Greetings Nigel ,
Nigel Henry wrote:
I spent most of yesterday afternoon googling for info on supported TV
tuner cards. From http://www.grosbill.com I found three analog cards
within my price range. Card1: Avermedia AVerTV GO 007 plus/fm plus.
This card according to the Avermedia site uses the Philips TDA8275
chipset. http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/CARDLIST.saa7134
shows a variant of this card, #57 that uses the saa7134 chipset.
FC2's
/lib/modules/2.6.11-0.3.rdt.rhfc2.ccrma/kernel/drivers/media/video
has a directory with drivers for the saa7134, but the only TDA
drivers are: tda7432.ko, tda9840.ko, tda9875.ko, and tda9887.ko.
Does anyone know if this card is likely to work if it isn't using the
exact driver required?
Card2: Pinnacle PCTV Analog PCI Can't find any chipset info on this
one from Pinnaclesys site.
Hmm.. Well this one smells suspicious . I have a Studio PCTV from
Pinnacle which
is constantly working perfectly since the Fedora Core 1 age . Since you are
running Fedora Core 2 then that means that you have a 2.6 kernel , in
other words there
is a 90% possibility that the above named card will work perfectly . The
thing you need
to search for is Bt848A ( not Bt878, it's newer ) . The 2.6 kernels
already have the
apropriate module . So you just have to compile it ( the module for
Bt848 ) and you
are ready . There stands a chance though that you will need a line saying
options card=xx tuner=yy ( in order to specify the exact card and tuner
that you have ) .
Well if we have compatible cards then xx=39 . I can't tell you about the
tuner though
because you mail sounds french ( therefore you use SECAM there and not
PAL , in
other words i would give you a wrong value )
Anyone know if this card is supported?
Card3: Terratec Cinergy 250 PCI This uses, according to the Terratec
site the Philips saa-7134 chipset, but isn't specifically listed at
the link for saa7134 supported cards above.
Any one knows if this works ok?
Accepting that one of these cards has a suitable driver in the
kernel, are there additional packages I need to install in order to
play TV on the Linux box with FC2?
Well the thing that you have to learn first is , the chipset that your
card is using . Now if the driver is found you only have to compile
video4linux support and the module for the tv card and you are ready
with them .
I have never used Fedora Core 2 , so i don't know if it has any TV
Application .
Personally i use XawTv
linux.bytesex.org/*xawtv*/
Regards,
Kostas
