BTTV

The BTTV HOWTO
Howard Shane
<hshane[AT]austin.rr.com> Revision History Revision 0.9 Initial rewrite
20050129
Revised by: jhs
This document was written to assist the reader in the steps necessary to configure and use a video tuner card based on the popular Bt848 and Bt878 chipsets within the Linux operating system.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1 1.1. Copyright Information......................................................................................................................1 1.2. Disclaimer.........................................................................................................................................1 1.3. New Versions....................................................................................................................................1 1.4. Credits...............................................................................................................................................1 1.5. Feedback...........................................................................................................................................2 1.6. Conventions Used in this Document................................................................................................2 2. The BTTV Hardware.....................................................................................................................................3 2.1. Bttv Basics........................................................................................................................................3 2.2. The Sound Output.............................................................................................................................3 3. Enabling Support for Your Bt8x8 Hardware in Linux...............................................................................5 3.1. The Bttv Driver.................................................................................................................................5 3.1.1. Module or InKernel?.............................................................................................................5 3.2. No Bttv module or inkernel support found?...................................................................................6 3.3. Configuration Requirements for Use of your Bttv Hardware ...........................................................7 3.3.1. Device Files.............................................................................................................................7 3.4. Groups and Permissions ....................................................................................................................8 4. Loading the Modules......................................................................................................................................9 4.1. The Bttv Module...............................................................................................................................9 4.2. The Tuner Module............................................................................................................................9 4.3. Other Modules................................................................................................................................10 4.4. Automating the Module Loading Process .......................................................................................10 5. Television Applications .................................................................................................................................12 5.1. ConsoleBased Applications..........................................................................................................12 5.1.1. FbTV.....................................................................................................................................12 5.1.2. AATV....................................................................................................................................12 5.2. GUIbased Applications .................................................................................................................12 5.2.1. Xawtv....................................................................................................................................12 5.2.2. Motv......................................................................................................................................13 5.2.3. TVtime ...................................................................................................................................13 A. Optional Arguments for Loading Modules...............................................................................................14 B. Bt8x8 Cards by Number..............................................................................................................................17 C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer.......................................................................................................20 D. Recording Video and Sound with Bttv .......................................................................................................39 E. Enabling The FM Radio for RadioEquipped Cards ...............................................................................42 F. Gnu Free Documentation License...............................................................................................................43
1. Introduction
This document was written to assist the reader in setting up and configuring TV tuner cards based on the Bt848 or Bt878 chipsets in the Linux operating system. It outlines how to enable the necessary kernel and/or software support and various television applications and software methods of capture usable with your device. While there is some attempt to catalog individual cards and features in Appendix C, the ultimate best source of information about your card and its capabilities will be found in the printed manual that came with your device or the manufacturer's website.
1.1. Copyright Information

This document is Copyright 2005, by Howard Shane. Permission is granted to copy, distribute, and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no FrontCover Texts, and no BackCover Texts. A copy of the license can be found in Appendix F.
1.2. Disclaimer
No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples and other content entirely at your own risk. There may be technical or other inaccuracies that may result in the loss of irreplaceable data. In any case, proceed with caution, and realize that although errors are unlikely, the author can accept no responsibility for them. All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.
1.3. New Versions

This is the first release of the initial rewrite. The latest version number of this document can be found here.
1.4. Credits
Eric Sandeen deserves profuse thanks for writing the original BttvHOWTO and allowing me to assume its maintenance. Thanks also to Greg Watson for use of the script in Appendix D Also, I would like to thank Marla, without whose encouragement this project would not have been possible.
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1.5. Feedback
Please send any information you may feel important to the following email address: <hshane[AT]austin.rr.com>, whether you have a correction, addition or update. I welcome suggestions on how to improve this document.
1.6. Conventions Used in this Document

The following conventions are used in this document and are outlined here for those who may not yet have a complete understanding of how to access and control the underlying operating system in Linux, which is usually via the Bash shell. First, filenames are referenced in a paragraph like so: /path/file Commands in Linux are executed (or 'called') at the command prompt, otherwise known as the 'command line.' If you are in the nongraphical (textbased) environment, you will usually be presented with the Bash shell prompt which is a dollar sign:
$
...or the hash mark:

#
...if you have logged in as root or have otherwise acquired root, or 'superuser' privileges. You can also access the Bash shell in the X window system, otherwise known as X or X11, with an xterm or similar Xterminalemulator. Commands to be performed at the Bash prompt, but referenced in a paragraph of this document, usually look like this: do this now Commands and/or the resulting output of commands may also be outlined with screen output in their own paragraph or heading:
$ date Sun Jul 27 22:37:11 CDT 2003
When a command is written in front of the Bash prompt (e.g., $ date above), it is assumed the [Return] or [Enter] key has been pressed after the command, possibly followed by the output on a new line as shown in the preceding example.
1. Introduction
2. The BTTV Hardware

2.1. Bttv Basics
If you haven't figured it out by now, this document deals with the Linuxspecific configuration of frame grabber cards that include the Conexant Bt848 and related family of video decoder chips, collectively referred to as the "Bt8x8" chipset. You can probably see the Bt8x8 chip (it's usually labelled as such) embedded on your TV card upon inspection, in addition to other chips which you should probably make note of before installation in case there are problems later. The "Bt" stands for Brooktree, after the original manufacturer of the chipset, now a part of Conexant. The Bt8x8 family has enjoyed remarkable longevity in a world where Moore's Law is the rule, the first ISA boards manufactured in the mid1990s. There are several chips in this family, including the Bt848, Bt848A, Bt849, Bt878 and Bt879, and as a rule are all supported by the BTTV driver for which this document is named. In addition to the Bt8x8 decoder chip, these cards vary by accompanying components such as the tuner and sound decoder, and may include an optional videotext decoder, radio tuner, and/or hardware mpeg encoder. Note that the next generation of bt8x8, the Conexant 2388x, is now supported by a driver in the Linux 2.6 kernel. The configuration of hardware with that chipset is beyond the scope of this document (but similar). In general, any PCI card with a Bt8x8 chipset should work with the Linux Bttv driver. TV cards known NOT to work include the following: Cards with a Zoran 36057/36067 PCI controller chipset, which are instead supported by this driver, and includes the following models: Iomega Buz Pinnacle DC10+ Linux Media Labs LML33 Cards with a Philips SAA7130/7134 controller Multimedia eXtension Board cards, manufactured by SiemensNixdorf Hexium HVPCI6, Orion or Gemini framegrabber cards Any ISAbased TV card If you are uncertain which chipset your TV card has, use the lspci command. An example of such output for a Bt8x8 card might look similar to the following:
0000:02:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02) 0000:02:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02)
A list of hardware (mostly PCI cards) compatible with the Bttv driver is found in Appendix B
2.2. The Sound Output

Your card may have come with a short external audio connector with two male ends. This is for connecting your Bttv audio out to your sound card's input jack so you won't require an extra set of speakers. Some cards may also have a 4pin socket for output of your Bt8x8 audio signals directly to your sound card within your computer case. You can connect this to your "CDROM" input with reasonable certainty that you will be able 2. The BTTV Hardware 3
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3. Enabling Support for Your Bt8x8 Hardware in Linux

3.1. The Bttv Driver
Drivers for Bt8x8based hardware have been a part of the Linux kernel since version 2.2.0, and are likely to be already enabled in your running kernel if you have not recompiled or otherwise replaced your system's stock kernel with a custom version. If unavailable, Bt8x8 support can be enabled two ways: by recompiling your kernel using the source code using downloaded kernelsource from your distribution or fetched directly from the kernel source repository the Bttv driver can be fetched directly from the Bttv home page and then patching your available kernel source, which should only be necessary if you have a kernel version prior to 2.2.0 or later than 2.0.35; earlier versions are not likely to work.
3.1.1. Module or InKernel?

