List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

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ATI Rage 128 and Rage Pro

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I have one of these older cards (was never clear on which beast exactly) . Arte these early ATI cards NOT compatible? I thought they were through the GATOS drivers but I can not find a how to anywhere that is complete.
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Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by MarkusR »

I just installed Mint 9 with Hauppauge HVR-1255 card. The drivers are there, but according to dmesg I need to set the option "card=20" in the insmod.

I see there are instructions about creating or modifying files but I'm a bit confused which file it is on Mint 9 that needs to be edited. Do I need to edit /etc/modules file? What exactly do I put in there?
saedelaere

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by saedelaere »

In case someone searches an application for Devices with a build-in hardware mpeg2 encoder like the devices supported by the ivtv, pvrusb2, cx18 or cx88-blackbird driver have a look at TV-Viewer. So far only analog TV is supported but this will change in a future Release.

Best regards
banshee

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by banshee »

Hy everyone,

I read every post, and tried solutions offered, but as more as I try more it seems that I do not know exactly what my problem is.
So I have Asus Tv-FM 7134 card and Linux Mint 9: Isadora. The thing is that when I run Tvtime, Kaffeine or even Me-TV TV card isn't recognized.
And to get things even more stupid, Skype recognizes it and with no problem plays static from it. So on with the relevant info:

lspci -v

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04:06.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 4842
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
	Memory at fdcff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1
	Kernel driver in use: saa7134
	Kernel modules: saa7134
lsmod

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Module                  Size  Used by
saa7134_alsa           12370  1 
tuner                  23224  1 
ir_common              43415  1 saa7134
v4l2_common            18357  2 tuner,saa7134
videobuf_dma_sg        12370  2 saa7134_alsa,saa7134
videobuf_core          19269  2 saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg
tveeprom               13882  1 saa7134
snd_pcm                87850  6 saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
snd                    70978  25 saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
dmesg

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[    9.850663] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
[    9.851050] phy0: hwaddr 00:18:e7:6a:4a:03, RTL8185vD + rtl8225z2
[    9.851632]   alloc irq_desc for 20 on node 0
[    9.851634]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    9.851642] saa7134 0000:04:06.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[    9.851648] saa7134[0]: found at 0000:04:06.0, rev: 1, irq: 20, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfdcff000
[    9.851654] saa7134[0]: subsystem: 1043:4842, board: Sabrent SBT-TVFM (saa7130) [card=42,insmod option]
[    9.851670] saa7134[0]: board init: gpio is 0
[    9.851675] IRQ 20/saa7134[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
[    9.876762] hda_codec: ALC889A: BIOS auto-probing.
[    9.878712] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/input/input6
[   10.070022] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 43 10 42 48 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070026] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070029] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070032] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070035] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070038] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070041] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070044] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070047] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070050] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070053] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070055] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070058] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070061] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070064] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070067] saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[   10.070071] i2c i2c-0: Invalid 7-bit address 0x7a
[   10.773707] tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (saa7134[0])
[   10.777912] tda9887 0-0043: creating new instance
[   10.777914] tda9887 0-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found
[   10.820132] saa7134[0]: registered device video1 [v4l2]
[   10.820147] saa7134[0]: registered device vbi0
[   10.820161] saa7134[0]: registered device radio0
[   10.823384] saa7134 ALSA driver for DMA sound loaded
[   10.823392] IRQ 20/saa7134[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
[   10.823405] saa7134[0]/alsa: saa7134[0] at 0xfdcff000 irq 20 registered as card -2
After it refused to work I tried to put card and tuner numbers in options, but half way, I wasn't sure witch, so I tried different and
after 4th reboot I was bored :S

loaded modules
/etc/modules

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tuner
tvaudio
saa7134-empress
saa7134-alsa
saa7134-dvb
saa7134
and the latest entry in modprobe

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options saa7134 card=16 tuner=43
This is my first day with Linux Mint and first (and only) problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also I will
provide every info needed that I failed to post.

