I discovered that the EasyCAP USB card I bought on eBay quite a while ago is now supported in the Linux kernel, but don't know how to tell TVtime to use the usbtv device instead of the saa7134.
Below is info about my existing saa7134 PCI card (which TVtime does recognize) and the new usbtv EasyCAP. [solomon@shlomo1 /]$ sudo lsmod | grep saa saa7134 186437 1 tveeprom 21216 1 saa7134 videobuf_dma_sg 19262 1 saa7134 videobuf_core 26023 2 videobuf_dma_sg,saa7134 rc_core 28042 1 saa7134 v4l2_common 15265 3 tuner,usbtv,saa7134 videodev 148922 6 tuner,usbtv,saa7134,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core i2c_core 41150 11 drm,i915,i2c_i801,tuner,saa7134,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,tveeprom,tuner_simple,videodev [solomon@shlomo1 /]$ sudo lsmod | grep usbtv usbtv 17919 0 videobuf2_vmalloc 13216 1 usbtv videobuf2_core 41043 1 usbtv v4l2_common 15265 3 tuner,usbtv,saa7134 videodev 148922 5 tuner,usbtv,saa7134,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core usbcore 230079 8 btusb,usblp,usbtv,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,xhci_hcd [solomon@shlomo1 /]$ dmesg|grep saa [ 5.853089] saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0, 2, 17 loaded [ 5.853237] saa7130[0]: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 1, irq: 19, latency: 32, mmio: 0xf0400000 [ 5.853243] saa7130[0]: subsystem: 1131:0000, board: 10MOONS PCI TV CAPTURE CARD [card=21,insmod option] [ 5.853255] saa7130[0]: board init: gpio is 38500 [ 5.953730] saa7130[0]: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-5)? [ 6.119592] saa7130[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2] [ 6.119650] saa7130[0]: registered device vbi0 [ 6.119687] saa7130[0]: registered device radio0 [ 422.329728] saa7134 tveeprom videobuf_dma_sg videobuf_core rc_core processor v4l2_common videodev media nfsd nvram auth_rpcgss oid_registry kvm_intel nfs_acl lockd sunrpc kvm ipv6 autofs4 xhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd sr_mod usbcore usb_common i915 video button i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm i2c_core [ 422.329767] [<ffffffffa03eff3b>] video_release+0x27b/0x310 [saa7134] [ 436.230967] saa7134 tveeprom videobuf_dma_sg videobuf_core rc_core processor v4l2_common videodev media nfsd nvram auth_rpcgss oid_registry kvm_intel nfs_acl lockd sunrpc kvm ipv6 autofs4 xhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd sr_mod usbcore usb_common i915 video button i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm i2c_core [ 436.231001] [<ffffffffa03eff3b>] video_release+0x27b/0x310 [saa7134] [ 516.415357] saa7134 tveeprom videobuf_dma_sg videobuf_core rc_core processor v4l2_common videodev media nfsd nvram auth_rpcgss oid_registry kvm_intel nfs_acl lockd sunrpc kvm ipv6 autofs4 xhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd sr_mod usbcore usb_common i915 video button i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm i2c_core [ 516.415394] [<ffffffffa03eff3b>] video_release+0x27b/0x310 [saa7134] [solomon@shlomo1 /]$ dmesg|grep usbtv [ 3.198700] usb 3-2: Product: usbtv007 [ 8.583562] usbtv 3-2:1.0: Fushicai USBTV007 Video Grabber [ 8.583588] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbtv [ 422.329699] Modules linked in: rfcomm arc4 ecb md4 nls_utf8 cifs af_packet bnep vboxnetadp(O) vboxnetflt(O) vboxdrv(O) usbtv videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core btusb bluetooth 6lowpan_iphc rfkill hid_generic usbhid usb_storage usblp hid x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp reiserfs crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_codec_hdmi e1000e cpufreq_powersave ptp snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec tuner_simple tuner_types shpchp microcode pps_core lpc_ich serio_raw snd_hwdep snd_pcm tuner thermal fan snd_timer snd i2c_i801 mei_me mei evdev soundcore tpm_infineon tpm_tis tpm battery [ 436.230938] Modules linked in: rfcomm arc4 ecb md4 nls_utf8 cifs af_packet bnep vboxnetadp(O) vboxnetflt(O) vboxdrv(O) usbtv videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core btusb bluetooth 6lowpan_iphc rfkill hid_generic usbhid usb_storage usblp hid x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp reiserfs crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_codec_hdmi e1000e cpufreq_powersave ptp snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec tuner_simple tuner_types shpchp microcode pps_core lpc_ich serio_raw snd_hwdep snd_pcm tuner thermal fan snd_timer snd i2c_i801 mei_me mei evdev soundcore tpm_infineon tpm_tis tpm battery [ 516.415320] Modules linked in: rfcomm arc4 ecb md4 nls_utf8 cifs af_packet bnep vboxnetadp(O) vboxnetflt(O) vboxdrv(O) usbtv videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core btusb bluetooth 6lowpan_iphc rfkill hid_generic usbhid usb_storage usblp hid x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp reiserfs crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_codec_hdmi e1000e cpufreq_powersave ptp snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec tuner_simple tuner_types shpchp microcode pps_core lpc_ich serio_raw snd_hwdep snd_pcm tuner thermal fan snd_timer snd i2c_i801 mei_me mei evdev soundcore tpm_infineon tpm_tis tpm battery [solomon@shlomo1 /]$ On Mon, 11 May 2015 11:59:24 +0300 Shlomo Solomon <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a VERY old no-name PCI TV tuner which has started to cause > problems (choppy video and no sound). Until recently it worked fine > and I could watch TV using TVtime or XawTV. I honestly don't know if > the problem is software (maybe caused by an upgrade?) or hardware (a > bad cable or connection or the card itself). But because it's so old, > it's probably not worth saving. > > There are lots of articles on the net about hardware, drivers, > installation, what works or doesn't, etc. But I'm looking for > firsthand experience. For example, I've seen various articles about > EasyCap or EZCap working/not working. I do know that there are > several similar pieces of hardware using different chipsets, so it's > hard to depend on these articles. In fact, about a year ago I bought > a card on eBay but had no luck getting it to work. > > My needs are really simple: > 1 - USB connection > 2 - can capture analog video and audio from a YES "MEMIR" > 3 - works on Mageia and/or Raspberry PI Raspbian > 4 - preferably work with TVtime, but any other workable software is OK > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by Claws Mail 3.11.1 - KDE 4.12.15 - LINUX Mageia 4 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
