tv tuner card is not working

[sumeshkk]

the lspci output is


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Modem: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 (rev 02)
01:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)



i installed tvtime but i cant get any chanels the dmesg output is


tda9887 1-0043: destroying instance
saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
saa7134[0]: found at 0000:01:02.0, rev: 1, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio: 0xff8ffc00
saa7134[0]: subsystem: 11bd:002b, board: Pinnacle PCTV Stereo (saa7134) [card=26,autodetected]
saa7134[0]: board init: gpio is 0
tuner' 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (saa7134[0])
tda9887 1-0043: creating new instance
tda9887 1-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found
Chip ID is not zero. It is not a TEA5767
tuner' 1-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (saa7134[0])
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 00: bd 11 2b 00 f8 f8 1c 00 43 43 a9 1c 55 d2 b2 92
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 10: 00 00 19 0e ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 03 03 ff 03 01 08 ff 00 53 ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff 07 00 c0 86 ff 01 01 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 50: 0c 22 17 09 02 65 75 ad ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 60: 03 03 19 71 fb ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
mt20xx 1-0060: microtune: companycode=3cbf part=42 rev=ab
mt20xx 1-0060: microtune MT2050 found, OK
saa7134[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7134[0]: registered device vbi0
saa7134[0]/irq[10,8349375]: r=0x20 s=0x10 PE
saa7134[0]/irq: looping -- clearing PE (parity error!) enable bit


why is so? please help me to work it out or is there any software for my pinacle tv tuner card????????

[waterhead]

OK, so this is the TV capture card:

01:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)

It does appear to have a problem properly identifying the chips on this card:

saa7134[0]: subsystem: 11bd:002b, board: Pinnacle PCTV Stereo (saa7134) [card=26,autodetected]
saa7134[0]: board init: gpio is 0
tuner' 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (saa7134[0])
tda9887 1-0043: creating new instance
tda9887 1-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found
Chip ID is not zero. It is not a TEA5767
tuner' 1-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (saa7134[0])

You may be able to rectify this by installing the latest v4l-dvb drivers from the Mercurial repository. This requires installing the mercurial application first.

LinuxTV.org - CVS and Mercurial access

If this doesn't work, there is a method of specifying the tuner and chip when loading the module. More info on that can be found here:


Pinnacle PCTV Stereo - LinuxTVWiki

Since this is an analog TV device, it is basically becoming obsolete. If you live in the USA, I wouldn't even bother with trying to set it up. Analog TV broadcasts will be discontinued shortly.

Edit: More info on the device can be obtained by running the lspci command with the -v option.

lspci -v

[MikeTbob]

Since this is an analog TV device, it is basically becoming obsolete. If you live in the USA, I wouldn't even bother with trying to set it up. Analog TV broadcasts will be discontinued shortly.

YIKES! I forgot about that......thanks for the reminder as I was thinking of purchasing one soon or later.

[waterhead]

Some cards with analog capture chips have inputs for an external device. This can still be used to capture video from a VCR or analog cable box. This is actually the only way to get around the encryption that cable adds to their channels.

[sumeshkk]

thank u for your valuable replay me in india-(kerala)
i will try it and will post the output

[sumeshkk]

it is not working
my dmesg output is

saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
saa7134 0000:01:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
saa7134[0]: found at 0000:01:02.0, rev: 1, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio: 0xff8ffc00
saa7134[0]: subsystem: 11bd:002b, board: Pinnacle PCTV Stereo (saa7134) [card=26,autodetected]
saa7134[0]: board init: gpio is 0
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 00: bd 11 2b 00 f8 f8 1c 00 43 43 a9 1c 55 d2 b2 92
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 10: 00 00 19 0e ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 03 03 ff 03 01 08 ff 00 53 ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff 07 00 c0 86 ff 01 01 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 50: 0c 22 17 09 02 65 75 ad ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 60: 03 03 19 71 fb ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
tuner' 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (saa7134[0])
tda9887 1-0043: creating new instance
tda9887 1-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found
Chip ID is not zero. It is not a TEA5767
tuner' 1-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (saa7134[0])
mt20xx 1-0060: microtune: companycode=3cbf part=42 rev=2f
mt20xx 1-0060: microtune MT2050 found, OK
saa7134[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7134[0]: registered device vbi0


my lspci -v output is

01:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV Stereo
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
Memory at ff8ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: saa7134
Kernel modules: saa7134


which is the best tv tuner software which has the capturing option also?i am now using tvtime television viewer
help me to configure it

[waterhead]

The link that I posted for this card HERE, has everything that you need to know about this card. You need to identify the tuner/demodulator combination that your card has, and then load the modules with the specific options.

They do seem to omit one important detail. You have to unload the module before you can reload it with the card options. So first unload it (as root, using su or sudo):

First the audio module.

modprobe -r tda9887

Then the card driver.

modprobe -r  saa7134

Now you can re-load the modules, using the specific options. I will use the first example given in the the linked page. First the audio (again as root):

modprobe tda9887 port2=1

Then the card, with tuner options:

modprobe saa7134 card=26 tuner=33 oss=1

You can now try it with TVTime. If it is still not working, you can unload the modules, and re-load them with different options. For the options available, you can refer to the v4l documentation. It can be found in the files from the v4l-dvb drivers that I asked you to download and install. You did install them, didn't you? If not, you need to follow through on this.

There are versions tha you can read online. First read this one:
Repository - markup - v4l: v4l-dvb/linux/Documentation/video4linux/README.saa7134

Here's the cardlist, yours is #26:
Repository - markup - v4l: v4l-dvb/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134

And here is the list of tuner options. You maybe can look at the card to determine the correct one to use. Otherwise, go through them one at a time until you find the correct one.
Repository - markup - v4l: v4l-dvb/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner

I actually don't know anything about the oss option. That is a new one for me. Once you have identified the correct options, they can be added to a config file to load automatically. If I recall, it is the /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf file.

As for capturing the video, let's get the card working first, before worrying about that.

[sumeshkk]

it is not working tried a lot what i do? i installed xawtv also, give me some detailed tricks please

[sumeshkk]

thank u for all for help it is working now i done nothing, installed xawtv and changed the frequency to pal and europe-west but i have some doubts
why it is not working in tvtime television viewer i cant find the same frequencies in that software(only ntsc and other frequencies)how can i change it manually? i can hear the sound in tvtime not clearly like the channel which is not tuned well
the xawtv is little bit tough to operate it shows full screen only when i gave command xawtv -remote other wise the channel is not fit to the screen it stays middle to screen how can i change that?
how can i operate my serial port ir remote in tvtuner softwaer?
is there any user friendly software available with all the function of xawtv and user interface of tvtime?