Cheers
deconectat

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by deconectat »

I just installed Linux Mint 10 and I'm trying to get my Avermedia Aver Tv Go 007 FM (analog) to work. I've used this card in older versions of Ubuntu and openSuSE 11.3, but it doesn't seem to work in mint.
I tried:

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vali-desktop vali # modprobe saa7134_alsa
vali-desktop vali # modprobe saa7134 i2c_scan=1
and

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modprobe saa7134_alsa
modprobe saa7134 card=52 tuner=5
I even added these modules to /etc/modules and restarted my system.

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# xawtv -hwscan
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.35-22-generic-pae)
looking for available devices
port 331-362
    type : Xvideo, image scaler
    name : NV17 Video Texture

port 363-394
    type : Xvideo, image scaler
    name : NV05 Video Blitter

/dev/video0: OK                         [ -device /dev/video0 ]
    type : v4l2
    name : UNKNOWN/GENERIC
    flags: overlay capture  

# tvtime-scanner
Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
Scanning using TV standard NTSC.

    No tuner found on input 0.  If you have a tuner, please
    select a different input using --input=<num>.

# cat /dev/video0 
<<<<<<;;;;;;;;;<<<<<<<<<;;;<<<;;;;;;<<<;;;;;;;;;
I'm running out of ideas. Can anyone help me?
Fledermaus

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by Fledermaus »

Well, thanks for all the help but it ain't working. I'm not new to linux, but I'm new to Mint. But I love it.

Anyway, I followed the steps above to install my tv @nywhere card and started up tvtime. Without success. And now I'm stuck. Having no knowledge about how the tv stuff works in linux, I'm asking you for advice plz ;-)
Fledermaus

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by Fledermaus »

Well, I tried to follow this guide but it is a bit unclear to me. I own an MSI TV@nywhere Pro and uses Mint Julia 64-bit.

I tried to follow this guide but maybe I used the wrong number? Anyway, it ain't working :-(
82 -> MSI TV@Anywhere plus [1462:6231]

Any advice? Meanwhile, I'll try again, over and over...
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Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by Roken »

For info - Hauppauge 1300 (notoriously difficult to get going with Linux) just works with LMDE, TVHeadend and XBMC - as does my no-name Winfast dongle.
Kernel Linux Tex 5.12.14-zen1-1-zen, XFCE
Arch
Dual GTX1070 8Gb
AMD Ryzen 1800X
32Gb RAM
Fledermaus

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by Fledermaus »

For those who have loopback issues and experience the "no sound issue", try the following:

(loopback issues: no cables between your pci tv card and your sound card)

1. turn on tvtime
2. open a terminal and enter the following:

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pactl load-module module-loopback
It should work immediatly, at least it did for me.
wandaschmick

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by wandaschmick »

"For those who have loopback issues and experience the "no sound issue", try the following:

(loopback issues: no cables between your pci tv card and your sound card)

1. turn on tvtime
2. open a terminal and enter the following:

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pactl load-module module-loopback

It should work immediatly, at least it did for me."

This is really working, thank you for sharing this wonderful information.
Tabasco

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

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Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by Niks »

Hi chenyixiu

please run lsusb ( within a terminal ) with the stick connected and see if your stick is a least found. :roll:
If it is, :) then you can use the very first post in this thread to get it working :D or at least know which name to google for :P ( mostly based on chip sets and not brand names ).

I do wonder why you using mint 7 :? Will limit your options on this kind of hardware! :mrgreen:
Jesuo

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by Jesuo »

hi all.

Have you any clue about this TDT usb card 1b80:d393 form conceptronic? the model is ctvdigusb2.

I tried some drivers and those dont install, a

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lsmod | grep dvb
shows nothing......any clue?

