [Philips NTSC] registered to a
> dapter [bt848 #0](pos. 1).
> Mar 18 17:49:52 fizban kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... ok
> Mar 18 17:49:52 fizban kernel: tuner: TV freq (0.-6) out of range (44-890)
> Mar 18 18:00:56 fizban kernel: bttv0: PLL: switching off
> Mar 18 18:03:45 fizban kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... ok
> Mar 18 18:03:45 fizban kernel: tuner: TV freq (0.-6) out of range (44-890)
>
> lsmod:
>
> Module Size Used by
> tuner 4256 1 (autoclean)
> bttv 59760 0
> i2c-algo-bit 7264 1 [bttv]
> i2c-core 12784 0 [tuner bttv i2c-algo-bit]
> videodev 4832 3 [bttv]
> parport_pc 10672 1 (autoclean)
> lp 5136 1 (autoclean)
> parport 15552 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> sb 7504 0
> sb_lib 34784 0 [sb]
> uart401 6544 0 [sb_lib]
> sound 58768 0 [sb_lib uart401]
> soundcore 3952 5 [sb_lib sound]
> isa-pnp 28688 0 [sb]
> st 27024 0
> nls_cp437 4352 3 (autoclean)
> vfat 11728 3 (autoclean)
> fat 32288 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
>
> That's all the information I can think of to include that sounds useful. Any
> other that's needed, just ask. :)
>
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> Much Thanks,
>
> Monte Freeman
> Atlanta, GA.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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