Mailing List Archive: Multiple Tuner Cards -- Setup Question

Multiple Tuner Cards -- Setup Question

Jul 22, 2003, 7:04 PM

Post #1 of 3 (1110 views)

Hi,

I cannot get a second tuner card to work on my mythtv
system. The original (working) card is a Hauppauge
PVR 250 card, the second card is a"KWorld Mpeg TV"
card based on the Bt878 chipset. Redhat 9 detects the
Bt878 card, and uses the bttv driver.

In short, I'm getting a "readee error" message when
loading modules for the new card. Also, the PVR250
card is now on /dev/video1 (instead of video0) and no
longer can be accessed either.

I suspect my problem is setting up modules.conf.
Below are the modules.conf file and dmesg output. Any
help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

-- Todd

modules.conf:

# STUFF I ADDED FOR BT CAPTURE CARD
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
alias char-major-81 bttv
options bttv fieldnr=1
#alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
alias sound-slot-1 btaudio
alias sound-service-1-0 btaudio
alias sound-slot-2 bttv
alias sound-service-2-0 tvmixer
pre-install bttv modprobe tvmixer
pre-install tvmixer modprobe tvaudio
options tvmixer devnr=2
options btaudio dsp1=1 dsp2=2 mixer=1
# END OF STUFF FOR BT CAPURE CARD

alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
alias char-major-195 nvidia
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
options ivtv debug=1
options tuner type=2
options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner lirc_dev lirc_i2c

"dmesg | grep bttv" returns:

-------------------------------------
bttv: driver version 0.7.104 loaded
bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for
capture
bttv: Host bridge is Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX -
82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled.
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0f.0, irq: 11, latency:
64, mmio: 0xee003000
bttv0: using: BT878( *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC **)
[card=0,autodetected]
bttv0: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty)
bttv: readee error
bttv0: using tuner=-1
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC
(FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) [insmod]
tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC
(FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) [insmod]

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Re: Multiple Tuner Cards -- Setup Question [ In reply to ]

help at pdscc

Jul 22, 2003, 9:07 PM

Post #2 of 3 (1095 views)

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On 22 Jul 2003 at 19:04, Todd Greene wrote:

> I suspect my problem is setting up modules.conf.
Thats correct, you haven't defined what your card is...

from my setup

options bttv card=6,63 radio=1,0 tuner=2,8 #pll=1

I have the Avermedia Tvphone (card 6) and the ATI TV Wonder (card 63)

The latter is a BT878 card.

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Re: Multiple Tuner Cards -- Setup Question [ In reply to ]

geekofalltrades at shaw

Jul 22, 2003, 9:49 PM

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Greene" <tnagreene@yahoo.com>
To: <mythtv-users@snowman.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Multiple Tuner Cards -- Setup Question

> Hi,
>
> I cannot get a second tuner card to work on my mythtv
> system. The original (working) card is a Hauppauge
> PVR 250 card, the second card is a"KWorld Mpeg TV"
> card based on the Bt878 chipset. Redhat 9 detects the
> Bt878 card, and uses the bttv driver.
>
> In short, I'm getting a "readee error" message when
> loading modules for the new card. Also, the PVR250
> card is now on /dev/video1 (instead of video0) and no
> longer can be accessed either.
>
> I suspect my problem is setting up modules.conf.
> Below are the modules.conf file and dmesg output. Any
> help would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Todd
>
>
> modules.conf:
>
> # STUFF I ADDED FOR BT CAPTURE CARD
> alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
> alias char-major-81 bttv
> options bttv fieldnr=1
> #alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> alias sound-slot-1 btaudio
> alias sound-service-1-0 btaudio
> alias sound-slot-2 bttv
> alias sound-service-2-0 tvmixer
> pre-install bttv modprobe tvmixer
> pre-install tvmixer modprobe tvaudio
> options tvmixer devnr=2
> options btaudio dsp1=1 dsp2=2 mixer=1
> # END OF STUFF FOR BT CAPURE CARD
>
> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> alias char-major-195 nvidia
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> options ivtv debug=1
> options tuner type=2
> options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner lirc_dev lirc_i2c
>
> "dmesg | grep bttv" returns:
>
> -------------------------------------
> bttv: driver version 0.7.104 loaded
> bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for
> capture
> bttv: Host bridge is Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX -
> 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
> bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled.
> bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0f.0, irq: 11, latency:
> 64, mmio: 0xee003000
> bttv0: using: BT878( *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC **)
> [card=0,autodetected]
> bttv0: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty)
> bttv: readee error
> bttv0: using tuner=-1
> bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
> bttv0: registered device video0
> bttv0: registered device vbi0
> tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC
> (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) [insmod]
> tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC
> (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) [insmod]
>
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>
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Hello;

Just a quick readthru seems to point to a load of bttv as char-major 81 but
should be 81-0, whilst ivtv should be 81-1. Might want to ll /dev/video* to
check tho. I have the same setup - if you want i can post my modules.conf.

./gary

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