From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from nm22-vm1.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com ([98.139.212.127]:28662 "EHLO nm22-vm1.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751397Ab3HPMp6 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:45:58 -0400 References: <1376586925.5384.YahooMailNeo@web140001.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1376642528.76478.YahooMailNeo@web140001.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1376657157.35696.YahooMailNeo@web140004.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:45:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Jody Gugelhupf Reply-To: Jody Gugelhupf Subject: Re: DVR card SAA7134/SAA7135HL unknown To: "linux-media@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <1376642528.76478.YahooMailNeo@web140001.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: ok, thanks to theBear on IRC i managed to get it working with mplayer, so in case someone in the future runs into the same problem i hope they will find my post. I connected a camera to one cable and tried all inputs and video devices: mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:input=0 ... mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video7:input=8 most resulting videos were just black, but there were also some green and some grey lines ones, then i remembered another post, namely: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Videocards_with_Philips_saa7134_chipset)  So this made me add to my modprobe and rebooted: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 saa7134 options saa7134 card=33,33,33,33 then tried the mplayer command again and it worked!!! :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jody Gugelhupf To: "linux-media@vger.kernel.org" Cc: Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:42:08 AM Subject: Re: DVR card SAA7134/SAA7135HL unknown Seems like something went wrong with pastebin, here the info again, would really appreciate some help: http://pastebin.com/TUTpkc0F ----- Original Message ----- From: Jody Gugelhupf To: "linux-media@vger.kernel.org" Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 7:15:25 PM Subject: DVR card SAA7134/SAA7135HL unknown hi all :) trying to get this 8 channel dvr card to work in linux, but I get this: Board is currently unknown. You might try to use the card= saa7134: insmod option to specify which board do you have, but this is saa7134: somewhat risky, as might damage your card. It is better to ask saa7134: for support at linux-media@vger.kernel.org. so here I am. I have not tried to set the card myself as I don't know what number to use. Was hoping I could get some help here to get it working. Some info I collected so far can be found here http://pastebin.ca/2430477 any ideas what I might try next or what card to specify? thank you in advance for any help. jody