watching tv on opensuse

[scrarfussi]

i just got my hands on a tv card i wanna watch tv in opensuse 0.3 i installed xawtv mythtv and kdetv kdetv at least scans mythtv i'm having problems with the mysql database so it just crashes xawtv has no frequency table is there an easier way of setting up my pc too watch tv thanx

[waterhead]

Do you know what type of tuner and capture chip is in it? How about the driver module? With some cards you need to specify the tuner and other options when loading the module.

Enter this command (as root) and post the output.

lspci

Some info on the make and model of the card would be helpful too.

[peteh]

Kdetv is analog only. If its a digital tuner then Kaffeine has digital tv and plays well. I'm assuming you use KDE.

[scrarfussi]

even mplayer can play tv the problem is how too tune how to get the tv channels or setup a tuner
lspci gives me

linux-wez:/home/scrarfussi # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
00:07.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

[peteh]

I'm fairly sure Kaffeine comes with ability to tune but it's been a while since I did it. I remember installing 'dvbtune' from opensuse main repo.
But there's a reasonable explanation of scanning for channels here.

[waterhead]

Thank you for the info, this would be the card:

00:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
00:07.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)

I also need the PCI ID. Run the command again with the -nn option.

lspci -nn

And again, the make and model of the card would be very helpful.

[waterhead]

Here is a wiki for cards with the cx2388x chips:
Cx88 devices (cx2388x) - V4LWiki

If this is a DVB card, you may need firmware loaded for it to work. Check the output of this command for and messages about the card.

dmesg

[scrarfussi]

hi its a videomate pro 50 card tv and fm lspci -nn gives me this

linux-wez:/home/scrarfussi # lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [Class 0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge [1106:0204]
00:00.1 Host bridge [Class 0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge [1106:1204]
00:00.2 Host bridge [Class 0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge [1106:2204]
00:00.3 Host bridge [Class 0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge [1106:3204]
00:00.4 Host bridge [Class 0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge [1106:4204]
00:00.7 Host bridge [Class 0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge [1106:7204]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [Class 0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] [1106:b188]
00:07.0 Multimedia video controller [Class 0400]: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8800] (rev 05)
00:07.1 Multimedia controller [Class 0480]: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] [14f1:8801] (rev 05)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [Class 0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
00:0f.0 IDE interface [Class 0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571] (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller [Class 0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller [Class 0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller [Class 0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller [Class 0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller [Class 0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge [Class 0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] [1106:3227]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [Class 0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 60)
00:18.0 Host bridge [Class 0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [Class 0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [Class 0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [Class 0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [Class 0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de:0322] (rev a1)

[scrarfussi]

dmesg gives me this long string way too much to paste here

[waterhead]

I think that I have enough info:

Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8800] (rev 05)

The cx23880 is supported under the v4l driver group, for analog only cards. I can't seem to find the card's ID on the most recent supported cards list:
v4l-dvb: linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88@dfe7a14961d9

Here is more reading material about that chipset.
Cx88 devices (cx2388x) - V4LWiki

I'm not exactly sure of the exact module that needs to be loaded, it could be cx88 or cx8800. Run this command and post the output.

lsmod

The problem is most likely that the tuner is unknown. If you know the tuner, it can be specified when loading the module. When you look at the output of dmesg, does it have something like this?

cx88[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver. You can
cx88[0]: try to pick one of the existing card configs via
cx88[0]: card= insmod option. Updating to the latest
cx88[0]: version might help as well.
cx88[0]: Here is a list of valid choices for the card= insmod option:
cx88[0]: card=0 -> UNKNOWN/GENERIC
cx88[0]: card=1 -> Hauppauge WinTV 34xxx models
cx88[0]: card=2 -> GDI Black Gold
cx88[0]: card=3 -> PixelView
cx88[0]: card=4 -> ATI TV Wonder Pro
cx88[0]: card=5 -> Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert
cx88[0]: card=6 -> AverTV Studio 303 (M126)

You could go through the list loading and unloading the module with the card=x option.

modprobe -r cx88
modprobe cx88 card=6

There are currently 66 cards in the list
http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb?cmd=fi...e=-1;style=raw

If you can identify the tuner manufacturer, it may narrow down the possibilities.