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| @@ -17,74 +17,53 @@ Because of this, you need to enable | |||
| 17 | "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" | 17 | "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" |
| 18 | => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" | 18 | => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | Furthermore you need to enable | ||
| 21 | "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" | ||
| 22 | => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Nebula/Pinnacle PCTV/TwinHan PCI Cards" | ||
| 23 | |||
| 20 | 2) Loading Modules | 24 | 2) Loading Modules |
| 21 | ================== | 25 | ================== |
| 22 | 26 | ||
| 23 | In general you need to load the bttv driver, which will handle the gpio and | 27 | In general you need to load the bttv driver, which will handle the gpio and |
| 24 | i2c communication for us. Next you need the common dvb-bt8xx device driver | 28 | i2c communication for us, plus the common dvb-bt8xx device driver. |
| 25 | and one frontend driver. | 29 | The frontends for Nebula (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV (cx24110) and |
| 26 | 30 | TwinHan (dst) are loaded automatically by the dvb-bt8xx device driver. | |
| 27 | The bttv driver will HANG YOUR SYSTEM IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THE CORRECT | ||
| 28 | CARD ID! | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | (If you don't get your card running and you suspect that the card id you're | ||
| 31 | using is wrong, have a look at "bttv-cards.c" for a list of possible card | ||
| 32 | ids.) | ||
| 33 | |||
| 34 | Pay attention to failures when you load the frontend drivers | ||
| 35 | (e.g. dmesg, /var/log/messages). | ||
| 36 | 31 | ||
| 37 | 3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV | 32 | 3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV |
| 38 | -------------------------- | 33 | -------------------------- |
| 39 | 34 | ||
| 40 | $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x68 | 35 | $ modprobe bttv (normally bttv is being loaded automatically by kmod) |
| 41 | $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx | 36 | $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or just place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules for automatic loading) |
| 42 | |||
| 43 | For Nebula cards use the "nxt6000" frontend driver: | ||
| 44 | $ modprobe nxt6000 | ||
| 45 | 37 | ||
| 46 | For Pinnacle PCTV cards use the "cx24110" frontend driver: | ||
| 47 | $ modprobe cx24110 | ||
| 48 | 38 | ||
| 49 | 3b) TwinHan | 39 | 3b) TwinHan and Clones |
| 50 | ----------- | 40 | -------------------------- |
| 51 | 41 | ||
| 52 | $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x71 | 42 | $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x71 |
| 53 | $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx | 43 | $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx |
| 54 | $ modprobe dst | 44 | $ modprobe dst |
| 55 | 45 | ||
| 56 | The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, which | 46 | The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, |
| 57 | is necessary for TwinHan cards.# | 47 | which is necessary for TwinHan cards. |
| 58 | 48 | ||
| 59 | If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks your | 49 | If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks |
| 60 | machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the DVB mailing list. | 50 | your machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the |
| 51 | mailing list. | ||
| 61 | 52 | ||
| 62 | The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters, in case the | 53 | The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters. |
| 63 | dst drivers fails to detect your type of card correctly. | ||
| 64 | 54 | ||
| 65 | dst_type takes values 0 (satellite), 1 (terrestial TV), 2 (cable). | 55 | verbose takes values 0 to 5. These values control the verbosity level. |
| 66 | 56 | ||
| 67 | dst_type_flags takes bit combined values: | 57 | debug takes values 0 and 1. You can either disable or enable debugging. |
| 68 | 1 = new tuner type packets. You can use this if your card is detected | ||
| 69 | and you have debug and you continually see the tuner packets not | ||
| 70 | working (make sure not a basic problem like dish alignment etc.) | ||
| 71 | 58 | ||
| 72 | 2 = TS 204. If your card tunes OK, but the picture is terrible, seemingly | 59 | dst_addons takes values 0 and 0x20. A value of 0 means it is a FTA card. |
| 73 | breaking up in one half continually, and crc fails a lot, then | 60 | 0x20 means it has a Conditional Access slot. |
| 74 | this is worth a try (or trying to turn off) | ||
| 75 | 61 | ||
| 76 | 4 = has symdiv. Some cards, mostly without new tuner packets, require | 62 | The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response |
| 77 | a symbol division algorithm. Doesn't apply to terrestial TV. | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | You can also specify a value to have the autodetected values turned off | ||
| 80 | (e.g. 0). The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response | ||
| 81 | string' which you can see in your logs e.g. | 63 | string' which you can see in your logs e.g. |
| 82 | 64 | ||
| 83 | dst_check_ci: recognize DST-MOT | 65 | dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DSTMCI] |
| 84 | |||
| 85 | or | ||
| 86 | 66 | ||
| 87 | dst_check_ci: unable to recognize DSTXCI or STXCI | ||
| 88 | 67 | ||
| 89 | -- | 68 | -- |
| 90 | Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold | 69 | Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham |