From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 10:27:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E312916A4C9 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:27:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kosio.dimitrov@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B1B313C4C3 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:27:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kosio.dimitrov@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k27so777614nfc for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:27:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=B0f+AYaDdkQjuH6h97q52IaLYqwvm1+3064uPdDImQ1pdvk1xS7SI5t5DyawdM+GRCGlq71gN5TkTx2MFhQGueRvRxJablhnFanfwm54G0xOkmYPGilzoPlSQ1xckUw700/8n5HPVTaa568R0enm2YF7vGlvH0p/0MWSalxQasQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=imgt6wV7EGQyz3KQrwphmZrklSDbyH7JqIIl0igjcU0E7z10eZF9rrDkRdoAz/oyR+HCpMmpE2dl4L/SWaPtl631HeuzvlyGs/jHlSPvdjx1u8EHuE9dEfF2NubQ01oHSD9ZqVBr+B/l2iSI/SFsSVHRlkpm2ECdgbgIjSWpnKk= Received: by 10.82.175.2 with SMTP id x2mr1353035bue.1174472857831; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:27:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.100.19 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:27:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8103ad500703210327o68faaf7fr39dee48d22b68db0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:27:37 +0200 From: "Konstantin Dimitrov" To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" In-Reply-To: <20070321063448.GB19293@wantadilla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070321063448.GB19293@wantadilla.lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid FM PCI & PCCCARD 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: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:27:40 -0000 On 3/21/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey 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. > >