Tx
ironcladbarrel

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by ironcladbarrel »

First post for meeeee! Love Mint!
I have a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250, and when I had Mint 10.04, the functionality was "sketchy". I was using MythTV and when I would connect the antenna, it would receive a signal for a few seconds then the comp would log out completely out of my account! This is what I get for lsmod | grep dvb:

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videobuf_dvb           14147  1 cx23885
dvb_core              110487  2 cx23885,videobuf_dvb
videobuf_core          26135  3 cx23885,videobuf_dma_sg,videobuf_dvb
and lsmod:

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Module                  Size  Used by
cryptd                 20510  0 
aes_x86_64             17208  484 
aes_generic            38279  1 aes_x86_64
binfmt_misc            17565  1 
parport_pc             36959  0 
ppdev                  17113  0 
vesafb                 13761  1 
dm_crypt               22993  0 
nvidia              10709116  42 
ir_lirc_codec          12898  0 
lirc_dev               19232  1 ir_lirc_codec
ir_sony_decoder        12549  0 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     28103  1 
mt2131                 13387  1 
ir_jvc_decoder         12546  0 
ir_rc6_decoder         12546  0 
s5h1409                18754  1 
ir_rc5_decoder         12546  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   336693  1 
ir_nec_decoder         12546  0 
cx23885               142382  0 
rc_core                26918  7 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,cx23885
cx2341x                28272  1 cx23885
videobuf_dma_sg        19307  1 cx23885
videobuf_dvb           14147  1 cx23885
snd_hda_intel          33211  2 
snd_hda_codec         103804  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
dvb_core              110487  2 cx23885,videobuf_dvb
videobuf_core          26135  3 cx23885,videobuf_dma_sg,videobuf_dvb
snd_hwdep              13604  1 snd_hda_codec
v4l2_common            17647  2 cx23885,cx2341x
snd_pcm                96625  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
videodev               82052  3 cx23885,cx2341x,v4l2_common
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    17078  1 videodev
btcx_risc              13640  1 cx23885
snd_rawmidi            30486  1 snd_seq_midi
tveeprom               21249  1 cx23885
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                61621  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              29602  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14462  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    67382  14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse                73535  0 
serio_raw              13166  0 
soundcore              12680  1 snd
i2c_nforce2            13058  0 
snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp                 37297  0 
lp                     17825  0 
parport                46458  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
joydev                 17606  0 
dm_raid45              77827  0 
xor                    12890  1 dm_raid45
btrfs                 550402  0 
zlib_deflate           27074  1 btrfs
libcrc32c              12644  1 btrfs
usbhid                 46956  0 
hid                    91020  1 usbhid
video                  19438  0 
r8169                  48022  0 
ahci                   25951  2 
libahci                26642  1 ahci
pata_jmicron           12747  0
Any help is greatly appreciated! BTW, I'm running 4GB RAM, 8400 Core 2 Duo, Mint 11.04 64bit. (I'd love to really use the remote that came with the card, too!)

Thanks!
ivvyevents

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by ivvyevents »

I think there is some issue with the compatibility, I too had a similar problem a little while back but getting the card changed did work out for me. Checking the list of the compatible cards is the key.
jmor8801

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by jmor8801 »

i always use linuxtv.org . They have a lot of usefull info on differnet tuners and how to get them going .

here is the link for the hardware page:

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hardw ... nformation
gamez

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by gamez »

Could you add Creatix CTX948 (chipset Philips SAA7134) to your list, was build in a Medion PC MD8833 (among others).

Thx,

g.
vox

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by vox »

My dear Serbian friend,
Is there any chance ATI Theater 200 chip is supported (ATI All In Wonder 2006 PCI Express)

There seems to be a Linux driver
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/l ... ng=English

Advise which software to use

Hvala!
jems

Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by jems »

I have a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 which I bought from Newegg a few years ago:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6815116037
Over the years, I've not had much success making it work. I tried OpenSuse, and Ubuntu. However, yesterday, I got it to work in Linux Mint 13! It was actually very easy.
I used some of the info in this http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/H ... V-HVR-2200

Here's all I had to do:
1) physically install the card. The following showed up in dmesg:
[ 4.604840] saa7164 driver loaded
[ 4.604890] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 4.606586] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8851, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250 [card=7,autodetected]
[ 4.606591] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 16, latency: 0, mmio: 0xe8000000
[ 4.606596] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 4.764079] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
[ 4.764088] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload (NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
[ 4.947883] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Upload failed. (file not found?)

