From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 13 02:42:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABE5216A473 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:42:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberbotx@cyberbotx.com) Received: from samus.cyberbotx.com (cyberbotx.com [70.88.125.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4024D43D46 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:42:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cyberbotx@cyberbotx.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by samus.cyberbotx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 625C4C417 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:45:57 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cyberbotx.com Received: from samus.cyberbotx.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (samus.cyberbotx.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3bQUGCMdqxWV for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from metroid (c-68-61-58-20.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.61.58.20]) by samus.cyberbotx.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 6A622C299 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:45:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <005701c68e93$086fd000$fe02a8c0@metroid> From: "Naram Qashat" To: References: <200606112112.k5BLCCUI073021@amd64.ott.parse.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:42:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Subject: Re: bktr problems (fwd) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:42:54 -0000 On my other subject, what would be the reason why the ioctl for TVTUNER_SETCHNL would cause the computer to reboot like that when FXTV tries to use it? I remember that around the same time, I tried both XAWTV and KBTV, but neither one showed video properly so I stopped using them, FXTV is the only one that has worked so far as far as video is concerned. Naram ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Krten" To: Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 05:12 PM Subject: Re: bktr problems (fwd) > > Naram Qashat sez... > > > > That's a little helpful. How do I determine what values to use? And what's > > That's a "hit-n-miss" approach at the easiest, and deep study at the hardest. > You will need to look at the tuner chip, I believe it is under the "can" > part of the WinTVGoPlus. If it just so happens to be a Philips TDA6503 chip, > you can use my patches as is. If not, you'll need to go to the manufacturer's > website for the chip and work out what to send it :-( > > > the easiest way to test the changes? Right now, I've got the bktr module > > compiled directly into the kernel. But last time I tried to not compile it > > into the kernel and load it as a module seperately, it failed to load, I > > think it might've been because of the other device lines that the bktr page > > in the FreeBSD handbook says are needed. > > I rebuilt a kernel and rebooted. And rebooted, and rebooted :-( > > Cheers, > -RK > > > > > Naram Qashat > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Krten" > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 07:57 AM > > Subject: Re: bktr problems > > > > > > > Danny Pansters sez... > > > > > > > > On Sunday 11 June 2006 10:23, Naram Qashat wrote: > > > > > I've been having problems with my bktr-based TV Tuner card. It's a > > > > > Hauppauge WinTV GO-Plus, and a pretty recent model too. Next is the > > > > > messages for the driver upon bootup: > > > > > > > > > > bktr0: mem 0xdc000000-0xdc000fff irq 11 at device 9.0 > > on > > > > > pci1 > > > > > bktr0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > > > > bktr0: Hauppauge Model 29440 @ % > > > > > bktr0: Warning - Unknown Hauppauge Tuner 0xd5 > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > > > /usr/src/sys/dev/bktr/bktr_card.c has some interesting comments about > > (some?) > > > > bt878 based cards that have an EEPROM. In short: they've been broken by > > the > > > > time MT2032 tuner support was added, and they're still broken. I've had > > > > similar problems with an (old) WinCast TV card; it stopped working > > somewhere > > > > around FreeBSD-5.3 or so, also because tuner detection fails and it > > can't be > > > > bullied into using the correct one with sysctl. I tried to raise the > > issue > > > > several times but never got a response. > > > > > > I had a similar problem, I had to add a tuner card. > > > > > > Mine was a "type 0x79". Your type "0xd5" may or may not be the same type > > of > > > tuner chip... > > > > > > Here's what I did to add my 0x79 type: > > > > > > And the line you need to add (in bktr_card.c) is: > > > > > > switch (tuner_code) { > > > ... > > > ... > > > ... > > > case 0x79: > > > select_tuner( bktr, PHILIPS_TDA6503_NTSC ); > > > goto checkDBX; > > > } > > > > > > And you need to add the PHILIPS_TDA6503_NTSC info in: > > > > > > bktr_tuner.h:#define PHILIPS_TDA6503_NTSC 15 > > > > > > (Or whatever number is next in the table, in case I have older source) > > > > > > And the following in bktr_tuner.c: > > > > > > /* PHILIPS_TDA6503_NTSC */ > > > { "Philips TDA6503 NTSC", /* the 'name' */ > > > TTYPE_NTSC, /* input type */ > > > { TSA552x_SCONTROL, /* control byte for Tuner PLL */ > > > TSA552x_SCONTROL, > > > TSA552x_SCONTROL, > > > 0x00 }, > > > { 0x00, 0x00 }, /* band-switch crosspoints */ > > > { 0x01, 0x02, 0x08, 0x00 } } /* the band-switch values */ > > > > > > You need to match up the #define index with the position in the table > > > above, I think. > > > > > > If your chip is different than mine, you'll need to figure out different > > > parameters for the bktr_tuner.c module hacks... > > > > > > Cheers, > > > -RK > > > > > > -- > > > Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices > > > Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting, Books and Training at > > www.parse.com > > > Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers! > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > -- > Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices > Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting, Books and Training at www.parse.com > Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"