It is likely the stock kernel that was installed on your Linux system, if unmodified, already supports Bt8x8based hardware. The driver will exist either as a loadable module or within the already running kernel. An easy way to tell is to use the dmesg command piped into less (for easy viewing) to look for an acknowledgement that the driver in question was loaded when your system started up:
$ dmesg | less
...which may yield something like the following, depending on your exact Bt8x8 chipset features and kernel version (in this case, 2.6):
Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] > GSI 17 (level, low) > IRQ 17 Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 2) at 0000:02:09.0, irq: 17, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe7000000 Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt878) [card=10, autodetected] Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: bttv0: using tuner=2 Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2cbus bt878 #0 [sw] Jan 26 19:40:04 localhost kernel: tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236, FM1236 and compatibles)) by bt878 #0 [sw]
If you don't see it, the particular driver module you are interested in may be available but not necessarily loaded at that time. If you know what the module is named, try using find; in this example we are looking for the 'bttv' module:
$ find /lib/modules name bttv.o
Note that up until the 2.4 series modules had the suffix .o; for 2.6+ series kernels this was replaced with .ko. You can get a list of all modules available by typing the following at the command line: 3. Enabling Support for Your Bt8x8 Hardware in Linux 5
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$ ls R /lib/modules/`uname r`/kernel
Where `uname r`, surrounded by forward tick marks, is your kernel version number. The following output is an example of what you might find in a Bttvready kernel, where everything is loaded as a module (edited for brevity):
/lib/modules/2.6.8/kernel/drivers/media/video: btcxrisc.ko irkbdi2c.ko tda9875.ko tvaudio.ko bttv.ko msp3400.ko tda9887.ko v4l1compat.ko irkbdgpio.ko tda7432.ko tuner.ko v4l2common.ko
videobuf.ko videodev.ko
Again, your output may vary by the currently running kernel capabilities. Once you know which module your hardware needs you can find out if it is already loaded by typing at the command line or in a terminal window:
# lsmod
As shown by the prompt above, you will need to have root privileges to do this. You should get output similar to, but not necessarily limited to the following:
snd_bt87x tuner tvaudio msp3400 bttv video_buf i2c_algo_bit v4l2_common videodev 11400 18832 20428 22100 145804 17476 8904 4928 7232 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
bttv bttv bttv quickcam,bttv
Most stock kernels are compiled with kmod, which enables automatic loading of necessary modules when the appropriate hardware is detected. It may not always do so, however, so if you don't have the particular module you're seeking loaded and you think the module may be available, try loading it manually with modprobe, as in the following example (using the bttv module):
# modprobe v bttv
3.2. No Bttv module or inkernel support found?

If your running kernel or precompiled distribution kernel inexplicably doesn't have Bt8x8 support enabled or available, your can always acquire new kernel source code from the Linux kernel.org source code repository. If you are unfamiliar with the prerequisites and procedure of compiling your own kernel, I direct you to the Kernel HOWTO for more information. If you do recompile, the Bttv driver itself will obviously need to be enabled, and is found in the heading entitled "Multimedia Devices" > "Video for Linux" in the 2.4 and earlier kernels in menuconfig or xconfig, or alternatively in "Device Drivers" > "Multimedia Devices" > "Video for Linux" > "BT848 Video For Linux" in the 2.6+ series. You will need i2c subsystem support enabled as well as i2calgobit. Device support (i2cdev) is not required for Bt8x8 support. Earlier than kernel version 2.3.34 i2c is not present in the kernel source and a patch must be fetched and applied to your source, found at the lm_sensors homepage.
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3.3. Configuration Requirements for Use of your Bttv Hardware

Once you know your kernel is enabled you can proceed to some minor tuning that may already be done for you depending on your system and distributor and distribution features.
3.3.1. Device Files

If you are using Device Filesystem (devfs) or udev your work in this respect may be done for you dynamically, but at the same time the devices may not exist until they are recognized by the kernel (i.e., the necessary modules loaded), so be sure you have taken care of the previously outlined prerequisites first. The Linux kernel requires a virtual device node be created to access and control a particular piece of hardware. This node may have already been created for you automatically; ls l /dev/video* (with an asterisk) or alternatively find /dev name video* or even visual inspection of the /dev directory with your favorite file manager can give you an idea if the video devices exist. If so you can proceed to Section 3.4; if not you will need to create them manually. An easy way to create them, if available with your Linux distribution, is use of the MAKEDEV script, which may be located in /dev or the usual places for storing executable commands (/bin,/sbin and so on). The manual page for MAKEDEV (man MAKEDEV) can guide you further, but be aware of the devicespecific command options. If MAKEDEV doesn't work or doesn't exist, or you just prefer doing things the hard way, move on to the next paragraph. A device can be created as a block (such as a drive), a FIFO (fileinfileout or pipe, as in xconsole) or a character device, which represents other hardware. Each device has a major and a minor number "coordinate" to tell the kernel what it is and where to access it. These numbers are not arbitrary. The major number 81 with minor number 0, 1, 2, and so on are by convention assigned to Video4linux devices, including TV tuner boards and webcams. In order to create the video device /dev/video0, use mknod at the command line:
# mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0
where c represents a character device. You can use the following script, which I have borrowed from the kernel source (located in linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/MAKEDEV of the source tree):
#!/bin/bash function makedev () { for dev in 0 1 2 3; do echo "/dev/$1$dev: char 81 $[ $2 + $dev ]" rm f /dev/$1$dev mknod /dev/$1$dev c 81 $[ $2 + $dev ] chmod 666 /dev/$1$dev done # symlink for default device rm f /dev/$1 ln s /dev/${1}0 /dev/$1 }
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# see http://roadrunner.swansea.uk.linux.org/v4lapi.shtml echo "*** new device names ***" makedev video 0 makedev radio 64 makedev vtx 192 makedev vbi 224 # "*** old device names (for compatibility only) ***" #makedev bttv 0 #makedev bttvfm 64 #makedev bttvvbi 224
Simply copy and paste the above into your favorite editing program, save it as MAKEDEV or whatever name you like, make it executable (i.e., chmod u+x MAKEDEV), and then execute it as root:
# ./MAKEDEV
3.4. Groups and Permissions

It is a good idea to be sure that your user account can access the device once all modules are loaded and device nodes created. The most securityconscious way to do that is to add access for a particular group. On my system, the members of the group 'video' are allowed to use the webcam, scanner and other photographic devices. The way to accomplish this is to first change the ownership of the devices in /dev like so (as root):
# chown root.video /dev/usb/video*
...where root.video are the owner and group the device will now belong to. Obviously, the specific command will vary by your system and the type of device. It is important that you change the ownership of the device node itself and not the symlink; symlinks' ownerships are affected only by changing the parent devices or files they point to. To see if your user account is a member of the group in question, as root issue the following command:
# grep e video /etc/group
You should see something like the following:

video:x:44:
...where '44' is the group number. Since no members follow the last colon in the 'video' group, we can add them, let's say user 'jhs' with the command
# adduser jhs video
After this, it's simply a matter of allowing read and write access for the user in question of the device like so:
# chmod g+rw /dev/v4l/video0
...where g+rw means add read and write access for group. See the documentation for chmod (man chmod or info chmod) for further info.
4. Loading the Modules

This section is only for those whose modules don't load automatically and/or correctly. For a complete list of options by module, see Appendix A.
4.1. The Bttv Module

Once your card is installed, you can load the bttv module if your kernel hasn't already done it for you. Using the modprobe command as root, type
# modprobe bttv
The modules videodev and i2c may be required prior to this if you are running a pre2.4 series kernel. By default, the bttv will try to autodetect your card type; you can inspect /var/log/messages to see what it finds. If it doesn't autodetect properly, you can add the card=# option to the end of the previous command to force a your particular card type, a list of which are found in Appendix B or on your system in your kernel source Documentation if installed in the usual place (/usr/src/linux. If you get in trouble and need to remove the module, you can use rmmod:
$ rmmod bttv
You can then reload the module with the appropriate options.
4.2. The Tuner Module

If necessary, load the tuner module, with
# modprobe tuner
If the tuner is not correctly identified you may need to supply the magic number for tunertype:
# modprobe tuner type=#
You may need to dig into your case to see which tuner you have if you can't find the maker and model in the printed specifications that came with your hardware, or if this information is otherwise unavailable. It should be marked with the brand name and may support one or more of the three major broadcast standards in use in the world, whether NTSC, PAL or SECAM. In general, chipsets manufactured for the US market are NTSC; for Europe, PAL, and Asia PAL or SECAM. Some countries support more than one standard. Once you have identified your tuner, select the value of n from the following list: tuner=n type of tuner chip tuner=0 tuner=1 tuner=2 tuner=3 tuner=4 tuner=5 tuner=6 tuner=7 tuner=8 tuner=9 Temic PAL (4002 FH5) Philips PAL_I (FI1246 and compatibles) Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles) Philips (SECAM+PAL_BG) (FI1216MF, FM1216MF, FR1216MF) NoTuner Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles) Temic NTSC (4032 FY5) Temic PAL_I (4062 FY5) Temic NTSC (4036 FY5) Alps HSBH1 9
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4.3. Other Modules

