Re: BT8x8 TV Card

Re: BT8x8 TV Card

[Robert Hancock]

Chris Brennan wrote:
> I'm having a kernel related issue (I think) with the BT878 card I have
> in my gentoo box.
> 
> Here are pastebin results of varius infomation, I hope I give all the
> necessary info. If I am missing something or you need more, please let
> me know.
> 
> dmesg -> http://rafb.net/p/MVIiSg62.html
> xorg.conf -> http://rafb.net/p/dXz4Ry49.html
> Xorg.0.log -> http://rafb.net/p/LbPBZT56.html
> config -> http://rafb.net/p/Dm5LDM88.html

These links don't work.

> 
> xawtv gives me a window and when I right click, I can choose what
> format and region and all that jazz, but I get no picture. I do get a
> green overlay w/ some static when it doesn't cause my X Session to
> freeze. Below is the console output of two apps I am trying to use to
> access the TV Card.
> 
> tvtime produces the following error:
> 
>     xaero@Leviathan ~ $ tvtime
>     Running tvtime 1.0.2.
>     Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
>     Reading configuration from /home/xaero/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
>     xvoutput: No XVIDEO port found which supports YUY2 images.
> 
>     *** tvtime requires hardware YUY2 overlay support from your video card
>     *** driver.  If you are using an older NVIDIA card (TNT2), then
>     *** this capability is only available with their binary drivers.
>     *** For some ATI cards, this feature may be found in the experimental
>     *** GATOS drivers: http://gatos.souceforge.net/
>     *** If unsure, please check with your distribution to see if your
>     *** X driver supports hardware overlay surfaces.
> 
>     xaero@Leviathan ~ $
> 
> tvtime-scanner now that made my heart jump ... cause it scanned and
> stored all my basic cable channels. But I still can't get a video
> signal. So I am obviously missing something.
> 
> 
> So hopefully someone can help me

I assume you did read the message tvtime spit out and looked into it?

Re: BT8x8 TV Card

[Chris Brennan]

These are the updated pastbin links to my BT8x8 issue. Hopefully these
are helpful, if you need more information, let me know.


dmesg -> http://rafb.net/p/HfS8nS31.html
xorg.conf -> http://rafb.net/p/twDeb451.html
Xorg.0.log -> http://rafb.net/p/hBdXqc31.html
.config -> http://rafb.net/p/vs6MFW28.html

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Robert Hancock wrote:
> Chris Brennan wrote:
>> I'm having a kernel related issue (I think) with the BT878 card I
>> have in my gentoo box.
>>
>> Here are pastebin results of varius infomation, I hope I give all
>> the necessary info. If I am missing something or you need more,
>> please let me know.
>>
>> dmesg -> http://rafb.net/p/MVIiSg62.html xorg.conf ->
>> http://rafb.net/p/dXz4Ry49.html Xorg.0.log ->
>> http://rafb.net/p/LbPBZT56.html config ->
>> http://rafb.net/p/Dm5LDM88.html
>
> These links don't work.
>
>>
>> xawtv gives me a window and when I right click, I can choose what
>>  format and region and all that jazz, but I get no picture. I do
>> get a green overlay w/ some static when it doesn't cause my X
>> Session to freeze. Below is the console output of two apps I am
>> trying to use to access the TV Card.
>>
>> tvtime produces the following error:
>>
>> xaero@Leviathan ~ $ tvtime Running tvtime 1.0.2. Reading
>> configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml Reading configuration
>> from /home/xaero/.tvtime/tvtime.xml xvoutput: No XVIDEO port
>> found which supports YUY2 images.
>>
>> *** tvtime requires hardware YUY2 overlay support from your video
>> card *** driver.  If you are using an older NVIDIA card (TNT2),
>> then *** this capability is only available with their binary
>> drivers. *** For some ATI cards, this feature may be found in the
>>  experimental *** GATOS drivers: http://gatos.souceforge.net/ ***
>> If unsure, please check with your distribution to see if your ***
>> X driver supports hardware overlay surfaces.
>>
>> xaero@Leviathan ~ $
>>
>> tvtime-scanner now that made my heart jump ... cause it scanned
>> and stored all my basic cable channels. But I still can't get a
>> video signal. So I am obviously missing something.
>>
>>
>> So hopefully someone can help me
>
> I assume you did read the message tvtime spit out and looked into
> it?
>

Re: BT8x8 TV Card

[Clemens Ladisch]

Chris Brennan wrote:
> These are the updated pastbin links to my BT8x8 issue. Hopefully these
> are helpful, if you need more information, let me know.

You didn't answer Robert's question.

And you are using the fglrx driver; you'll have to ask ATI whether if
supports video overlays and how to configure it.

-- 
Regards,
Clemens

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Re: BT8x8 TV Card

[Chris Brennan]

I thought I did, I reposted w/ newer links and the GATOS project doesn't
apply to me because my card isn't supported ... was there something I
missed?

Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Chris Brennan wrote:
>   
>> These are the updated pastbin links to my BT8x8 issue. Hopefully these
>> are helpful, if you need more information, let me know.
>>     
>
> You didn't answer Robert's question.
>
> And you are using the fglrx driver; you'll have to ask ATI whether if
> supports video overlays and how to configure it.
>
>   

BT8x8 TV Card

[Chris Brennan]

I'm having a kernel related issue (I think) with the BT878 card I have
in my gentoo box.

Here are pastebin results of varius infomation, I hope I give all the
necessary info. If I am missing something or you need more, please let
me know.

dmesg -> http://rafb.net/p/MVIiSg62.html
xorg.conf -> http://rafb.net/p/dXz4Ry49.html
Xorg.0.log -> http://rafb.net/p/LbPBZT56.html
config -> http://rafb.net/p/Dm5LDM88.html

xawtv gives me a window and when I right click, I can choose what
format and region and all that jazz, but I get no picture. I do get a
green overlay w/ some static when it doesn't cause my X Session to
freeze. Below is the console output of two apps I am trying to use to
access the TV Card.

tvtime produces the following error:

    xaero@Leviathan ~ $ tvtime
    Running tvtime 1.0.2.
    Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
    Reading configuration from /home/xaero/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
    xvoutput: No XVIDEO port found which supports YUY2 images.

    *** tvtime requires hardware YUY2 overlay support from your video card
    *** driver.  If you are using an older NVIDIA card (TNT2), then
    *** this capability is only available with their binary drivers.
    *** For some ATI cards, this feature may be found in the experimental
    *** GATOS drivers: http://gatos.souceforge.net/
    *** If unsure, please check with your distribution to see if your
    *** X driver supports hardware overlay surfaces.

    xaero@Leviathan ~ $

tvtime-scanner now that made my heart jump ... cause it scanned and
stored all my basic cable channels. But I still can't get a video
signal. So I am obviously missing something.


So hopefully someone can help me