From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Nov 22 20:17:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.ipass.net (pluto.ipass.net [198.79.53.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 118741507D for ; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:17:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhh@ipass.net) Received: from stealth.ipass.net. (ppp-4-246.dialup.rdu.ipass.net [209.170.134.246]) by pluto.ipass.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA17654; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 23:16:14 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rhh@localhost) by stealth.ipass.net. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id XAA05276; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 23:14:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rhh) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 23:14:26 -0500 From: Randall Hopper To: Patrick Mackeown Cc: Roger Hardiman , freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should I throw away this TV card? Message-ID: <19991122231426.A4435@ipass.net> References: <199911211714.RAA00502@NS4.HELP-DESK.CO.UK> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <199911211714.RAA00502@NS4.HELP-DESK.CO.UK> Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Patrick Mackeown: | I bought a cheap TV card IMS TV Turbo, Philips FR1236 NTSC FM tuner ^^^^ |bktr0: rev 0x02 int a irq 11 on pci0.9.0 |IMS TV Turbo, Philips FR1236 NTSC FM tuner. | |even the tweeking sysctl -w hw.bt848.tuner=10 |manages to produce nothing but a blank screen. brooktree848.c: #define PHILIPS_FR1236_NTSC 9 <--- what you have #define PHILIPS_FR1216_PAL 10 #define PHILIPS_FR1236_SECAM 11 | I run fxtv with these options. |fxtv -antennaFreqSet weurope -inputFormat pal Well, if you really have an NTSC tuner, you have a card that doesn't support PAL. I doubt that trying to configure it as a PAL tuner is going to help much ;-) |I'm thinking of throwing the card away and buying a more expensive one, do |you think it's worth trying any other last minute options? Roger may have a trick or two up his sleeve, but I think you're going to have to buy a card with a PAL tuner, ...or just move to the USA :-) However, it may not be a total write-off. You can receive 'some' FM radio stations on a stock NTSC board I've discovered, even those without radio advertised. Though I don't know if FM radio in Europe follows the same modulation standard. Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message