Don't forget to load any other modules you may need, including btaudio if you plan on recording or capturing audio to another application.
4.4. Automating the Module Loading Process

After you know which modules and options you need, you can automate the process by putting the information into /etc/conf.modules or /etc/modules.conf, depending on your distribution. Then, running an application which needs the driver will cause it to be loaded automatically with the appropriate options. The following is an example entry:
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# TV alias charmajor81 preinstall bttv options options tuner bttv modprobe k tuner; modprobe k msp3400 bttv radio=1 card=3 type=2
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5. Television Applications
Now that your kernel is configured, your devices have been configured, and your modules are inserted, you will also need an application to actually view or capture the images from your card.
5.1. ConsoleBased Applications

5.1.1. FbTV
Fbtv is a consoleonly mode TV viewing program available for viewing on a framebuffervideo enabled system with a Bt8x8 card. If you don't know what a framebuffer is you can read the Framebuffer HOWTO. Fbtv is available from the Bttv homepage with Xawtv.
5.1.2. AATV
AATV is a simple program to watch TV on a text console under Linux using aalib and a Bt8x8 card. While the graphics are enabled in ascii graphics only, the advantage is that you (or anyone) can watch television from anywhere over the internet using your local Bt8x8 hardware.
5.2. GUIbased Applications

The following applications require a graphical user interface such as GNOME, KDE etc.
5.2.1. Xawtv
Xawtv is arguably the bestknown Linux application used for viewing TV from video sources including Bt8x8 devices; most Linux distributions have packaged versions. If you're not sure of your device configuration you probably ought to start with Xawtv and the hwscan option to check for suitable devices:
$ xawtv hwscan This is xawtv3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.8) looking for available devices port 139139 type : Xvideo, image scaler name : NV17 Video Overlay port 140140 type : Xvideo, image scaler name : NV17 Video Texture port 141172 type : Xvideo, image scaler name : NV05 Video Blitter port 173173 type : Xvideo, video overlay name : NVIDIA Video Interface Port [ xvport 173 ]
/dev/video0: OK [ device /dev/video0 ] type : v4l2 name : BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt878))
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flags: overlay capture tuner
Now that you know your Bt8x8 device is available, try starting Xawtv:
$ xawtv device /dev/video0
Note that some Nvidia cards may confuse xawtv, so if you have one of these be sure to use the device switch as above.
5.2.2. Motv
Motv is a Motifbased rewrite of Xawtv. Other than a more attractive interface, and is also found at the Xawtv homepage. It is otherwise identical to Xawtv.
5.2.3. TVtime
TVtime is the ultimate application for those who want to watch TV using an application that doesn't get in the way and requires little or no configuration 'out of the box.' The homepage can be found at the sourceforge TVtime homepage.
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A. Optional Arguments for Loading Modules

videodev.o This is the basic video4linux module, all video drivers (incl. bttv) register themselves here.
i2c.o The generic i2c module. It does much of the i2c bus management, all other modules (except videodev.o) use this one. modprobe args: scan=1 scan the bus for i2c devices verbose=0 shut up i2c i2c_debug=1 for debugging, it sticks the whole (software) i2c bus traffic to the syslog
bttv.o The bt848 (grabber chip) driver. modprobe args: remap=adr remap Bt848 memory to address less than 20 vidmem=base frame buffer address over 20 (of graphic card) triton1=0/1 for Triton1 compatibility; Triton1 is automatically recognized but this might also help with other chipsets pll=0/1/2 pll settings (0: don't use PLL; 1: 28 MHz crystal installed 2: 35 MHz crystal installed radio=0/1 card supports radio card=n card type: see the next section for the complete list; remap, card, radio and pll accept up to four commaseparated arguments (for multiple boards). The CARD and PLL defines from the Makefile are used as defaults.
msp3400.o The driver for the msp34xx sound processor chips. If you have a A. Optional Arguments for Loading Modules 14
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*tea6300.o The driver for the tea6300 fader chip. If you have a stereo card and the msp3400.o doesn't work, you might want to try this one. This chip is seen on most STB TV/FM cards (usually from Gateway OEM sold surplus on auction sites). modprobe args: debug=1 print some debug info to the syslog.
*tda8425.o The driver for the tda8425 fader chip. This driver used to be part of bttv.c, so if your sound used to work but does not anymore, try loading this module. modprobe args: debug=1 print some debug info to the syslog.
*tda9855.o The driver for the tda9855 stereo decoder / audio processor chip. modprobe args: debug=1 print some debug info to the syslog.
*dpl3518.o Driver for the dpl3518a Dolby Pro Logic Processor. modprobe args: debug=1 print some debug info to the syslog.
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i2c_chardev.o Provides a character device for i2c bus access. only, not compiled by default. Works for 2.1.x
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B. Bt8x8 Cards by Number

These are the option numbers for cards for use with modprobe.This does not boast to be a complete list by any means; it is copied nearly verbatim from the kernel source documentation for bttv. If your card is not listed it may or may not be supported depending on the chipset and accompanying components with which it is constructed. card=n card type card=0 card=1 card=2 card=3 card=4 card=5 card=6 card=7 card=8 card=9 card=10 card=11 card=12 card=13 card=14 card=15 card=16 card=17 card=18 card=19 card=20 card=21 card=22 card=23 card=24 card=25 card=26 card=27 card=28 card=29 card=30 card=31 card=32 card=33 card=34 card=35 card=36 card=37 card=38 card=39
UNKNOWN/GENERIC MIRO PCTV Hauppauge (bt848) STB, Gateway P/N 6000699 (bt848) Intel Create and Share PCI/ Smart Video Recorder III Diamond DTV2000 AVerMedia TVPhone MATRIXVision MVDelta Lifeview FlyVideo II (Bt848) LR26 / MAXI TV Video PCI2 LR26 IMS/IXmicro TurboTV Hauppauge (bt878) MIRO PCTV pro ADS Technologies Channel Surfer TV (bt848) AVerMedia TVCapture 98 Aimslab Video Highway Xtreme (VHX) Zoltrix TVMax Prolink Pixelview PlayTV (bt878) Leadtek WinView 601 AVEC Intercapture Lifeview FlyVideo II EZ /FlyKit LR38 Bt848 (capture only) CEI Raffles Card Lifeview FlyVideo 98/ Lucky Star Image World ConferenceTV LR50 Askey CPH050/ Phoebe Tv Master + FM Modular Technology MM201/MM202/MM205/MM210/MM215 PCTV, bt878 Askey CPH05X/06X (bt878) [many vendors] Terratec TerraTV+ Version 1.0 (Bt848)/ Terra TValue Version 1.0/ Vo Hauppauge WinCam newer (bt878) Lifeview FlyVideo 98/ MAXI TV Video PCI2 LR50 Terratec TerraTV+ Version 1.1 (bt878) Imagenation PXC200 Lifeview FlyVideo 98 LR50 Formac iProTV, Formac ProTV I (bt848) Intel Create and Share PCI/ Smart Video Recorder III Terratec TerraTValue Version Bt878 Leadtek WinFast 2000/ WinFast 2000 XP Lifeview FlyVideo 98 LR50 / Chronos Video Shuttle II Lifeview FlyVideo 98FM LR50 / Typhoon TView TV/FM Tuner Prolink PixelView PlayTV pro Askey CPH06X TView99 Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave 17
The BTTV HOWTO card=40 card=41 card=42 card=43 card=44 card=45 card=46 card=47 card=48 card=49 card=50 card=51 card=52 card=53 card=54 card=55 card=56 card=57 card=58 card=59 card=60 card=61 card=62 card=63 card=64 card=65 card=66 card=67 card=68 card=69 card=70 card=71 card=72 card=73 card=74 card=75 card=76 card=77 card=78 card=79 card=80 card=81 card=82 card=83 card=84 card=85 card=86 card=87 card=88 card=89 card=90 STB TV PCI FM, Gateway P/N 6000704 (bt878), 3Dfx VoodooTV 100 AVerMedia TVPhone 98 ProVideo PV951 Little OnAir TV Sigma TVIIFM MATRIXVision MVDelta 2 Zoltrix Genie TV/FM Terratec TV/Radio+ Askey CPH03x/ Dynalink Magic TView IODATA GVBCTV3/PCI Prolink PVBT878P+4E / PixelView PlayTV PAK / Lenco MXTV9578 CP Eagle Wireless Capricorn2 (bt878A) Pinnacle PCTV Studio Pro Typhoon TView RDS + FM Stereo / KNC1 TV Station RDS Lifeview FlyVideo 2000 /FlyVideo A2/ Lifetec LT 9415 TV [LR90] Askey CPH031/ BESTBUY Easy TV Lifeview FlyVideo 98FM LR50 GrandTec 'Grand Video Capture' (Bt848) Askey CPH060/ Phoebe TV Master Only (No FM) Askey CPH03x TV Capturer Modular Technology MM100PCTV AG Electronics GMV1 Askey CPH061/ BESTBUY Easy TV (bt878) ATI TVWonder ATI TVWonder VE Lifeview FlyVideo 2000S LR90 Terratec TValueRadio IODATA GVBCTV4/PCI 3Dfx VoodooTV FM (Euro), VoodooTV 200 (USA) Active Imaging AIMMS Prolink Pixelview PVBT878P+ (Rev.4C,8E) Lifeview FlyVideo 98EZ (capture only) LR51 Prolink Pixelview PVBT878P+9B (PlayTV Pro rev.9B FM+NICAM) Sensoray 311 RemoteVision MX (RV605) Powercolor MTV878/ MTV878R/ MTV878F Canopus WinDVR PCI (COMPAQ Presario 3524JP, 5112JP) GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) Jetway TV/Capture JWTV878FBK, Kworld KWTV878RF DSP Design TCVIDEO Hauppauge WinTV PVR IODATA GVBCTV5/PCI Osprey 100/150 (878) Osprey 100/150 (848) Osprey 101 (848) Osprey 101/151 Osprey 101/151 w/ svid Osprey 200/201/250/251 Osprey 200/250 Osprey 210/220 Osprey 500 18
The BTTV HOWTO card=91 card=92 card=93 card=94 card=95 card=96 card=97 card=98 card=99 card=100 card=101 card=102 card=103 card=104 card=105 card=106 card=107 card=108 card=109 card=110 card=111 card=112 card=113 card=114 card=115 card=116 card=117 card=118 card=119 card=120 Osprey 540 Osprey 2000 IDS Eagle Pinnacle PCTV Sat Formac ProTV II (bt878) MachTV Euresys Picolo ProVideo PV150 ADTVK503 Hercules Smart TV Stereo Pace TV & Radio Card IVC200 Grand XGuard / Trust 814PCI Nebula Electronics DigiTV ProVideo PV143 PHYTEC VD009X1 MiniDIN (bt878) PHYTEC VD009X1 Combi (bt878) PHYTEC VD009 MiniDIN (bt878) PHYTEC VD009 Combi (bt878) IVC100 IVC120G pcHDTV HD2000 TV Twinhan DST + clones Winfast VC100 Teppro TEV560/InterVision IV560 SIMUS GVC1100 NGS NGSTV+ LMLBT4 Tekram M205 PRO Conceptronic CONTVFMi
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C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer

