TV in Linux

Operating System - Linux Mint 9

Only for the TV Tuner Device - Bt878

Software - TvTime (1.0.2-5ubuntu2)

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Check your TV Tuner Card.

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nikhil@236-desktop-LM9 ~ $ lspci | grep -i "Brooktree"

01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)

01:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)

nikhil@236-desktop-LM9 ~ $

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Every Time Run This.

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root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil# sudo modprobe bttv

root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil# tvtime

Running tvtime 1.0.2.

Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml

Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml

Thank you for using tvtime.

root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil#

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First Time Setup

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URL : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=153935

1) Command "sudo gedit /etc/modules"

add bttv if not already present

2) Options for the module. Create this file:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/bttv

#sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf not tested.

# i2c

alias char-major-89 i2c-devb

options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1

# bttv

alias char-major-81 videodev

alias char-major-81-0 bttv

# My TV Card

options bttv card=23 tuner=18 radio=0 pll=1 adc_crush=0

3) sudo apt-get install tvtime

then run tvtime-scanner ; takes a few minutes

4) Running:

sudo modprobe bttv

and then run tvtime

at this point you should have black and white tv

to enable colour edit tvtime.xml

sudo gedit ~/.tvtime/tvtime.xml

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE tvtime PUBLIC "-//tvtime//DTD tvtime 1.0//EN" "http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/DTD/tvtime1.dtd">

<tvtime xmlns="http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/DTD/">

<option name="DefaultBrightness" value="50"/>

<option name="DefaultContrast" value="50"/>

<option name="DefaultSaturation" value="78"/>

<option name="DefaultHue" value="50"/>

<option name="PrevChannel" value="2"/>

<option name="Channel" value="1"/>

<option name="FramerateMode" value="0"/>

<option name="OverScan" value="0.0"/>

<option name="CheckForSignal" value="1"/>

<option name="AudioBoost" value="100"/>

<option name="AlwaysOnTop" value="0"/>

<option name="QuietScreenshots" value="0"/>

<option name="UnmuteVolume" value="0"/>

<option name="Muted" value="0"/>

<option name="V4LInput" value="0"/>

<option name="AudioMode" value="stereo"/>

<option name="PalDKMode" value="0"/>

<option name="ShowCC" value="0"/>

<option name="FullScreen" value="0"/>

<option name="WideScreen" value="0"/>

<option name="FullscreenPosition" value="centre"/>

<option name="DeinterlaceMethod" value="TelevisionFull"/>

<option name="Frequencies" value="custom"/>

<option name="ColourInvert" value="0"/>

<option name="Norm" value="PAL"/>

<option name="InputWidth" value="924"/>

<option name="MirrorInput" value="0"/>

</tvtime>

Success Example

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root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil# lspci | grep Bt878

01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)

01:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)

root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil# sudo gedit /etc/modules

root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil# sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/bttv

root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil# sudo apt-get install tvtime

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

tvtime is already the newest version.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 31 not upgraded.

root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil# tvtime-scanne

bash: tvtime-scanne: command not found

root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil# tvtime-scanner

Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml

Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml

Scanning using TV standard PAL.

Scanning from 44.00 MHz to 958.00 MHz.

Found a channel at 48.25 MHz (47.50 - 49.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/root/.tvtime/stationlist.xml"

station: No station file found, creating a new one.

Found a channel at 55.50 MHz (54.75 - 56.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 62.25 MHz (61.25 - 63.25 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 69.00 MHz (68.25 - 69.75 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 76.25 MHz (75.25 - 77.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 83.00 MHz (82.25 - 83.75 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 90.25 MHz (89.25 - 91.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 97.00 MHz (96.25 - 97.75 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 105.25 MHz (104.25 - 106.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 112.25 MHz (111.25 - 113.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 119.25 MHz (118.25 - 120.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 126.25 MHz (125.25 - 127.25 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 133.25 MHz (132.75 - 133.50 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 140.25 MHz (139.25 - 141.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

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Found a channel at 161.00 MHz (160.25 - 161.75 MHz), adding to channel list.

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root@amd-desktop:/home/nikhil#

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