Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 03:00:12 +0100 From: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> To: tweek <tweek.20k@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: STB2 BT878 - sound works under Windows XP and btwincap, doesn't with bktr Message-ID: <200503070300.12463.danny@ricin.com> In-Reply-To: <82d8d698050306173520efbed0@mail.gmail.com> References: <82d8d698050306173520efbed0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 7 March 2005 02:35, tweek wrote: > I have an STB2 bt878 card, purchased for $12 on eBay. It works great > under XP with btwincap, with or without an analog audio cable that > runs from the card to my soundcard. In FreeBSD with a kernel compiled > with bktr support, I can see video clearly with fxtv > (http://tweek.no-ip.org/stuff/hockey.png) but can't hear anything. > (Tried both audio internal and audio auto modes.) > > None of the mixers are muted; sound works. Here's some relevant lines > from my dmesg: > > bktr0: <BrookTree 878> mem 0xd0001000-0xd0001fff irq 11 at device 14.0 on > pci0 bktr0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > bktr0: STB TV/PCI, Philips FR1236 NTSC FM tuner, dbx stereo. > pci0: <multimedia> at device 14.1 (no driver attached) > pcm0: <Creative CT5880-C> port 0x1040-0x107f irq 5 at device 15.0 on pci0 > pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9721/23 AC97 Codec> > pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > ... and some relevant lines from my kernel: > > device joy > device bktr > device iicbus > device iicbb > device iicsmb > device smbus > options BROOKTREE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT=BROOKTREE_NTSC > options OVERRIDE_CARD=3 > options OVERRIDE_TUNER=9 > options BKTR_NEW_MSP34XX_DRIVER > device sio > device sound > device "snd_es137x" > Though msp34xxx sound should be able to work (that is via the tuner) most people (/me too) resort to connecting the TV card's cound-out to one of the soundcard's line-in inlets. I'd recommend this. Tuning channels/frequencies should change the picture as well as the sound. You'd use auto for audio in fxtv and use your mixer to adjust the level. HTH, Dan
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