MATRIX Vision MVDelta Bt848A 4 Composite inputs, 1 SVHS input (shared with 4th composite) EEPROM http://www.matrixvision.de/ This card has no tuner but supports all 4 composite (1 shared with an SVHS input) of the Bt848A. Very nice card if you only have satellite TV but several tuners connected to the card via composite. Many thanks to MatrixVision for giving us 2 cards for free which made Bt848a/Bt849 single crystal operation support possible!!!
Miro/Pinnacle PCTV Bt848 some (all??) come with 2 crystals for PAL/SECAM and NTSC PAL, SECAM or NTSC TV tuner (Philips or TEMIC) MSP34xx sound decoder on add on board decoder is supported but AFAIK does not yet work (other sound MUX setting in GPIO port needed??? somebody who fixed this???) 1 tuner, 1 composite and 1 SVHS input tuner type is autodetected http://www.miro.de/ http://www.miro.com/
Many thanks for the free card which made first NTSC support possible back in 1997!
Hauppauge Win/TV pci There are many different versions of the Hauppauge cards with different tuners (TV+Radio ...), teletext decoders. Note that even cards with same model numbers have (depending on the revision) different chips on it.
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The BTTV HOWTO Bt848 (and others but always in 2 crystal operation???) newer cards have a Bt878 PAL, SECAM, NTSC or tuner with or without Radio support e.g.: PAL: TDA5737: VHF, hyperband and UHF mixer/oscillator for TV and VCR 3band tuners TSA5522: 1.4 GHz I2Cbus controlled synthesizer, I2C 0xc20xc3 NTSC: TDA5731: VHF, hyperband and UHF mixer/oscillator for TV and VCR 3band tuners TSA5518: no datasheet available on Philips site Philips SAA5246 or SAA5284 ( or no) Teletext decoder chip with buffer RAM (e.g. Winbond W24257AS35: 32Kx8 CMOS static RAM) SAA5246 (I2C 0x22) is supported 256 bytes EEPROM: Microchip 24LC02B or Philips 8582E2Y with configuration information I2C address 0xa0 (24LC02B also responds to 0xa20xaf) 1 tuner, 1 composite and (depending on model) 1 SVHS input 14052B: mux for selection of sound source sound decoder: TDA9800, MSP34xx (stereo cards)
Askey CPHSeries Developed by TelSignal(?), OEMed by many vendors (Typhoon, Anubis, Dynalink) Card series: CPH01x: BT848 CPH03x: BT848 CPH05x: BT878 CPH06x: BT878 CPH07x: BT878
capture only with FM (w/o FM)f/ capture only
TV standards: CPH0x0: NTSCM/M CPH0x1: PALB/G CPH0x2: PALI/I CPH0x3: PALD/K CPH0x4: SECAML/L CPH0x5: SECAMB/G CPH0x6: SECAMD/K CPH0x7: PALN/N CPH0x8: PALB/H CPH0x9: PALM/M CPH03x was often sold as "TV capturer". Identifying: 1) 878 cards can be identified by PCI SubsystemID: 144f:3000 = CPH06x C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 21
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144F:3002 = CPH05x w/ FM 144F:3005 = CPH06x_LC (w/o remote control) 1) The cards have a sticker with "CPH"model on the back. 2) These cards have a number printed on the PCB just above the tuner metal box "80CP2000300x" = CPH03X "80CP2000500x" = CPH05X "80CP2000600x" = CPH06X / CPH06x_LC Askey sells these cards as "Magic TView series", Brand "MagicXpress". Other OEM often call these "Tview", "TView99" or else. Lifeview Flyvideo Series: The naming of these series differs in time and space.
Identifying: 1) Some models can be identified by PCI subsystem ID: 1852:1852 = Flyvideo 98 FM 1851:1850 = Flyvideo 98 1851:1851 = Flyvideo 98 EZ (capture only) 2) There is a print on the PCB: LR25 = Flyvideo (Zoran ZR36120, SAA7110A) LR26 Rev.N = Flyvideo II (Bt848) Rev.O = Flyvideo II (Bt878) LR37 Rev.C = Flyvideo EZ (Capture only, ZR36120 + SAA7110) LR38 Rev.A1= Flyvideo II EZ (Bt848 capture only) LR50 Rev.Q = Flyvideo 98 (w/eeprom and PCI subsystem ID) Rev.W = Flyvideo 98 (no eeprom) LR51 Rev.E = Flyvideo 98 EZ (capture only) LR90 = Flyvideo 2000 (Bt878) Flyvideo 2000S (Bt878) w/Stereo TV (Package incl. LR91 daughterboard) LR91 = Stereo daughter card for LR90 LR97 = Flyvideo DVBS LR99 Rev.E = Low profile card for OEM integration (only internal audio!) b LR136 = Flyvideo 2100/3100 (Low profile, SAA7130/SAA7134) LR137 = Flyvideo DV2000/DV3000 (SAA7130/SAA7134 + IEEE1394) LR138 Rev.C= Flyvideo 2000 (SAA7130) or Flyvideo 3000 (SAA7134) w/Stereo TV These exist in variations w/FM and w/Remote sometimes denoted by suffixes "FM" and "R".
Lifeview.com.tw states (Feb. 2002): "The FlyVideo2000 and FlyVideo2000s product name have renamed to FlyVideo9 Their Bt8x8 cards are listed as discontinued. Flyvideo 2000S was probably sold as Flyvideo 3000 in some countries(Europe The new Flyvideo 2000/3000 are SAA7130/SAA7134 based. "Flyvideo II" had been the name for the 848 cards, nowadays (in Germany) this name is reused for LR50 Rev.W. The Lifeview website mentioned Flyvideo III at some time, but such a card has not yet been seen (perhaps it was the German name for LR90 [stereo]). C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 22
The BTTV HOWTO These cards are sold by many OEMs too.
FlyVideo A2 (Elta 8680)= LR90 Rev.F (w/Remote, w/o FM, stereo TV by tda9821) { Lifeview 3000 (Elta 8681) as sold by Plus(April 2002), Germany = LR138 w/ saa7
Typhoon TV card series: These can be CPH, Flyvideo, Pixelview or KNC1 series. Typhoon is the brand of Anubis. Model 50680 got reused, some model no. had different contents over time.
Models: 50680 "TV Tuner PCI Pal BG"(old,red package)=can be CPH03x(bt848) or CPH06x(bt 50680 "TV Tuner Pal BG" (blue package)= Pixelview PVBT878P+ (Rev 9B) 50681 "TV Tuner PCI Pal I" (variant of 50680) 50682 "TView TV/FM Tuner Pal BG" = Flyvideo 98FM (LR50 Rev.Q) Note: The package has a picture of CPH05x (which would be a real TView) 50683 "TV Tuner PCI SECAM" (variant of 50680) 50684 "TV Tuner Pal BG" = Pixelview 878TV(Rev.3D) 50686 "TV Tuner" = KNC1 TV Station 50687 "TV Tuner stereo" = KNC1 TV Station pro 50688 "TV Tuner RDS" (black package) = KNC1 TV Station RDS 50689 TV SAT DVBS CARD CI PCI (SAA7146AH, SU1278?) = "KNC1 TV Station DVBS" 50692 "TV/FM Tuner" (small PCB) 50694 TV TUNER CARD RDS (PHILIPS CHIPSET SAA7134HL) 50696 TV TUNER STEREO (PHILIPS CHIPSET SAA7134HL, MK3ME Tuner) 50804 PCSAT TV/Audio Karte = TechniPCSat (ZORAN 36120PQC, Tuner:Alps) 50866 TVIEW SAT RECEIVER+ADR 50868 "TV/FM Tuner Pal I" (variant of 50682) 50999 "TV/FM Tuner Secam" (variant of 50682)
Guillemot MaxiTV PCI (ZR36120) Maxi TV Video 2 = LR50 Rev.Q (FI1216MF, PAL BG+SECAM) Maxi TV Video 3 = CPH064 (PAL BG + SECAM) Mentor Mentor TV card ("55878TVU1") = Pixelview 878TV(Rev.3F) (w/FM w/Remote) Prolink TV cards: PixelView Play TV pro (Model: PVBT878P+ REV 8E) PixelView Play TV pro (Model: PVBT878P+ REV 9D) PixelView Play TV pro (Model: PVBT878P+ REV 4C / 8D / 10A ) PixelView Play TV (Model: PVBT848P+) 878TV (Model: PVBT878TV) C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 23
The BTTV HOWTO Multimedia TV packages (card + software pack): PixelView Play TV Theater (Model: PVM4200) = PixelView PixelView Play TV PAK (Model: PVBT878P+ REV 4E) PixelView Play TV/VCR (Model: PVM3200 REV 4C / 8D / PixelView Studio PAK (Model: M2200 REV 4C / 8D / PixelView PowerStudio PAK (Model: PVM3600 REV 4E) PixelView DigitalVCR PAK (Model: PVM2400 REV 4C / 8D /
Play TV pro + Soft 10A ) 10A ) 10A )
PixelView PlayTV PAK II (TV/FM card + usb camera) PVM3800 PixelView PlayTV XP PVM4700,PVM4700(w/FM) PixelView PlayTV DVR PVM4600 package contents:PixelView PlayTV pro, windvr Further Cards: PVBT878P+rev.9B (Play TV Pro, opt. w/FM w/NICAM) PVBT878P+rev.2F PVBT878P Rev.1D (bt878, capture only) XCapture PVCX881P (cx23881) PlayTV HD PVCX881PL+, PVCX881PL+(w/FM) (cx23881) DTV3000 PVDTV3000P+ DVBS CI = Twinhan VP1030 DTV2000 DVBS = Twinhan VP1020 Video Conferencing: PixelView Meeting PAK (Model: PVBT878P) PixelView Meeting PAK Lite (Model: PVBT878P) PixelView Meeting PAK plus (Model: PVBT878P+rev 4C/8D/10A) PixelView Capture (Model: PVBT848P)
