Re: Hauppauge TV card problems
From: Werner (werda_at_netfront.net)
Date: 01/28/05
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:50:45 +0800
houghi wrote:
> I have just bought a Hauppauge 350 PVR and it does not seem to work.
>
> I put it in the first slot and in the last slot with the same results.
> When I ran the TV Card from Yast, it did not recognise the automagically
> like it does with other hardware. I then installed it manually.
>
> I choose 'Hauppauge WinTV PVR' as that is the one I have. I have tried
> the others as well.
>
> When I scan the channels in Yast, I get:
> Warning: no plugins found [/usr/X11R6/lib/xawtv]
> Number of TV stations found: 0
>
> As the cable is not yet connected, it is normal that it does not find a
> station. It however does not seem to be looking for anything. Also there
> is no /usr/X11R6/lib/xawtv, even though I installed xawtv.
>
> I then put in a channel manually. (It is winter I would love to see snow
> on my screen. :-) and go on. Afterwards I launch kdetc and it finds no
> devices.
>
> I searched the web and came up with nothing that helped me. What I can
> give is that 'modprobe bttv' gives me nothing. Also:
> [21:44:06] [/home/houghi]
> root@penne : l /dev/vbi*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2004-12-09 09:17 /dev/vbi -> vbi0
> crw------- 1 houghi video 81, 224 2004-04-06 15:27 /dev/vbi0
> crw------- 1 houghi video 81, 225 2004-04-06 15:27 /dev/vbi1
> crw------- 1 houghi video 81, 226 2004-04-06 15:27 /dev/vbi2
> crw------- 1 houghi video 81, 227 2004-04-06 15:27 /dev/vbi3
>
> What can I do to get this thing going?
I had bought a PVR250 card with a hardware problem. Now I'm waiting for
it to come back in good health. Meanwhile...
I had been sniffing around what's needed to install on SuSE.
Initial findings:
1) ivtv is the keyword
2) this might be interesting:
http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=Suse92howTo
Regards,
Werner
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