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diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7cbf4fb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ + +Release notes for bttv +====================== + +You'll need at least these config options for bttv: + CONFIG_I2C=m + CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=m + CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m + +The latest bttv version is available from http://bytesex.org/bttv/ + + +Make bttv work with your card +----------------------------- + +Just try "modprobe bttv" and see if that works. + +If it doesn't bttv likely could not autodetect your card and needs some +insmod options. The most important insmod option for bttv is "card=n" +to select the correct card type. If you get video but no sound you've +very likely specified the wrong (or no) card type. A list of supported +cards is in CARDLIST.bttv + +If bttv takes very long to load (happens sometimes with the cheap +cards which have no tuner), try adding this to your modules.conf: + options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1 + +For the WinTV/PVR you need one firmware file from the driver CD: +hcwamc.rbf. The file is in the pvr45xxx.exe archive (self-extracting +zip file, unzip can unpack it). Put it into the /etc/pvr directory or +use the firm_altera=<path> insmod option to point the driver to the +location of the file. + +If your card isn't listed in CARDLIST.bttv or if you have trouble making +audio work, you should read the Sound-FAQ. + + +Autodetecting cards +------------------- + +bttv uses the PCI Subsystem ID to autodetect the card type. lspci lists +the Subsystem ID in the second line, looks like this: + +00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 02) + Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV/GO + Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 + Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] + +only bt878-based cards can have a subsystem ID (which does not mean +that every card really has one). bt848 cards can't have a Subsystem +ID and therefore can't be autodetected. There is a list with the ID's +in bttv-cards.c (in case you are intrested or want to mail patches +with updates). + + +Still doesn't work? +------------------- + +I do NOT have a lab with 30+ different grabber boards and a +PAL/NTSC/SECAM test signal generator at home, so I often can't +reproduce your problems. This makes debugging very difficult for me. +If you have some knowledge and spare time, please try to fix this +yourself (patches very welcome of course...) You know: The linux +slogan is "Do it yourself". + +There is a mailing list: linux-media@vger.kernel.org +http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-media + +If you have trouble with some specific TV card, try to ask there +instead of mailing me directly. The chance that someone with the +same card listens there is much higher... + +For problems with sound: There are a lot of different systems used +for TV sound all over the world. And there are also different chips +which decode the audio signal. Reports about sound problems ("stereo +does'nt work") are pretty useless unless you include some details +about your hardware and the TV sound scheme used in your country (or +at least the country you are living in). + + +Finally: If you mail some patches for bttv around the world (to +linux-kernel/Alan/Linus/...), please Cc: me. + + +Have fun with bttv, + + Gerd + +-- +Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> |