PixelView PlayTV USB pro Model No. PVNT1004+, PVNT1004+ (w/FM) = NT1004 USB decoder chip + SAA7113 v Dynalink These are CPH series. Phoebemicro TV Master = CPH030 or CPH060 TV Master FM = CPH050 Genius/Kye Video Wonder/Genius Internet Video Kit = LR37 Rev.C Video Wonder Pro II (848 or 878) = LR26 Tekram VideoCap C205 (Bt848) VideoCap C210 (zr36120 +Philips) C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 24
The BTTV HOWTO CaptureTV M200 (ISA) CaptureTV M205 (Bt848) Lucky Star Image World Conference TV = LR50 Rev. Q Leadtek WinView 601 (Bt848) WinView 610 (Zoran) WinFast2000 WinFast2000 XP KNC One TVStation TVStation TVStation TVStation TVStation TV Station TVStation
SE (+Software Bundle) pro (+TV stereo) FM (+Radio) RDS (+RDS) SAT (analog satellite) DVBS
newer Cards have saa7134, but model name stayed the same? Provideo PV951 or PV951 (also are sold as: Boeder TVFM Video Capture Card Titanmedia Supervision TV2400 Provideo PV951 TF 3DeMon PV951 MediaForte TVVision PV951 Yoko PV951 Vivanco Tuner Card PCI Art.Nr.: 68404 ) now named PV951T Surveillance Series PV141 PV143 PV147 PV148 (capture only) PV150 PV151 TVFM Tuner Series PV951TDV (tv tuner + 1394) PV951T/TF PV951PT/TF PV956T/TF Low Profile C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 25
The BTTV HOWTO PV911 Highscreen TV Karte = LR50 Rev.S TVBoostar = Terratec Terra TV+ Version 1.0 (Bt848, tda9821) "ceb105.pcb" Zoltrix Face to Face Capture (Bt848 capture only) (PCB "VP2848") Face To Face TV MAX (Bt848) (PCB "VP8482 Rev1.3") Genie TV (Bt878) (PCB "VP8790 Rev 2.1") Genie Wonder Pro AVerMedia AVer FunTV Lite (ISA, AV3001 chipset) "M101.C" AVerTV AVerTV Stereo AVerTV Studio (w/FM) AVerMedia TV98 with Remote AVerMedia TV/FM98 Stereo AVerMedia TVCAM98 TVCapture (Bt848) TVPhone (Bt848) TVCapture98 (="AVerMedia TV98" in USA) (Bt878) TVPhone98 (Bt878, w/FM)
PCB PCIID ModelName Eeprom Tuner Sound Country M101.C ISA ! M108B Bt848 FR1236 US (2),(3) M1A8A Bt848 AVer TVPhone FM1216 M168T 1461:0003 AVerTV Studio 48:17 FM1216 TDA9840T D (1) w/FM w M168U 1461:0004 TVCapture98 40:11 FI1216 D w/Remote M168IIB 1461:0003 Medion MD9592 48:16 FM1216 TDA9873H D w/FM (1) Daughterboard MB68A with TDA9820T and TDA9840T (2) Sony NE41S soldered (stereo sound?) (3) Daughterboard M118A w/ pic 16c54 and 4 MHz quartz US site has different drivers for (as of 09/2002): EZ Capture/InterCam PCI (BT848 chip) EZ Capture/InterCam PCI (BT878 chip) TVPhone (BT848 chip) TV98 (BT848 chip) TV98 With Remote (BT848 chip) TV98 (BT878 chip) TV98 With Remote (BT878) TV/FM98 (BT878 chip) AVerTV C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 26
The BTTV HOWTO AverTV Stereo AVerTV Studio DE hat diverse Treiber fuer diese Modelle (Stand 09/2002): TVPhone (848) mit Philips tuner FR12X6 (w/ FM radio) TVPhone (848) mit Philips tuner FM12X6 (w/ FM radio) TVCapture (848) w/Philips tuner FI12X6 TVCapture (848) nonPhilips tuner TVCapture98 (Bt878) TVPhone98 (Bt878) AVerTV und TVCapture98 w/VCR (Bt 878) AVerTVStudio und TVPhone98 w/VCR (Bt878) AVerTV GO Serie (Kein SVideo Input) AVerTV98 (BT878 chip) AVerTV98 mit Fernbedienung (BT878 chip) AVerTV/FM98 (BT878 chip) VDOmate (www.averm.com.cn) = M168U ? Aimslab Video Highway or "Video Highway TR200" (ISA) Video Highway Xtreme (aka "VHX") (Bt848, FM w/ TEA5757) IXMicro (former: IMS=Integrated Micro Solutions) IXTV BT848 (=TurboTV) IXTV BT878 IMS TurboTV (Bt848)
Lifetec/Medion/Tevion/Aldi LT9306/MD9306 = CPH061 LT9415/MD9415 = LR90 Rev.F or Rev.G MD9592 = Avermedia TVphone98 (PCI_ID=1461:0003), PCBRev=M168IIB (w/T MD9717 = KNC One (Rev D4, saa7134, FM1216 MK2 tuner) MD5044 = KNC One (Rev D4, saa7134, FM1216ME MK3 tuner) Modular Technologies (www.modulartech.com) UK MM100 PCTV (Bt848) MM201 PCTV (Bt878, Bt832) w/ Quartzsight camera MM202 PCTV (Bt878, Bt832, tda9874) MM205 PCTV (Bt878) MM210 PCTV (Bt878) (Galaxy TV, Galaxymedia ?) Terratec Terra TV+ Version 1.0 (Bt848), "ceb105.PCB" printed on the PCB, TDA9821 Terra TV+ Version 1.1 (Bt878), "LR74 Rev.E" printed on the PCB, TDA9821 Terra TValueRadio, "LR102 Rev.C" printed on the PCB C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 27
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Terra TV/Radio+ Version 1.0, "80CP28301000" TTTV3 printed on the PCB, "CPH010E83" on the back, SAA6588T, TDA9873H Terra TValue Version BT878, "80CP28301100 TTTV4" printed on the PCB, "CPH011D83" on back Terra TValue Version 1.0 "ceb105.PCB" (really identical to Terra TV+ Ve Terra TValue New Revision "LR102 Rec.C" Terra Active Radio Upgrade (tea5757h, saa6588t)
LR74 is a newer PCB revision of ceb105 (both incl. connector for Active Radio Cinergy 400 (saa7134), "E877 11(S)", "PM820092D" printed on PCB Cinergy 600 (saa7134)
Technisat Discos ADR PCKarte ISA (no TV!) Discos ADR PCKarte PCI (probably no TV?) TechniPCSat (Sat. analog) Rev 1.2 (zr36120, vpx3220, stv0030, saa5246, BSJE3494A) Mediafocus I (zr36120/zr36125, drp3510, Sat. analog + ADR Radio) Mediafocus II (saa7146, Sat. analog) SatADR Rev 2.1 (saa7146a, saa7113h, stv0056a, msp3400c, drp3510a, BSKE3 SkyStar 1 DVB (AV7110) = Technotrend Premium SkyStar 2 DVB (B2C2) (=Sky2PC) Siemens Multimedia eXtension Board (MXB) (SAA7146, SAA7111) Stradis SDM275,SDM250,SDM026,SDM025 (SAA7146, IBMMPEG2): MPEG2 decoder only Powercolor MTV878 Package comes with different contents: a) pcb "MTV878" (CARD=75) b) Pixelview Rev. 4_ MTV878R w/Remote Control MTV878F w/Remote Control w/FM radio Pinnacle Mirovideo PCTV (Bt848) Mirovideo PCTV SE (Bt848) Mirovideo PCTV Pro (Bt848 + Daughterboard for TV Stereo and FM) Studio PCTV Rave (Bt848 Version = Mirovideo PCTV) Studio PCTV Rave (Bt878 package w/o infrared) Studio PCTV (Bt878) Studio PCTV Pro (Bt878 stereo w/ FM) C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 28
The BTTV HOWTO Pinnacle Pinnacle Pinncale Pinnacle
PCTV (Bt878, MT2032) PCTV Pro (Bt878, MT2032) PCTV Sat (bt878a, HM1821/1221) ["Conexant CX24110 with CX24108 tuner PCTV Sat XE
M(J)PEG capture and playback: DC1+ (ISA) DC10 (zr36057, zr36060, DC10+ (zr36067, zr36060, DC20 (ql16x24b,zr36050, zr36016, DC30 (zr36057, zr36050, zr36016, DC30+ (zr36067, zr36050, zr36016, DC50 (zr36067, zr36050, zr36016,
saa7110, saa7110, saa7110, vpx3220, vpx3220, saa7112,
adv7176) adv7176) saa7187 ...) adv7176, ad1843, tea6415, miro FST adv7176) adv7176 (2 pcs.?), ad1843, miro FS
Lenco MXR9565 (=Technisat Mediafocus?) MXR9571 (Bt848) (=CPH031?) MXR9575 MXR9577 (Bt878) (=Prolink 878TV Rev.3x) MXTV9578CP (Bt878) (= Prolink PVBT878P+4E) Iomega Buz (zr36067, zr36060, saa7111, saa7185) LML LML33 (zr36067, zr36060, bt819, bt856) Grandtec Grand Video Capture (Bt848) Multi Capture Card (Bt878) Koutech KW606 (Bt848) KW607 (Bt848 capture only) KW606RSF KW607A (capture only) KW608 (Zoran capture only) IODATA (jp) GVBCTV/PCI GVBCTV2/PCI GVBCTV3/PCI GVBCTV4/PCI GVVCP/PCI (capture only) GVVCP2/PCI (capture only) C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 29
The BTTV HOWTO Canopus (jp) WinDVR = Kworld "KWTVL878RF" www.sigmacom.co.kr Sigma Cyber TV II www.sasem.co.kr Litte OnAir TV hama TV/RadioTuner Card, PCI (Model 44677) = CPH051 Sigma Designs Hollywood plus (em8300, em9010, adv7175), (PCB "M34010") MPEG DVD decoder Formac iProTV (Card for iMac Mezzanine slot, Bt848+SCSI) ProTV (Bt848) ProTV II = ProTV Stereo (Bt878) ["stereo" means FM stereo, tv is still mono] ATI TVWonder TVWonder VE Diamond Multimedia DTV2000 (Bt848, tda9875) Aopen VA1000 Plus (w/ Stereo) VA1000 Lite VA1000 (=LR90) Intel Smart Video Recorder (ISA fulllength) Smart Video Recorder pro (ISA halflength) Smart Video Recorder III (Bt848) STB STB Gateway 6000704 (bt878) C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 30
