From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n3FIG67G010882 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:16:06 -0400 Received: from nlpi053.prodigy.net (nlpi053.sbcis.sbc.com [207.115.36.82]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3FIFllB004659 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:15:47 -0400 Message-ID: <49E62451.3060904@xnet.com> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:15:45 -0500 From: stuart MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Harol Hunter References: <548493.31113.qm@web57903.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <548493.31113.qm@web57903.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: video4linux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: ATI TV Wonder PCI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com List-ID: Harol Hunter wrote: > Hi there people: > > I have an ATI TV Wonder 550 PCI card and I can't make linux recognize it properly. I've been googling a lot with no result. Here I let you my lscpi results: > > 01:0b.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: ATI Technologies Inc Theater 550 PRO PCI [ATI TV Wonder 550] [1002:4d52] > Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:a346] > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 > Memory at bff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] > Memory at de000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 > > I read that I have to load the right modules for it and this is what I've done 'till now > > $ sudo modprobe bttv card=63 tuner=44 radio=1 > > and with no parameters also. Bttv loads properly but still won't recognize the cards. Am I doing anything wrong or it's just my card. I must say I can watch TV on Windows with this very same card > > Thanks in advance > Harol Got to ask, if you are in the state, why are you fooling w/an NTSC tuner (unless you are connected to a subscription service - then pardon my dribble!). Any ways - I just installed some ATI tuners as well - but, I checked (lspci) and they are not the same type. You will find that ATI / AMD named almost all their tuners "ATI Wonder" making it very difficult to distinguish which is which (let alone which are well, partially and not supported here in linux land). That said, have you googled to find like minded people w/the same problem? So far, what I have found leads me to think you are at a dead end w/this particular ATI: http://lists.linuxcoding.com/rhl/2008q1/msg04270.html Further evidence that your card might not work can be found here (search for "ATI "): http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html I say "might not work" as, again, ATI / AMD's crappy naming is confusing. I think you have an "ATI Wonder" card and I have an "ATI All-in-Wonder" card. But from our lspci's I can not be sure. I'm basing the true name of your card from the ATI / AMD's web site: http://ati.amd.com/products/tvwonder550/index.html Ah, here's the coffin nail (search for your 550 card): http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATI/AMD#ATI_Graphic_cards_with_TV_Tuners_and.2For_Capture_facilities Regardless, if you are serious about using a tuner in linux (i.e. going to build a mythtv box) I would approach the problem the other way around. First check for support then go out and buy a tuner. In case you want to get what I have, this is one of the results from my lspci (I think I get 3 per ATI card). I'm still putting together this mythtv box. But the ATSC feature of this card appears to be working (in a Debian system): 01:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Vi deo and Audio Decoder (rev 05) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc HDTV Wonder Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17 Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: cx8800 Kernel modules: cx8800 -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list