Re: TV Tuner suggestions... no hints! :(

From: Andrew (yogig.nospamm.nospam_at_nospam.hotmail.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:54:43 -0800

ray wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:16:26 -0600, Franco Milicchio wrote:
>
>
>>Hi.
>>
>>I'm googling trying to find which USB tv tuner to buy (usb/usb2, I use a
>>laptop!). I've come around 3 products.
>>
>>- Hauppauge WinTV USB2
>>- Pinnacle PCTV USB2
>>- ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0
>>
>>I'd like to know if someone has one of those working under linux (I use
>>suse 9.2pro). Informations on google groups and linux usb site suggest
>>that those devices work with a 50% probability... some report to work
>>via bttv module but... informations are not clear and stable. Moreover,
>>no indication from the novell hardware database and yast tv section.
>>
>>What do you suggest? Any other USB (possibly usb2) to consider?
>
>
> I've not tried any, but I see Hauppauge mentioned quite often.
>

I've gotten the Hauppage WINTV Go working in SUSE.

Here's how:

OK I put the card in the machine and the SUSE Hotplugger Hardware tool
popped open on 1st boot.

 From there it opened YAST for me to install the card.

I su'd into Yast and went to Hardware / TV Tuner Card.
http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=648

Then I clicked on TV Card and got here: (Remember this is after multiple
tries at install. If you hadn't installed it already, you would see it
detected in the top part of the YAST screen.)

http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=649
I clicked on *CHANGE* under:
Installed TV and Radio Cards:
Hauppauge WinTV
Installed as TV card number 0.

Now remember I had tried to install the card previously many times, so I
probably went into YAST a dozen or so times.

 From Here I clicked *EDIT*
http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=637

http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=638

This is the TV TUNER page. Note I used the *Select Tuner* button and
used the Philips 4 in 1 Tuner (ATI/Conexant.) Tuner # 44.

http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=639

Next I clicked the *TV Channels* Button. I decided not to use YAST to
setup my TV channels. It writes to: /etc/X11/xawtvrc

Next you choose NTSC or PAL (NTSC here in the US) I used broadcast and
cable. Both seem to find channels pretty well. Remember I set up my
channels in KDETV.

http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=640

Now we setup the sound for the TV Card.
http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=641
This went flawlessly no issues whatsoever.
http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=642
(Detection)
Volume Test:
http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=643
Then I kept hitting OK, then eventually finish. YAST wrote the files.

Here are pics from the SUSE Hardware Tool.

http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=644
http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=645
http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=646
http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=647

Here is the info on KDE TV I grabbed it out of YAST - I installed all
multimedia stuff upon original install. You may have to install
multimedia modules from disk.

Applications that work with it: KDETV, MoTV, XawTV - of these KDETV is
the best of the applications. MoTV comes in a close second.

When you 1st get into KDETV you will see the Channel Wizard. I used
that to write the /etc/X11/xawtvrc file.
http://groups.msn.com/mctrippics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=650

Remember I went through this setup procedure many times. I have only
gotten it to work correctly twice. It is working fine right now.
I use the mouse wheel or the Up & Down arrows to change channels and the
L + R Arrow keys to change volume.

KDETV -

Alternate Version
Installed Version
Version:
0.8.2-4
0.8.2-4
Provides:
kwintv
kdetv_alsa.so
kdetv_bilinear.so
kdetv_channelsuite.so
kdetv_csvchannels.so
kdetv_elegant.so
kdetv_greedy.so
kdetv_greedy2frame.so
kdetv_haze.so
kdetv_kwintvchannels.so
kdetv_libzvbidecoder.so
kdetv_linearblend.so
kdetv_oss.so
kdetv_overscan.so
kdetv_simon.so
kdetv_telex.so
kdetv_tomsmocomp.so
kdetv_v4l.so
kdetv_xawtvchannels.so
kdetv_xmlchannels.so
kdetv_xv.so
kdetv_zappingchannels.so
libkdetv.so.1
libkdetvvideo.so.0
libkvideoio.so.1
kwintv
kdetv_alsa.so
kdetv_bilinear.so
kdetv_channelsuite.so
kdetv_csvchannels.so
kdetv_elegant.so
kdetv_greedy.so
kdetv_greedy2frame.so
kdetv_haze.so
kdetv_kwintvchannels.so
kdetv_libzvbidecoder.so
kdetv_linearblend.so
kdetv_oss.so
kdetv_overscan.so
kdetv_simon.so
kdetv_telex.so
kdetv_tomsmocomp.so
kdetv_v4l.so
kdetv_xawtvchannels.so
kdetv_xmlchannels.so
kdetv_xv.so
kdetv_zappingchannels.so
libkdetv.so.1
libkdetvvideo.so.0
libkvideoio.so.100 Daytona
00 Speed Triple
Requires:
v4l-conf
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
libDCOP.so.4
libGL.so.1
libICE.so.6
libSM.so.6
libX11.so.6
libXcursor.so.1
libXext.so.6
libXft.so.2
libXi.so.6
libXrandr.so.2
libXrender.so.1
libart_lgpl_2.so.2
libasound.so.2
libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9)
libc.so.6
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
libdl.so.2
libexpat.so.0
libfam.so.0
libfontconfig.so.1
libfreetype.so.6
libgcc_s.so.1
libidn.so.11
libjpeg.so.62
libkdecore.so.4
libkdefx.so.4
libkdeprint.so.4
libkdesu.so.4
libkdetv.so.1
libkdetvvideo.so.0
libkdeui.so.4
libkhtml.so.4
libkio.so.4
libkjs.so.1
libkparts.so.2
libkutils.so.1
libkvideoio.so.1
libkwalletclient.so.1
libm.so.6
libpcre.so.0
libpcreposix.so.0
libpng.so.3
libpthread.so.0
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
libqt-mt.so.3
libresolv.so.2
libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2)
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2)
libutil.so.1
libz.so.1
libzvbi.so.0
rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) <= 3.0.5-1
v4l-conf
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
libDCOP.so.4
libGL.so.100 Daytona
00 Speed Triple
libICE.so.6
libSM.so.6
libX11.so.6
libXcursor.so.1
libXext.so.6
libXft.so.2
libXi.so.6
libXrandr.so.2
libXrender.so.1
libart_lgpl_2.so.2
libasound.so.2
libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9)
libc.so.6
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
libdl.so.2
libexpat.so.0
libfam.so.0
libfontconfig.so.1
libfreetype.so.6
libgcc_s.so.1
libidn.so.11
libjpeg.so.62
libkdecore.so.4
libkdefx.so.4
libkdeprint.so.4
libkdesu.so.4
libkdetv.so.1
libkdetvvideo.so.0
libkdeui.so.4
libkhtml.so.4
libkio.so.4
libkjs.so.1
libkparts.so.2
libkutils.so.1
libkvideoio.so.1
libkwalletclient.so.1
libm.so.6
libpcre.so.0
libpcreposix.so.0
libpng.so.3
libpthread.so.0
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
libqt-mt.so.3
libresolv.so.2
libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2)
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2)
libutil.so.1
libz.so.1
libzvbi.so.0
rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) <= 3.0.5-1
Prerequires:
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <=
3.0.4-1http://groups.msn.com/MCTripPics/linux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=647
rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) <= 3.0.5-1
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) <= 3.0.5-1
Obsoletes:
kwintv
kwintv
Conflicts: 

-- 
Andrew
TV tuner card working now!
-- 
Andrew
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