The BTTV HOWTO STB Gateway 6000699 (bt848) STB Gateway 6000402 (bt848) STB TV130 PCI Videologic Captivator Pro/TV (ISA?) Captivator PCI/VC (Bt848 bundled with camera) (capture only)
Technotrend TTSAT PCI (PCB "SatPCI Rev.:1.3.1"; zr36125, vpx3225d, stc0056a, Tuner:BSKE TTDVBSat revisions 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6 and 2.1 This card is sold as OEM from: Siemens DVBs Card Hauppauge WinTV DVBS Technisat SkyStar 1 DVB Galaxis DVB Sat Now this card is called TTPCline Premium Family TTBudget (saa7146, bsru6701a) This card is sold as OEM from: Hauppauge WinTV Nova Satelco Standard PCI (DVBS) TTDVBC PCI Teles DVBs (Rev. 2.2, BSRV2301A, data only?) Remote Vision MX RV605 (Bt848 capture only) Boeder PC ChatCam (Model 68252) (Bt848 capture only) Tv/Fm Capture Card (Model 68404) = PV951 MediaSurfer (esckathrein.de) SatSurfer (ISA) SatSurfer PCI = TechniPCSat CableSurfer 1 CableSurfer 2 CableSurfer PCI (zr36120) AudioSurfer (ISA Radio card) Jetway (www.jetway.com.tw) JWTV 878M C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 31
The BTTV HOWTO JWTV 878 Galaxis Galaxis Galaxis Galaxis Galaxis Galaxis = KWorld KWTV878RF
DVB Card S CI DVB Card C CI DVB Card S DVB Card C plug.in S [neuer Name: Galaxis DVB Card S CI
Hauppauge many many WinTV models ... WinTV DVBs = Technotrend Premium 1.3 WinTV NOVA = Technotrend Budget 1.1 "SDVB DATA" WinTV NOVACI "SDVBACI" WinTV Nova USB (=Technotrend USB 1.0) WinTVNexuss (=Technotrend Premium 2.1 or 2.2) WinTV PVR WinTV PVR 250 WinTV PVR 450 US models 990 WinTVPVR350 (249USD) (iTVC15 chipset + radio) 980 WinTVPVR250 (149USD) (iTVC15 chipset) 880 WinTVPVRPCI (199USD) (KFIR chipset + bt878) 881 WinTVPVRUSB 190 WinTVGO 191 WinTVGOFM 404 WinTV 401 WinTVradio 495 WinTVTheater 602 WinTVUSB 621 WinTVUSBFM 600 USBLive 698 WinTVHD 697 WinTVD 564 WinTVNexusS Deutsche Modelle 603 WinTV GO 719 WinTV PrimioFM 718 WinTV PCIFM 497 WinTV Theater 569 WinTV USB 568 WinTV USBFM 882 WinTV PVR 981 WinTV PVR 250 891 WinTVPVRUSB 541 WinTV Nova 488 WinTV NovaCi C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 32
The BTTV HOWTO 564 727 545 898 WinTVNexuss WinTVDVBc Common Interface WinTVNovaUSB
UK models 607 WinTV Go 693,793 WinTV Primio FM 647,747 WinTV PCI FM 498 WinTV Theater 883 WinTV PVR 893 WinTV PVR USB (Duplicate entry) 566 WinTV USB (UK) 573 WinTV USB FM 429 Impact VCB (bt848) 600 USB Live (VideoIn 1x Comp, 1xSVHS) 542 WinTV Nova 717 WinTV DVBS 909 Novat PCI 893 Novat USB (Duplicate entry) 802 MyTV 804 MyView 809 MyVideo 872 MyTV2Go FM
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WinTV NovaS CI WinTV Nova NovaS USB NovaT USB WinTV NexusS DEC3000s Standalone + USB
Spain 685 WinTVGo 690 WinTVPrimioFM 416 WinTVPCI Nicam Estereo 677 WinTVPCIFM 699 WinTVTheater 683 WinTVUSB 678 WinTVUSBFM 983 WinTVPVR250 883 WinTVPVRPCI 993 WinTVPVR350 893 WinTVPVRUSB 728 WinTVDVBC PCI 832 MyTV2Go 869 MyTV2GoFM 805 MyVideo (USB)
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The BTTV HOWTO MatrixVision MATRIXVision MVDelta MATRIXVision MVDelta 2 MVsigmaSLC (Bt848) Conceptronic (.net) TVCON FM, TV card w/ FM = CPH05x TVCON = CPH06x BestData HCC100 = VCC100rev1 + camera VCC100 rev1 (bt848) VCC100 rev2 (bt878) Gallant (www.gallantcom.com) www.minton.com.tw Intervision IV510 (capture only bt8x8) Intervision IV550 (bt8x8) Intervision IV100 (zoran) Intervision IV1000 (bt8x8) Asonic (www.asonic.com.cn) (website down) SkyEye tv 878 Hoontech 878TV/FM
Teppro (www.itcteppro.com.tw) ITC PCITV (Card Ver 1.0) "Teppro TV1/TVFM1 Card" ITC PCITV (Card Ver 2.0) ITC PCITV (Card Ver 3.0) = "PVBT878P+ (REV.9D)" ITC PCITV (Card Ver 4.0) TEPPRO IV550 (For BT848 Main Chip) ITC DSTTV (bt878, satellite) ITC VideoMaker (saa7146, StreamMachine sm2110, tvtuner) "PVSM2210P+ (REV:1C) Kworld (www.kworld.com.tw) PC TV Station KWORLD KWTV878R TV (no radio) KWORLD KWTV878RF TV (w/ radio) KWORLD KWTVL878RF (low profile) KWORLD KWTV713XRF (saa7134) C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 34
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MPEG TV KWORLD KWORLD KWORLD KWORLD
Station (same cards KWTV878R Pro TV KWTV878RFPro TV KWTV878R Ultra TV KWTV878RFUltra TV
as above plus WinDVR Software MPEG en/decoder) (no Radio) (w/ Radio) (no Radio) (w/ Radio)
JTT/ Justy Corp.http://www.justy.co.jp/ (www.jtt.com.jp website down) JTT02 (JTT TV) "TV watchmate pro" (bt848) ADS www.adstech.com Channel Surfer TV ( CHX950 ) Channel Surfer TV+FM ( CHX960FM ) AVEC www.prochips.com AVEC Intercapture (bt848, tea6320) NoBrand TV Excel = Australian Name for "PVBT878P+ 8E" or "878TV Rev.3_" Mach www.machspeed.com Mach TV 878 Eline www.elinenet.com/ Eline Vision TVMaster / TVMaster FM (ELVTVM/ ELVTVMFM) = LR26 (bt878) Eline Vision TVMaster2000 (ELVTVM2000, ELVTVM2000FM)= LR138 (saa713x) Spirit http://www.spiritmodems.com.au/ Spirit TV Tuner/Video Capture Card (bt848) Boser www.boser.com.tw HS878 Mini PCI Capture Addon Card HS879 Mini PCI 3D Audio and Capture Addon Card (w/ ES1938 Solo1) Satelco www.citycomgmbh.de, www.satelco.de TVFM =KNC1 saa7134 Standard PCI (DVBS) = Technotrend Budget Standard PCI (DVBS) w/ CI Satelco Highend PCI (DVBS) = Technotrend Premium C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 35
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Sensoray www.sensoray.com Sensoray 311 (PC/104 bus) Sensoray 611 (PCI)
CEI (Chartered Electronics Industries Pte Ltd [CEI] [FCC ID HBY]) TV Tuner HBY33ARAFFLES Brooktree Bt848KPF + Philips TV Tuner MG9910 HBY33ATVO CEI + Philips SAA7110 + OKI M548262 + ST STV84 Primetime TV (ISA) acquired by Singapore Technologies now operating as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Manufacturer of video cards is listed as: Cogent Electronics Industries [CEI] AITech Wavewatcher TV (ISA) AITech WaveWatcher TVPCI = can be LR26 (Bt848) or LR50 (BT878) WaveWatcher TVR202 TV/FM Radio Card (ISA) MAXRON Maxron MaxTV/FM Radio (KWTV878FNT) = Kworld or JWTV878FBK www.idsimaging.de Falcon Series (capture only) In USA: http://www.theimagingsource.com/ DFG/LC1 www.sknetweb.co.jp SKnet Monster TV (saa7134) AMax www.amaxhk.com (Colormax, Amax, Napa) APAC Viewcomp 878 Cybertainment CyberMail AV Video Email Kit w/ PCI Capture Card (capture only) CyberMail Xtreme These are Flyvideo VCR (http://www.vcrinc.com/) Video Catcher 16
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The BTTV HOWTO Twinhan DST Card/DSTIP (bt878, twinhan asic) VP1020 Sold as: KWorld DVBS Satellite TVCard Powercolor DSTV Satellite Tuner Card Prolink Pixelview DTV2000 Provideo PV911 Digital Satellite TV Tuner Card With Common Interface ? DSTCI Card (DVB Satellite) VP1030 DCT Card (DVB cable) MSI MSI TV@nywhere Tuner Card (MS8876) (CX23881/883) Not Bt878 compatible. MS8401 DVBS Focus www.focusinfo.com InVideo PCI (bt878) Sdisilk www.sdisilk.com/ SDI Silk 100 SDI Silk 200 SDI Input Card www.euresys.com PICOLO series PMC/Pace www.pacecom.co.uk website closed Mercury www.kobian.com (UK and FR) LR50 LR138RBGRx == LR138 TEC sound (package and manuals don't have any other manufacturer info) TecSound Though educated Googling found: www.techmakers.com TVMate = Zoltrix VP8482 Lorenzen www.lorenzen.de SL DVBS PCI = Technotrend Budget PCI (su1278 or bsru version) Origo (.uk) www.origo2000.com PC TV Card = LR50
I/O Magic www.iomagic.com PC PVR Desktop TV Personal Video Recorder DRPCTV100 = Pinnacle ROB2D5100 Arowana C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer 37
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D. Recording Video and Sound with Bttv

