Hauppauge WinTV USB card in gentoo?

matosale

Hi guys, has any1 an idea how to get my tv card working in gentoo?

The model is 40014 REV A
there is a philips "thing" inside and i don't know what that is.

Can any1 please help me with this? :roll:

Thanks a lot
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rew · n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Posts: 47 Location: Oregon

I dont know if this helps, forgive me if I am treating you below your level of understanding, but you did not provide much information.

Most Hauppauge cards that I have seen have on of the bt* cards (there are a few). What you will need to do (if you haven't already) is enable some kernel drivers. I assume you know how to compile a kernel, but if not check out the documentation at thdp.org. (I thought there was in the documentation section of gentoo.org, but I might be mistaken.) You are going to need these either compiled into the kernel or build as modules (either will work as long as i2c is built into the kernel when v4l is). You will (probably) need: Video4Linux (v4l) support, bttv support, i2c support, i2c-algo-bit... probably some things under the USB section (forget exactly where it is off the top of my head). That should get things working. If you have compiled them as modules (you remembered to compile and install the modules too didn't you?) you should be able to do a `modprobe bttv` as root and then run a program like xawtv or my personal prefrence, zapping, from within X.

If it doesn't work. Let me know an I will try and help you more. I am sorry I cant tell you exactly what you need in the kernel but my config is fubar right now and I can't get into menuconfig. It might also be useful for you to look around /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Video4Linux/bttv for information about your specific card. And of course, if you figure out how to get it working, let me know! - rew
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matosale · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 10:46 am Post subject:

well...you're right.
this is my WinTV USB Tuner
Model 4001 Rev A
i just recompile my kernel and I'm going to install the tuner program (xawtv. BTW where can I find this "zapping"? ...as you notice: I'm a newbie

)

What i don't know is about the USB thing...i'm not really sure.
Thanks for your help
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matosale · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 11:58 am Post subject:

rew · n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Posts: 47 Location: Oregon

DGA Support:
You can enable DGA support in X by going to your X config file (usually something like /etc/X11/XF86Config) and commenting out (put a # infront of it) the line:
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
In addition, you have the option of commenting out the line above and below this as they no longer do anything.

Zapping:
Zapping has an ebuild so all you need to do to install it is (as root) type:
emerge media-video/zapping
then to run the program type:
zapping

/dev/v4l/video0:
There are a few possiable reasons why xawtv can't find your device. Of course it could be that it is not recognizing the device because it is USB. (I don't know how the bttv driver is set up to handle USB devices; if it is at all.) The other problem is that the driver is not loaded. If you installed it, try typing:
lsmod
into the console as root. This should list at least these thing (assuming you compiled them as modules): tuner, bttv, & i2c-algo-bit. There will probably be some other things depending on what kind of setup you have. If the things above are not listed and you are sure you selected to have them compiled as modules, you will probably need to load them. You can do this by typing this into the console (as root):
modprobe bttv
As before, I am sorry if this is writen below your level (you already know to do these things), but I want to make sure we don't miss something simple. :-) If you do get these modules loaded, then go ahead and post the related lines from a dmesg. (Type: `dmesg` w/o the ` in console.) What I am looking for is anything related to tuner, bttv, or i2c-core (espicially relating to Philips since that is the type of tuner you have).

I am looking into the USB problems and I will let you know what I find.
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matosale · Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 4:47 am Post subject:

i did what you said, but this is the NEW problem: