[nzlug] TV Cards

[Steven Ellis]

Shane wrote:
> Ive got a TV Card from Trademe (hush up in the cheap seats) and its supported 
> in the kernel I am using.
> $ uname -mrs
> Linux 2.6.15-27-386 i686
>
> Its a FlyVideo 2000, the tv card is (correctly) detected as having the saa7134 
> chip.
> I have created /etc/modprobe.d/saa7134 which has the following entries
>
> $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/saa7134
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 saa7134
> options saa7134 i2c_scan=1
>
> Which mean there *should* be a scan for which tuner is being used by my 
> Now to my point, the <censored> thing only works once a week!
> Its working fine under windows, so Im fairly sure its not the card
> My guess is the tuner isnt playing nice with the driver but, I cant figure a 
> way to be sure
>
> So, could anyone here suggest something I may have missed to troubleshoot this 
> problem
>   
Ok these are fairly common cards.

1. Whats the output in the kernel when the modules load.

2. What apps are you trying for TV Playback. I recommend xawtv and tvtime.

3. What distro are you running?

Steve