In addition to the applications referenced in Section 5, recording can be managed from the command line. The issues discussed here with regard to sound capture deal only with the default kernel2.6 and higher sound system: the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. The easy part is grabbing the video, for which we will use streamer, available with the Xawtv suite. Sound is another matter, however. You will need to access your mixer settings using amixer, the ALSA commandline mixer that should be available in the ALSAtools package available from your Linux distributor. See man amixer to follow the command line options. Your recording can be managed either using your primary soundcard if you have your Bt8x8 audio output connected to a mixer conduit that allows for capture (e.g. the 4pin analog CDROM input slot), or the Bt8x8 card itself using the btaudio module. The following steps utilize the latter. First, identify the individual cards on your system (requires /proc filesystem):
$ cat /proc/asound/pcm 0000: Intel ICH : NVidia CK8S : playback 1 : capture 1 0001: Intel ICH MIC ADC : NVidia CK8S MIC ADC : capture 1 0002: Intel ICH IEC958 : NVidia CK8S IEC958 : playback 1 0100: Bt87x Digital : Bt87x Digital : capture 1 0101: Bt87x Analog : Bt87x Analog : capture 1
The first column indicates the system numbering of your available sound devices, i.e., card 0 is the soundcard and card 01, or 1, is the Bt8x8. Next, identify the mixer controls for the Bt8x8 card.
$ amixer c 1 controls numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Source' numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Boost' numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume'
Then identify the item settings of each:

