Can't get tuner working on avermedia a180

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Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   43696  2 
nvidiafb               43048  0 
nvidia               8841924  34 
snd_hda_intel         323044  2 
snd_pcm                73992  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              21512  1 snd_pcm
snd                    51832  7 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer
saa7134               141276  1 
compat_ioctl32          9856  1 saa7134
videodev               32512  3 saa7134,compat_ioctl32
v4l1_compat            13188  1 videodev
v4l2_common            12352  1 saa7134
videobuf_dma_sg        13572  1 saa7134
snd_page_alloc         10192  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
videobuf_core          18052  2 saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg
ir_kbd_i2c             10576  1 saa7134
ir_common              35524  2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
tveeprom               18512  1 saa7134

01:06.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)

Linux video capture interface: v2.00
saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] enabled at IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:06.0[A] -> Link [APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
saa7133[0]: found at 0000:01:06.0, rev: 209, irq: 16, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfdeff000
saa7133[0]: subsystem: 1461:1044, board: AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 [card=75,autodetected]
saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 10400
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 61 14 44 10 54 20 1c 00 43 43 a9 1c 55 d2 b2 92
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: 00 ff 86 0f ff 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 02 02 ff 01 03 06 ff 01 11 00 00 00 00
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff 64 00 c2 14 16 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0

kernel is 2.6.24
i've compiled literally _every_ driver as a module in the v4l section hoping it will work
i'm able to use the composite and svideo inputs, but not the actual tuner(tvtime/vlc)