TV tuner or video capture card recommendation
Shlomo Solomon
shlomo.solomon at gmail.com
Mon May 18 09:24:43 IDT 2015
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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at shlomo1 /]$
On Mon, 11 May 2015 11:59:24 +0300
Shlomo Solomon <shlomo at the-solomons.net> 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
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