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= Hauppage WinTV-GO =
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== Description ==
 
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Chipset: [[BTTV]]
AKA: is the hardware known by other names?
 
  
 
Vendors Website:   
 
Vendors Website:   
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Driver: [[Iv Tv]] 2.0+  (BTTV and snd_bt87x)
 
Driver: [[Iv Tv]] 2.0+  (BTTV and snd_bt87x)
 
== Description ==
 
  
 
Single TV tuner, no MPEG encoder. Comes with a remote control.
 
Single TV tuner, no MPEG encoder. Comes with a remote control.

Revision as of 14:51, 25 May 2006

Description

Chipset: BTTV

Vendors Website:

Support Status: is it supported by Myth? - this may need clarification - use a sub page

Driver: Iv Tv 2.0+ (BTTV and snd_bt87x)

Single TV tuner, no MPEG encoder. Comes with a remote control.

Issues and Problems

Nothing yet ...

Associated Software

Nothing yet ...

Installation guides

Nothing yet ...

FAQs

Here are my modprobe settings for WinTV GO card (no FM). These are not necessarily optimal settings, but should get you started.

These settings are being asked in mailing lists and web forums all over again...


[root@hippo ~]# uname -a
Linux hippo 2.6.16-1.2108_FC4 #1 Thu May 4 23:52:01 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@hippo ~]#  lspci -v

02:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV Series
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169
        Memory at de100000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

02:01.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV Series
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169
        Memory at de101000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2


[root@hippo ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 dmfe
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
#
# wintv go
#
alias char-major-81 bttv
options  char-major-81 chroma_agc=1 pll=2
#
[root@hippo ~]#   

[root@hippo ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
autofs4                19397  1
sunrpc                145893  1
xfs                   542725  1
exportfs                5953  1 xfs
dm_mod                 53973  0
video                  15173  0
button                  6609  0
battery                 9413  0
ac                      4933  0
ipv6                  249217  18
uhci_hcd               31825  0
bt878                  11421  0
tuner                  52985  0
tvaudio                23645  0
bttv                  176029  1 bt878
ehci_hcd               31949  0
video_buf              22213  1 bttv
compat_ioctl32          1473  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            9161  1 bttv
v4l2_common             7873  2 tuner,bttv
btcx_risc               5065  1 bttv
ir_common               9797  1 bttv
tveeprom               14801  1 bttv
videodev                9409  1 bttv
snd_bt87x              12488  1
i2c_i801                8909  0
i2c_core               21697  6 tuner,tvaudio,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_i801
snd_intel8x0           29596  4
snd_ac97_codec         86688  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            2048  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy           3076  0
snd_seq_oss            30308  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                45388  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7564  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            36512  0
snd_mixer_oss          16000  3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                78980  5 snd_bt87x,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              20356  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    47072  15 snd_bt87x,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9633  3 snd
snd_page_alloc          7944  3 snd_bt87x,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
tulip                  51041  0
dmfe                   21093  0
ext3                  128329  3
jbd                    56789  1 ext3
[root@hippo ~]# 


Not sure if "chroma_agc=1 pll=2" are needed.. I found them from some web posting. NOTE that WinTV Go comes in several varieties: you need to experiment type and tuner options.

Useful links I found:

http://www.geekspeek.org/modules.php?name=AvantGo&file=print&sid=44[1]

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/BTTV[2]

http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2005-August/099210.html[3]

And dont forget this important section from Jared's Mythtv on FC4 document:

http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/printer-friendly.php?SID&expandables=closed&ivtv=closed&pvr350out=closed#video [4]


Unlike the PVR-x50s, which mux audio in with the video stream into mpeg2 files, I needed an audio jumper cable from the sound out on the TV card to the line in on my sound card. This is all well and good for xawtv, but you need to make a few quick tweaks for use with MythTV. Open up your sound mixer (Fedora/Red Hat menu → Sound & Video → Volume Control) and mark the check boxes for Mute and Record for the Line In on your sound card. Now when you try xawtv, you'll get no sound, but when you fire up MythTV, everything will be gravy. Trust me. Note that ALSA in the 2.6 kernels has a snd-bt8x8 modules (or something like that) which works with *some* bttv cards to get audio into your system without need for an audio jumper cable, but I haven't tried it.


And relevant WinTV GO/bttv snippet from dmesg:

bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:01.0, irq: 169, latency: 32, mmio: 0xde100000
bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb
bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt878) [card=10,autodetected]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffdb [init]
bttv0: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5]
tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 44801, rev D110, serial# 6531283
tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Philips FI1236 MK2 (idx 10, type 2)
tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is None (idx 0)
tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio
bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom indicates model#44801
bttv0: using tuner=2
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (bt878 #0 [sw])
tuner 1-0061: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles))
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded

Hope this helps! elveli@SPAMMyahoo.com

User Experiences

If you have this card, speak up! This is a good place to note your experiences - ease of install, what you like, what's not to like, etc.

- I have a WinTVGO w/FM. Works great with myth, but it uses the bttv module and the snd_bt87x module to get audio directly off the card. This is much better than using a sound card input. The page lists Iv Tv as the driver, but I thought that was only for the PVR series of cards. To clear up permissions problems with the module on Fedora, I've modified the mythbackend startup script with these three lines, before starting myth.

mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0 && chown mythtv /dev/video0 && chmod 600 /dev/video0
modprobe bttv
modprobe snd_bt87x
 - Scott Carlson

Scott: Could you explain how to utilize the bt878 sound coming off of the WinTV card without using a cable to go from audio out to line-in? -Michael Lynch

I have the WinTV Go Plus. Does it fall under this catagory? It has a remote also.

Ahir Reddy