How to use aux input on ATI TV Wonder 600 USB?

How to use aux input on ATI TV Wonder 600 USB?

[Steve Freitas]

Hi all,

I have an ATI TV Wonder 600 USB and have successfully used it for its
DVB features, thanks to the work of many of you on this list. However,
this device also has an auxiliary s-video/composite input[1] which I'd
like to use in VLC, and I can't figure out how. Is there any capability
in the driver to switch to that?

I'm using kernel 2.6.32 on Debian, with firmware xc3028L-v36.fw. The
device's USB id is 0438:b002.

I'm happy to provide any other logs or info requested and appreciate any
help I can get.

Thanks!

Steve

[1] http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATI/AMD_TV_Wonder_HD_600_USB

Re: How to use aux input on ATI TV Wonder 600 USB?

[Devin Heitmueller]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Steve Freitas <sflist@ihonk.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have an ATI TV Wonder 600 USB and have successfully used it for its
> DVB features, thanks to the work of many of you on this list. However,
> this device also has an auxiliary s-video/composite input[1] which I'd
> like to use in VLC, and I can't figure out how. Is there any capability
> in the driver to switch to that?
>
> I'm using kernel 2.6.32 on Debian, with firmware xc3028L-v36.fw. The
> device's USB id is 0438:b002.
>
> I'm happy to provide any other logs or info requested and appreciate any
> help I can get.

Yes, it's fully supported.  But bear in mind it's an analog input, so
you need to use a V4L application as opposed to something designed for
DVB.  Once you use an analog app (such as tvtime), just toggle over to
input 1 for composite or input 2 for S-Video (input zero is the analog
tuner input).

Cheers,

Devin

-- 
Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
http://www.kernellabs.com

Re: How to use aux input on ATI TV Wonder 600 USB?

[Steve Freitas]

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 11:22 -0400, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Steve Freitas <sflist@ihonk.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have an ATI TV Wonder 600 USB and have successfully used it for its
> > DVB features, thanks to the work of many of you on this list. However,
> > this device also has an auxiliary s-video/composite input[1] which I'd
> > like to use in VLC, and I can't figure out how. Is there any capability
> > in the driver to switch to that?
> 
> Yes, it's fully supported.  But bear in mind it's an analog input, so
> you need to use a V4L application as opposed to something designed for
> DVB.  Once you use an analog app (such as tvtime), just toggle over to
> input 1 for composite or input 2 for S-Video (input zero is the analog
> tuner input).

That was just the help I needed. Thanks! Would it be appropriate for me
to add that input number information to the wiki page[1]?

Steve

[1] http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATI/AMD_TV_Wonder_HD_600_USB

Re: How to use aux input on ATI TV Wonder 600 USB?

[Devin Heitmueller]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Steve Freitas <sflist@ihonk.com> wrote:
>> Yes, it's fully supported.  But bear in mind it's an analog input, so
>> you need to use a V4L application as opposed to something designed for
>> DVB.  Once you use an analog app (such as tvtime), just toggle over to
>> input 1 for composite or input 2 for S-Video (input zero is the analog
>> tuner input).
>
> That was just the help I needed. Thanks! Would it be appropriate for me
> to add that input number information to the wiki page[1]?

I'm not sure how much value it would provide.  Pretty much all the
applications show an input description next to the number (for
example, with tvtime you actually see "Tuner", "Composite", and
"S-Video" as the options).

The driver shows you the mapping if you run v4l2-ctl --list-inputs.

But feel free to update the Wiki if you think it helps.

Cheers,

Devin

-- 
Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
http://www.kernellabs.com