$ amixer c 1 cget name='Capture Source' numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Source' ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw,values=1,items=3 ; Item #0 'TV Tuner' ; Item #1 'FM' ; Item #2 'Mic/Line' : values=1 $ amixer c 1 cget name='Capture Boost' numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Boost' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw,values=1 values=on $ amixer c 1 cget name='Capture Volume' numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0 : values=0
Use cset for the capture source:

$ amixer c 1 cset name='Capture Source' 0
...and to set the volume:

$ amixer c 1 cset name="Capture Volume' 15
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The BTTV HOWTO Now try to record something:

$ streamer p 4 t 1:00 r 24 q o test.avi j 90 f mjpeg F mono16
...and you should be recording a soundenabled avi file. Press [Ctrl]C to cancel early. Next step is to automate the recording for your very own homebrewed Tivo"! I offer the following script as an example program for automating recording; you can copy and paste it into a file and make it executable (chmod u+x recordtv.sh). This script (and any recording from your Bttv device for that matter) generates extremely large files, on the order of several GB per hour, so be sure you have lots of free disk space available.
#!/bin/bash # ================= recordtv.sh ============================ # = copyright 2003 by Greg Watson gwatsonATlinuxlogin.com = # = GPL2 License, minor modifications by Howard Shane = # = hshaneATaustin.rr.com , under same license = # = usage recordtv.sh prefixfilename recordtime channel = # = Example: ./recordtv.sh enterprise 61:00 20 = # ============================================================ # Version 0.9 # Last Mod: Wed Feb 20 11:27 CST 2005 # Output directory OUTPUT=$HOME/vcr # Streamer location STREAMER=/usr/bin/streamer # Alsa Mixer AMIXER=/usr/bin/amixer # v4lctl path V4LCTL=/usr/bin/v4lctl # Capture Volume to ensure sound is recorded (80%) CAPTURE_VOLUME=100 # Tvtime settings file for color/brightness/contrast values TVTIME=$HOME/.tvtime/tvtime.xml # End of Config ############### # check if I'm running TV, if so just exit if [ `ps C tvtime | grep c tvtime` gt 0 ]; then echo "TVtime is running, aborting recording." exit fi # If the filename prefix wasn't given, set it to 'recording' if [ z $1 ]; then PREFIX="recording" else PREFIX=$1 fi # if time is blank, record for 30 minutes if [ z $2 ]; then TIME="30:00" else TIME=$2 fi
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if [ ! z $3 ]; then $V4LCTL setchannel $3 fi # Check for vcr dir if [ ! x $OUTPUT ]; then mkdir $OUTPUT fi DATE=`date +%m%d%Y%H:%M`
# Set the AC97 volume to 0 (so we don't hear the sounds) # Get mixer values first PLAY_VOL=`$AMIXER c 0 cget name='Master Playback Volume' | grep : | sed 's/^.*=$[^,]*$.*$/\1/ CAP_VOL=`$AMIXER c 0 cget name='PCM Playback Volume' | grep : | sed 's/^.*=$[^,]*$.*$/\1/'` # $AMIXER c 0 q cset name='CD Playback Volume' 100 $AMIXER c 0 q cset name='Capture Volume' 1
# if tvtime.xml is set, then grab settings out of it if [ f $TVTIME ]; then CONTRAST=`cat ${TVTIME} | grep DefaultContrast | sed 's/^.*value="$[^"]*$.*$/\1/'` BRIGHTNESS=`cat ${TVTIME} | grep DefaultBrightness | sed 's/^.*value="$[^"]*$.*$/\1/'` COLOR=`cat ${TVTIME} | grep DefaultColour | sed 's/^.*value="$[^"]*$.*$/\1/'` HUE=`cat ${TVTIME} | grep DefaultHue | sed 's/^.*value="$[^"]*$.*$/\1/'` $V4LCTL bright ${BRIGHTNESS}% color ${COLOR}% contrast ${CONTRAST}% hue ${HUE}% fi $STREAMER p 4 q t ${TIME} r 24 q o ${OUTPUT}/${PREFIX}${DATE}${TIME}.avi j 90 f mjpeg # Sometimes streamer doesn't always remute audio, mute it again just to be sure $V4LCTL volume mute on # Restore volumes $AMIXER q cset name='Master Playback Volume' $PLAY_VOL $AMIXER q cset name='PCM Playback Volume' $CAP_VOL # # EOF
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E. Enabling The FM Radio for RadioEquipped Cards

FM radio tuners are easily enabled when inserting modules. Simply
$ modprobe bttv radio=1
...or add a similar option to your /etc/modules.conf and you should be set the next time you restart or load the module. You will also need an application to access the radio. I suggest the console based radio, available with the Xawtv suite, or fmtools. For graphical programs, try gnomeradio or gradio or xmms with the FMRadio plugin. Also, you can't listen to radio at the same time as watching TV with your Bttv card (unless you have more than one card, that is).
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3.2. No Bttv module or inkernel support found?

3. Enabling Support for Your Bt8x8 Hardware in Linux

3.3. Configuration Requirements for Use of your Bttv Hardware

3.3.1. Device Files

3. Enabling Support for Your Bt8x8 Hardware in Linux

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3.4. Groups and Permissions

You should see something like the following:

3. Enabling Support for Your Bt8x8 Hardware in Linux

4. Loading the Modules

4.1. The Bttv Module

4.2. The Tuner Module

4. Loading the Modules

4.3. Other Modules

4.4. Automating the Module Loading Process

4. Loading the Modules

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4. Loading the Modules

5.1. ConsoleBased Applications

5.2. GUIbased Applications

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A. Optional Arguments for Loading Modules

A. Optional Arguments for Loading Modules

A. Optional Arguments for Loading Modules

B. Bt8x8 Cards by Number

B. Bt8x8 Cards by Number

B. Bt8x8 Cards by Number

B. Bt8x8 Cards by Number

C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer

C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer

capture only with FM (w/o FM)f/ capture only

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Play TV pro + Soft 10A ) 10A ) 10A )

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The BTTV HOWTO Pinnacle Pinnacle Pinncale Pinnacle

saa7110, saa7110, saa7110, vpx3220, vpx3220, saa7112,

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C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer

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MPEG TV KWORLD KWORLD KWORLD KWORLD

Station (same cards KWTV878R Pro TV KWTV878RFPro TV KWTV878R Ultra TV KWTV878RFUltra TV

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Sensoray www.sensoray.com Sensoray 311 (PC/104 bus) Sensoray 611 (PCI)

C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer

C. Cards and Features by Manufacturer