Re: [tlug] My first PVR project - advice will not be distained

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Jun 16, 2006, at 11:48, Joshua Eli Bearden wrote:

> I found a number of similar incantations on mailing lists.  I didn't
> know where to find modprobe.conf (if it even exists on my system)
/etc/modprobe.conf (or /etc/modprobe.d if the former doesn't exist)
'man modprobe.conf' for the details
> but I used a command like:
> # modprobe saa7134 card=32 tuner=50  # different numbers

That should be fine.  And helpful as you experiment because you can  
remove a module and try new options.

> Oh it sounds like you've achieved my nirvana. I on the other hand have
> descended into hell: yesterday in despair I bought yet another  
> tuner/capture
> card: Haupage PVR 150.  It seemed, according to lspci and dmesg to  
> almost
> completely recognize the card.  But noe of the applications were  
> actually
> working yet.

The last time I checked, I seem to recall the PVR ?50 family was not  
supported directly by the standard v4l2 modules.  You may need to  
fetch the driver from http://ivtvdriver.org/

> Things just went from bad to worse [...]
>   I'm going kayaking in the rain for two days as pennance

You are enthusiastic to schedule that during the rainy season.

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Jim Tittsler  7J1AJH/AI8A                            GPG: 0x01159DB6
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