Google
  Web www.spinics.net

Re: Prolink PlayTV MPEG PV-M4800 question

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]


As this card is @$#$%@ and Prolink support another @%#$@. I will replace it on next hours. So if you would like to know some information, please send it to me now ;).

Sorry bothering you all, Leon.

From: Gunther Mayer <gunther.mayer@xxxxxxx>
To: L E O N <mjardeli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Prolink PlayTV MPEG PV-M4800 question
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:01:10 -0800

Hi,
thanks for the report,
unfortunatley geocities reports "traffic limit exceeded",
so could you just send me a picture from front (with tin bix closed).

Regards, Gunther

L E O N wrote:

Gunther follow information for inclusion to http://www.bttv-gallery.de

- picture of the card, the card backside
- picture of remote control (if applicable) and of original package


There are many pictures available at
http://www.geocities.com/mjardeli/

- list of chips

Take a look at picture DCP_1455.JPG there is one chip that there is no writing on it.


FUSION 878A
25878-13

JAECS IRDC 357-M

Philips HEF4052BT
UN04056

AT MEL410

TQ4.000

TQ28.636

Sticker on the tuner - Vision 5V TVF-5533 MF
inside of the tuner TNF 8533 VER:A0
per site http://www.ymec.com.tw/tuner.htm it is Horizontal Universal FM Series TVF8831


inside of the tuner
Philips TDA 9801 T
VAWKPO
Dn041301

M1958M
EPCOS
MTS2

- list of input connectors


TV 75ohm IEC/F Type coaxial cable
FM IEC/F Type connector
Video RCA female jack
S-Video mini-DIN female jack
Audio 3.5mm female jack
Remote Control 1.5mm female jack

- printings on PCB, printings on stickers on the card

PixelView PV-M4800 FM.RC - But program that come with card recognices it as PV-M4900


W01 - 450028            92F4800JXXA.XXX
W02 - 450004

RH S1 94V-0
0421

- lspci -v and lspci -vn


01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: PROLINK Microsystems Corp: Unknown device 4011
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at df800000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2


01:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: PROLINK Microsystems Corp: Unknown device 4011
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at df000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2


01:08.0 Class 0400: 109e:036e (rev 11)
    Subsystem: 1554:4011
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
    Memory at df800000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
    Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

01:08.1 Class 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 11)
    Subsystem: 1554:4011
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
    Memory at df000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
    Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

- "dmesg" when loading the modules


After i run
modprobe bttv tuner=43

My modprobe.conf
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 bttv
options tuner addr=0x61

dmesg msg
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:08.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, high) -> IRQ 18
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:01:08.0, irq: 18, latency: 64, mmio: 0xdf800000
bttv0: detected: Prolink Pixelview PV-BT [card=72], PCI subsystem ID is 1554:4011
bttv0: using: Prolink Pixelview PV-BT878P+9B (PlayTV Pro rev.9B FM+NICAM) [card=72,autodetected]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00afc0ff [init]
i2c-algo-bit.o: (0) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (1) scl=1, sda=0
i2c-algo-bit.o: (2) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (3) scl=0, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (4) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: bt878 #0 [sw] passed test.
bttv0: using tuner=43
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver
tvaudio: known chips: tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874h/a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea6320,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951),ta8874z
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type set to 43 (Philips NTSC MK3 (FM1236MK3 or FM1236/F)) by bt878 #0 [sw]
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
bttv0: registered device radio0
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
bttv0: add subdevice "remote0"


- if feasible "eeprom" output (from bttv tools)

As I use kernel 2.6.11 I didnt find bttv tools. I´ve tried to compile bttv tools from bttv-0.7.107.tar.gz without sucess. Tried to use tveeprom and eeprom modules without success. Can you please help me out to send this information to you ?


- if feasible "*.INF" files from the Windows Driver CD


http://www.geocities.com/mjardeli/pv_m4900.zip

- exact tuner type (possibly this is hidden under the vender sticker)


Sticker on the tuner - Vision 5V TVF-5533 MF
inside of the tuner TNF 8533 VER:A0
per site http://www.ymec.com.tw/tuner.htm it is Horizontal Universal FM Series TVF8831


- exact model name and model number from package

PixelView Prolink PlayTV MPEG2 - PV-M4800

- in which country do you live/ in which country this card was bought

Brazil / Brazil

Prolink home page
http://www.prolink.com.tw/english/products/multimedia/playtv%20mpeg2.htm


From: Gunther Mayer <gunther.mayer@xxxxxxx>
To: mjardeli@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Prolink PlayTV MPEG PV-M4800 question
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 20:54:00 -0800

Hi,
can you send me a picture and info for inclusion to
http://www.bttv-gallery.de ?

- picture of the card, the card backside
- picture of remote control (if applicable) and of original package
- list of chips
- list of input connectors
- printings on PCB, printings on stickers on the card
- lspci -v  and   lspci -vn
- "dmesg" when loading the modules
- if feasible "eeprom" output (from bttv tools)
- if feasible "*.INF" files from the Windows Driver CD
- exact tuner type (possibly this is hidden under the vender sticker)
- exact model name and model number from package
- in which country do you live/ in which country this card was bought

Even parts of this info will be very helpful!

Regards, Gunther







--

Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list

[Home]     [Older V4L]     [Linux DVB]     [Video Disk Recorder]     [Video Technology]     [Asterisk]     [Photo]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Plasma TVs]     [Video Projectors]     [PDAs]     [Xorg]     [Util Linux NG]     [Xfree86]     [Devices]     [Big List of Linux Books]     [Free Photo Albums]     [LCD TVs]     [Fedora Users]     [Webcams]     [Fedora Women]     [HDTV]     [ALSA Users]     [ALSA Devel]     [Stuff]     [SSH]     [Linux USB]

Powered by Linux

Google PageRank Checking tool