On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 08:57:13 -0800 (PST), Peter Karlsson <pk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- jelle <jelle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >1) Assuming you don't have any other video grabber boards in >the system:
> >If the output of the command 'lspci' contains something like >"Multimedia
> >video controller: Internext Compression Inc", then you'll need >the ivtv
> >driver, and if it contains "Multimedia video controller: >Conexant" and
> >"Multimedia controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8802", you'll >need the
> >cx88 driver.
>
> lspci -v output:
>
> 02:04.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc. iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev.01)
> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 8003
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 185
> Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size:64M]
> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>
ivtv.
> >2) Look at the card. Do you see a chip with "Conexant" and >"cx23415" on it
> >close to the PCI connector, and no other (significant) chip >closer to the
> >connector, you need the ivtv driver. If you have the "cx23415" >chip but
> >it's not really close to the connector, because closest to the >connector
> >is a chip with "Conexant" and "cx23880" (or "cx23881" or >similar), then
> >you will need the cx88 driver.
>
> Closest to pci connector is a conexant CX23416 (-12) chip
> above this, a little bit to the right, is a CX25843 (-23) chip.
>
> So it's the ivtv driver I need... right?
>
> >Since I've seen mention of support for the PVR150 on the ivtv >mailing
> >list, it will probably need the ivtv driver (but it is still >possible that
> >hauppauge sells different cards under the same model name).
>
> I began surfing the ivtv mail archives and from what I could
> understand they pointed pvr150 owners to the cx88 driver since
> it was a "blackbird" card. But since it's a new card I guess
> there can be a bit of confusion...
>
> Thank you very much for the input!
Hauppage changes their setups pretty regularly. this one likes like
an ivtv varient.
Alex
>
> Best regards
>
> Peter K
>
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