Re: [linux-dvb] KNC TV Station DVR Tuner Sound Issue

[Frederic CAND <frederic.cand@anevia.com>]

Frederic CAND a écrit :
> Frederic CAND a écrit :
>> hermann pitton a écrit :
>>> Am Dienstag, den 29.04.2008, 14:18 +0200 schrieb Frederic CAND:
>>>> hermann pitton a écrit :
>>>>> Hi Frederic,
>>>>>
>>>>> Am Dienstag, den 29.04.2008, 11:09 +0200 schrieb Frederic CAND:
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I recently had to change v4l drivers to support my WinTV HVR 1300.
>>>>>> I have issues making my HVR work but that's not the point here.
>>>>>> My problem is that since I updated kernel + drivers, I can't manage to 
>>>>>> make sound work when I'm using the tuner input. Sound jack input works 
>>>>>> when I'm using SVideo or Composite Video, but not when I'm using tuner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are the options I'm using
>>>>>> tuner : port2=0
>>>>>> saa7134: oss=1 disable_ir=1
>>>>>> saa7134-oss: rate=48000
>>>>> the rate=48000 is only valid for external analog input and disables
>>>>> sound from tuner. Have a look at the saa7134-oss mixer under such
>>>>> conditions.
>>>>>
>>>>> You must use default rate of 32000 for dma sound from tuner.
>>>>>
>>>>> The saa7134-oss is also soon deprecated and replaced by saa7134-alsa.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are considering using recent v4l-dvb mercurial stuff, which
>>>>> should be best for the HVR1300 and reporting bugs on saa7134-empress,
>>>>> you might still have your old saa7134-oss module around and some others
>>>>> like the old video_buf now loaded, since not deleted on upgrade.
>>>>>
>>>>> After make rmmod and rminstall with current v4l-dvb you should delete
>>>>> such remaining modules on older kernels too before make install.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Hermann
>>>> hum I used to set rate to 48000 with my old 2005 july snapshot and it 
>>>> was working even with tuner ... but ok I'll try 32000
>>>> i've tried alsa and I had the same results, that is no sound with tuner 
>>>> but line in sound with composite and svideo
>>>> do I need some special stuffs compiled in my kernel except from config_snd ?
>>>> about old modules still loaded this can't be since I build my system 
>>>> from scratch each time i try a new kernel / driver into an ext2 file, 
>>>> which I put on a 32MB flash disk and boot on it ... so I'm sure I'm not 
>>>> using my old v4l snapshot, but the 2.6.22.19 v4l drivers
>>>>
>>>> I'll let you know if I can make it work
>>> Ah, you are in France!
>> yeah!
>>
>>> Try "modinfo saa7134". Due to unresolvable auto detection issues between
>>> different SECAM standards there was a secam= either DK, L or Lc option
>>> introduced.
>> huhu... but my system has to work worldwide ... so a module option is 
>> not a good idea, because it does not only depends on the country, but 
>> also if my customer is using a signal modulator or not, ... and I have 
>> two cards in my system, and I want to be able to select a certain SECAM 
>> mode with the first one, and another mode with the second card
>> Actually I'm selecting secam L, DK or BG with an ioctl cause my card can 
>> handle them (tested and working with older drivers/kernels)
>>
>>
>>> Anything else then 32000Hz sampling rate for TV is wrong currently and
>>> you get that input disabled on saa7134-oss mixer. Yes, it was once
>>> possible, but not intended, to use 48000 also for TV/Video on saa7134
>>> chips, but gave very poor and crackling sound and is wrong.
>>>
>>> The current saa7134-alsa is simpler to use and also uses an exported
>>> mute symbol from saa7134-tvaudio. Default distribution settings are
>>> sufficient. On recent Ubutu releases seem to be problems with an out of
>>> tree alsa there.
>> Ok I'll see with this rate thing and let you know
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Hermann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Greetings.
>>
> I still have nothing with oss and rate=32000, with alsa, or with secam=l
> Anyway, some more informations :
> * I've got the following error messages on saa7134 module insertion
> 
> saa7134_empress: Unknown symbol saa7134_devlist
> saa7134_empress: Unknown symbol saa7134_common_ioctl
> saa7134_empress: Unknown symbol saa7134_boards
> saa7134_empress: Unknown symbol saa7134_ts_register
> saa7134_empress: Unknown symbol saa7134_ts_qops
> saa7134_empress: Unknown symbol saa7134_i2c_call_clients
> saa7134_empress: Unknown symbol saa7134_ts_unregister
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa7134_tvaudio_setmute
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa_dsp_writel
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa7134_devlist
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa7134_pgtable_alloc
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa7134_pgtable_build
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa7134_pgtable_free
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa7134_dmasound_init
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa7134_dmasound_exit
> saa7134_alsa: Unknown symbol saa7134_set_dmabits
> saa7134 ALSA driver for DMA sound loaded
> saa7134[0]/alsa: saa7134[0] at 0xe5300000 irq 5 registered as card -1
> saa7134[1]/alsa: saa7134[1] at 0xe5301000 irq 9 registered as card -1
> 
> * When using audio_debug=1 for saa7134, I've got the following :
> saa7134[1]/audio: mute/input: nothing to do [mute=1,input=Television]
> saa7134[1]/audio: sound IF not in use, skipping scan
> saa7134[1]/audio: mute/input: nothing to do [mute=1,input=Television]
> saa7134[1]/audio: mute/input: nothing to do [mute=1,input=Television]
> saa7134[1]/audio: ctl_mute=0 automute=0 input=Television  =>  mute=0 
> input=Television
> saa7134[1]/audio: sound IF not in use, skipping scan
> saa7134[1]/audio: mute/input: nothing to do [mute=0,input=Television]
> saa7134[1]/audio: sound IF not in use, skipping scan
> saa7134[1]/audio: mute/input: nothing to do [mute=0,input=Television]
> saa7134[1]/audio: ctl_mute=0 automute=1 input=Television  =>  mute=1 
> input=Television
> saa7134[1]/audio: sound IF not in use, skipping scan
> saa7134[1]/audio: ctl_mute=0 automute=0 input=Television  =>  mute=0 
> input=Television
> 

Did I mention I'm using 2.6.22.19 ?

-- 
CAND Frederic
Product Manager
ANEVIA

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