Drivers And Software(IntexTVTunerCard)

[ApoorvKhatreja]

I have an Intex TV Tuner Card. But unfortunately Intex did not provide me with drivers for Linux. I tried to use my TV Tuner Card in GeeXBoX, but it doesn't recognise my card too. It recognises only standard company cards like Pinnacle. I read an article on GeeXBoX in some issue of Digit (I don't remember exactly which one), which said that other cards could be made to work with GeeXBoX with a little bit of hacking. Could anyone help me out?

Or could anyone tell me where I could get drivers and software for the Card. I'm using Edgy Eft (Ubuntu 6.10).

 

[ApoorvKhatreja]

Nobody here uses a TV Tuner Card in Linux?

 

[desertwind]

I had used one a few years ago. But that was an Pinnacle one, and was detected by my kernel successfully.

See whether the following helps you.

*www.linuxjournal.com/article/8116
*gentoo-wiki.com/TV_tuner_card
*www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.aspx?i=154

 

[freebird]

first let know the chipset used by that card afaik its philips SAA7134 which seems to be supported very well.
try the output of cmd:

 lspci

wait for someone with more gyaan to post.
*www.wlug.org.nz/TvTunerCards
*www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Btaudio_(bt878)
*www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Main_Page
TVtime is the viewer used.
*linuxlabs.biz/articles/tvcard.html
*www.linuxforu.com/yabbse/index.php?board=14;action=display;threadid=649

 

[ApoorvKhatreja]

Bump. Problem not solved till now.

 

[freebird]

just update ur pciids using:

:~$sudo  update-pciids

then run :

:~$ lspci

post the o/p of "lspci" here.
with latest kernels,chances of ur card getting support is high.

 

[ApoorvKhatreja]

Here is the output of lspci :

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 437A Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200]
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:03.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)

 

[mehulved]

Well so freebird was right. Your TV tuner card uses philips SAA7130 chipset, see the last line.

 

[ApoorvKhatreja]

^^
So what am I supposed to do now?

 

[mehulved]

Use one of the above how-to's and follow it. The linuxlabz one seemed pretty ok.
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You can also see *tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/BTTV/

 

[freebird]

your card is detailed at:
*www.wlug.org.nz/TvTunerCards
Do your card supports radio tuner.then:
*www.wlug.org.nz/RadioTuner
the application that u can use to view TVinPC is:
*www.wlug.org.nz/MythTv
configuring mythtv:
*www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html
for ubuntu:
*www.section6.net/wiki/index.php/Installing_MythTV_on_Ubuntu_Linux
*s91928265.onlinehome.us/hfamily/mythtv/myth_ubuntu.html
those packages can be easily installed by "apt-get install mythtv" or use synaptic package manager(gnome menu>Desktop>Asministration>synaptic pkg manager ) to compare available apps for tv card.
as a fact mplayer too plays TV though configuring seems difficult.

 

[ApoorvKhatreja]

This is so difficult........ I can't understand a thing.

I have a 2.6.x kernel, so this page says that I just need to enable the config options, and compile the kernel. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

To compile the kernel, here is another link -

*www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html

WHICH I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A BIT.

Can anybody help me out on how to configure those drivers?

 

[freebird]

leave the kernel compiling parts as ur card is detected by edgy's kernel.just patiently go through the pages.it ain't that difficult.
For Now,You need to try the Mythtv part.
oh,now i know the ubuntu link describes things a lil complicated.leave the link for now just apt-get install mythtv and run mythtv-setup or some similar command.leave those ./configure make make install things those are old.mythtv is included in most distros
ps:am going out,will come in the evening/afternoon.Best of Lucx

 

[ApoorvKhatreja]

You still need to configure I2C support in the kernel as for BT8x8 above, as well as making a module for saa7134 ("Device Drivers -> Multimedia devices -> Video For Linux -> Philips SAA7134 support"). If you can "modprobe saa7134" then your kernel already has this module. IN 2.6.16, extra sound support has been split off into additional modules, saa7134-alsa and (apparently) saa7134-oss.

What des this mean?

Where is the 'device drivers' option/menu??

 

[freebird]

bhai,wait will come back afternoon, and those posted are unwanted things.though u can try modprobe those modules.I posted lot of Links in a hurry.just apt-get install mythtv that's all.good luck

 

[mehulved]

What des this mean?

Where is the 'device drivers' option/menu??

This all has been taken care of don't worry about the kernel part. Just focus on installing and configuring mythtv.
Another link that might be useful *parker1.co.uk/mythtv_ubuntu.php

 

[freebird]

So did u installed mythtv from synaptic.remember i dont have any tunercard-just searching and suggesting u the known logic.thats all.
*parker1.co.uk/mythtv_ubuntu.php
seems ubuntu wiki got all u needed abouhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_Edgy?highlight=%28MythTV%29t Myth TV

 

[ApoorvKhatreja]

Dude, I'm stuck on the 'Capture Card' configuration options. I don't know whcih 'Card Type' to set. the link you have provided, tells me to set it to "DVB DTV capture card (v3.x)", which is not working. What do I do?