Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 12:55:23 -0800 From: Corey Holcomb-Hockin <crsntlvs@ipeg.com> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, multimedia <multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Progress with TV tuner card Message-ID: <3E456EBB.4010007@ipeg.com> References: <20030207193350.H33743@welearn.com.au>
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Sue Blake wrote: > After tweaking my kernel correctly, finding out where the stations are, > and having a macrame growth removed from the antenna cable, I now have a > beaUtiful picture on every station broadcasting from Sydney to Newcastle. > Thanks to all who offered advice. > > There is still no sound. Not a peep, not a crackle. It was suggested > that I might need to hack something in the source code, but it's all > Martian to me and I'm not even sure whether it'd address my problem. > > What I'm wondering now is could I be doing something silly that's > preventing the sound happening, or could my sound card not be working > right? It's gotta be something embarassingly simple. I can play sound > files, but I've never actually used the line in before. There's a > little cable from the TV card to the sound card, and the speakers are > plugged in. I've plugged and replugged and cleaned the plugs. Beyond > that what else should I check? > > > FWIW here's what I see now: > > FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p3 #0: Sun Jan 26 11:28:00 EST 2003 > ... > bktr0: <BrookTree 878> mem 0xe8002000-0xe8002fff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0 > iicbb0: <I2C bit-banging driver> on bti2c0 > iicbus0: <Philips I2C bus> on iicbb0 master-only > iicbus1: <Philips I2C bus> on iicbb0 master-only > smbus0: <System Management Bus> on bti2c0 > bktr0: Detected a MSP3415G-B8 at 0x80 > bktr0: Hauppauge WinCast/TV, Philips PAL tuner, msp3400c stereo. > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x109e, dev=0x0878) at 9.1 irq 11 > ... > pca0 at port 0x40 on isa0 > pcm0: <Yamaha OPL-SAx> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x530-0x537,0x388-0x38b,0x330-0x331,0x370-0x371 irq 5 drq 0,1 on isa0 > > t$ cat /dev/sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) > Installed devices: > pcm0: <Yamaha OPL-SAx> at io 0x530 irq 5 drq 0:1 bufsz 4096 (1p/1r/0v channels duplex) > > > And I've tried bumping up various mixer settings willy-nilly: > > $ mixer > Mixer vol is currently set to 90:90 > Mixer bass is currently set to 50:50 > Mixer treble is currently set to 50:50 > Mixer synth is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer pcm is currently set to 90:90 > Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer line is currently set to 90:90 > Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer mix is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0 > > > Is it time to develop a passion for foreign films with subtitles? > On my computer I have the audio line out my tv card plugged in the CD line in on my motherboards built in cmedia sound. When I run fxtv if I choose audio auto I hear sound. I can effect the volume with 'mixer cd' command. I couldn't get audio working when I plugged it into the AUX line in on my motherboard. Thats just a example. I'm not sure if it will help you. Good luck. Corey Holcomb-Hockin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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