Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:27:37 +0200 From: "Konstantin Dimitrov" <kosio.dimitrov@gmail.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid FM PCI & PCCCARD Message-ID: <8103ad500703210327o68faaf7fr39dee48d22b68db0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070321063448.GB19293@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <BAY143-F36B42C9624B2D5E2FE19C68D720@phx.gbl> <20070321063448.GB19293@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On 3/21/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thursday, 15 March 2007 at 12:08:37 +0000, Da Rock wrote: > > Ok guys, I know I might be pretty new to this but I think we need to get > > this card worked out here. I have a laptop that I want to put BSD on, but I > > have a TV tuner which is incompatible. I also know that I'm not the only > > one who can't get this card to work. And so far all we've gotten from the > > manufacturer is a brush off. > > > > This card works well, just not under windows... and I know that it will be > > exceptional under BSD once it can be added. > > You don't say which card you're talking about. The subject line > discusses two, but the attachment shows something completely > different. we're talking about: 1) AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid+FM Cardbus 2) AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI (A16D) from driver point of view 1) and 2) should be the same card, because "CardBus is effectively a 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI bus in the PC card form factor" and they both use "Philips SAA7135HL PCI Audio/Video Broadcast Decoder" + "Xceive XC3018 Silicon Tuner" + "Intel (formerly Zarlink) MT352 Digital Terrestrial TV Demodulator", thus only their form factor is different and form factor doesn't matter for the driver. 3) AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI (A16AR) is different card, because it uses Philips Tuner instead of Xceive Tuner. > > If you're talking about the AVerTV Hybrid FM PCI, just by chance I > bought one yesterday, with the intention to install it in a box > running KnoppMyth. Unfortunately, the latest version of KnoppMyth > doesn't recognize it, though possibly other distros will. > > > We now know that this tuner uses a Xcieve chipset along with a > > Philips SAA chip. > > See http://www.lemis.com/grog/Photos-20070321.html#avertv-hybrid-5 and > preceding photos for confirmation. > > I've read some contradictory stuff about this particular card. It > seems that there are two versions. See > http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/AVerMedia_AverTV_Hybrid_FM_PCI_A16D > for some self-contradictory information about the state of support. > The one I have seems to be recent enough to require the bleeding edge > drivers. > > > Now I have to admit that I haven't done much driver creation, but I > > would like to get out there and help move this along a bit and make > > this happen. What do we need to do? What more info do we need to > > make a working driver? > > I'd expect that a careful investigation of the Linux drivers would > help considerably. Maybe a good start would to be to get somebody to > document what needs to be done to create a FreeBSD driver with the > Linux driver as model. I don't think that porting drivers would work; > the code structure is too different, and then there's the problem with > the license. > > > Now I may be on the wrong track, but there is a linux driver which > > works ok. I tried it on FC4, but I haven't been successful in > > upgrading to FC5 so far. Can we use this driver and do some RE to > > make one for BSD? > > It would be nice to know which card you're talking about here. I > don't think that FC4 would support the card I'm talking about. I'll > try FC6 as soon as I've addressed my graphics driver issues. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > >
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