[mythtv] Best Tuner Card?

[Michael D. Cencula]

FWIW, if you plan to buy a Hauppauge WinTV Radio card,
be sure you get the one that comes with the free remote control.

I bought a second model Hauppauge WinTV Radio card (it was a
model 401...just like my old card) off eBay recently and found
it was somewhat different than the one I already had.  I think the
"brand new" card I purchased off eBay was actually older than the
one I got at CompUSA a year ago.

The driver for the two cards make log entries in /var/log/messages
such as shown below.  Notice how one of the cards shows as
Bt878 (rev 2) and the other shows as Bt878 (rev 17).  The rev 2 card
didn't come with a remote...no big deal, but it was also missing the
msp3400 chip which enables the digital audio on this card.  Notice
the lines that say "checking for MSP34xx".  On the card that came
with the free remote control, it was found.  On the card that didn't
come with a free remote it wasnt.  Thus, the btaudio driver
will not provide digital audio output. And the analog output sucks.

Of course, you can always use the loopback cable into your regular
sound card, but it's not as clean a solution.

Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.91 loaded
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k total) for capture
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv: Host bridge is VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133]
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0f.0
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:07.3
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:07.2
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:0f.1
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:10.0
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 2) at 00:0f.0, irq: 10, latency: 64, memory: 0xdedfa000
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: using: BT878(Hauppauge (bt878)) [card=10,autodetected]
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5]
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as adapter 0.
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom: model=62471, tuner=Philips FM1236 (2), radio=yes
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: tvaudio: known chips: tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874h/a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951)
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: driver generic i2c audio driver registered.
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: tvaudio: found tda9850
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [client=tda9850,ok]
Nov 24 22:43:44 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: client [tda9850] registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0).
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver registered.
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: tuner: probing bt848 #0 i2c adapter [id=0x10005]
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0xc2
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [client=Philips NTSC,ok]
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: client [Philips NTSC] registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 1).
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv0: registered device video0
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv0: registered device vbi0
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv0: registered device radio0
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (1).
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:0c.0
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0c.1
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0c.0, irq: 9, latency: 64, memory: 0xdedf8000
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: using: BT878(Hauppauge (bt878)) [card=10,autodetected]
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5]
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: tuner: probing bt848 #1 i2c adapter [id=0x10005]
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0xc2
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: i2c attach [client=(unset),ok]
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: client [(unset)] registered to adapter [bt848 #1](pos. 0).
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #1 registered as adapter 1.
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: Hauppauge eeprom: model=44371, tuner=Philips FM1236 (2), radio=yes
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: client [(unset)] registered to adapter [bt848 #1](pos. 0).
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #1 registered as adapter 1.
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: Hauppauge eeprom: model=44371, tuner=Philips FM1236 (2), radio=yes
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c msp3400 driver registered.
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3435G-B6, has NICAM support
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: msp3410: daemon started
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: i2c attach [client=MSP3435G-B6,ok]
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: i2c-core.o: client [MSP3435G-B6] registered to adapter [bt848 #1](pos. 1).
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: registered device video1
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: registered device vbi1
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: registered device radio1
Nov 24 22:43:45 mike kernel: bttv1: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... ok




On Tuesday 17 December 2002 16:02, Tony Taylor wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new tuner card. So I was wondering, what's the
> best tuner/capture card that will work with Linux?
>
> I tried a Google search, but that didn't provide much help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
>
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