I then followed the comment from the Wiki:
"This necessitated the download of http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx ... 03-10.1.fw and copy to /lib/firmware/<current kernel>"

So, I downloaded, and installed the file:
# cp NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Then rebooted. Upon doing so, the following showed up in dmesg:

[ 6.222892] saa7164 driver loaded
[ 6.222945] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC6] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 6.223659] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8891, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250 [card=7,autodetected]
[ 6.223663] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 16, latency: 0, mmio: 0xdf400000
[ 6.223668] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 6.380012] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
[ 6.380029] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload (NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
[ 7.050714] saa7164_downloadfirmware() firmware read 4019072 bytes.
[ 7.050717] saa7164_downloadfirmware() firmware loaded.
[ 7.050724] saa7164_downloadfirmware() SecBootLoader.FileSize = 4019072
[ 7.050729] saa7164_downloadfirmware() FirmwareSize = 0x1fd6
[ 7.050730] saa7164_downloadfirmware() BSLSize = 0x0
[ 7.050732] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Reserved = 0x0
[ 7.050733] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Version = 0x1661c00
[ 13.904011] saa7164_downloadimage() Image downloaded, booting...
[ 14.008012] saa7164_downloadimage() Image booted successfully.
[ 16.128007] saa7164_downloadimage() Image downloaded, booting...
[ 17.792014] saa7164_downloadimage() Image booted successfully.
[ 17.836230] saa7164[0]: Hauppauge eeprom: model=88061
[ 18.581375] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7164)
[ 24.038804] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7164)
[ 24.039230] saa7164[0]: registered device video0 [mpeg]
[ 24.268810] saa7164[0]: registered device video1 [mpeg]
[ 24.479163] saa7164[0]: registered device vbi0 [vbi]
[ 24.479211] saa7164[0]: registered device vbi1 [vbi]

This created the /dev needed:
$ ls -la /dev/dvb/adapter*
/dev/dvb/adapter0:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 Dec 24 07:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 Dec 24 07:01 ..
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 1 Dec 24 07:01 demux0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 2 Dec 24 07:01 dvr0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 0 Dec 24 07:01 frontend0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 3 Dec 24 07:01 net0

/dev/dvb/adapter1:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 Dec 24 07:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 Dec 24 07:01 ..
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 5 Dec 24 07:01 demux0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 6 Dec 24 07:01 dvr0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 4 Dec 24 07:01 frontend0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 7 Dec 24 07:01 net0
$

Once that was done, I installed kaffeine, had it 'scan' for channels, and I was watching TV.
The only thing left is getting ALL the channels. For some reason, it only picked up about half of my digital TV channels.

Still working on that.
I hope this helps anyone else trying to get DTV cards to work!

I'm using Kaffeine, which seems pretty cool. It has nice recording, and scheduled recording options. Somehow, it picks up the schedules of what is on each channel for the upcoming day.

I tried installing configuring MythTV, but there were countless configuration questions/options. Questions/options like:

Phase Inversion Frequency
Photon Inertial Dampener Seed
Transcode Multiplier
Video Differential Offset
Digital Frequency Dampener Value
Reverse Allignment Tertiary Gain Setting
Primary Video Colorburst Angle

Ok, I made that up. But similar questions and I had no clue. :)

Kaffeine just worked.


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Re: List of support TV tuner card on Linux mint and How to

Post by jmor8801 »

All reported tv tuners that work on linux are on linuxtv.org . Also info on how and what is needed to get them to work if anything. For example the wintv 1600 model is supported without doing anything. Just fire up kaffeine and get going.
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