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Mr Fong
2008-08-24
2013-04-08
  • Mr Fong

    Mr Fong - 2008-08-24

    Hello all,

    I've got one of those green triangular boxes with the red button on top to play with. Running Ubuntu 8.04, so the usbvision module loads when I plug in. Xawtv only shows a green screen when in TV mode, black when in composite and s-video mode. I've searched this forum for solutions, but can't really find the definitive one. Any help from fellow owners is much appreciated.

    Here some details:
    - lsusb gives: Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2304:0110 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. [hex] Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB (PAL)

    - lsmod gives:
    Module                  Size  Used by
    tuner                  42912  0
    tea5767                 6788  1 tuner
    tda8290                12420  1 tuner
    tuner_simple           10248  1 tuner
    mt20xx                 13192  1 tuner
    tea5761                 6020  1 tuner
    saa7115                16656  0
    video                  19856  0
    output                  4736  1 video
    usbvision              71464  0
    videodev               29440  1 usbvision
    v4l2_common            18304  3 tuner,saa7115,videodev
    v4l1_compat            15492  1 videodev
    compat_ioctl32          2304  1 usbvision
    i2c_core               24832  8 tuner,tea5767,tda8290,tuner_simple,mt20xx,tea5761,saa7115,usbvision
    usbcore               146028  9 rt2500usb,rt73usb,rt2x00usb,usbvision,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

    - dmesg gives:
    [  117.680806] USBVision USB Video Device Driver for Linux : 0.9.9
    [  139.749525] saa7115 0-0024: saa7111 found (1f7111d1e200000) @ 0x48 (usbvision #0)
    [  140.649741] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (usbvision #0)
    [  140.649787] tuner-simple 0-0061: type set to 5 (Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles))
    [  140.649796] tuner 0-0061: type set to Philips PAL_BG (FI1
    [  140.649804] tuner-simple 0-0061: type set to 5 (Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles))
    [  140.649812] tuner 0-0061: type set to Philips PAL_BG (FI1

    - v4l-info gives:
    ### v4l2 device info [/dev/video0] ###
    general info
        VIDIOC_QUERYCAP
        driver                  : "USBVision"
        card                    : "Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB (PAL) "
        bus_info                : "4-2"
        version                 : 0.9.9
        capabilities            : 0x5030001 [VIDEO_CAPTURE,TUNER,AUDIO,READWRITE,STREAMING]

    - xawtv gives:
    This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.24-19-generic)
    xinerama 0: 1280x1024+0+0
    /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
    v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
    Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
    v4l2: read: rc=0/size=230400
    v4l2: read: rc=0/size=230400
    v4l2: read: rc=0/size=230400

    It would be fun to get this working. Thanks for the help.

    Hans

     
    • Thierry MERLE

      Thierry MERLE - 2008-08-28

      Hello,
      first, you can try these:

      To watch TV, several ways :
      launch
      xdtv -novbi -only_capt_width 320 -only_capt_height 240
      launch
      mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:norm=SECAM:outfmt=yuy2:channels=21-F2 tv://
      S-video input, launch:
      mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:norm=PAL:outfmt=yuy2:input=1 tv://

      can you turn on some debug messages (modprobe usbvision video_debug=6) and give us the dmesg part of usbvision?

      Regards,
      Thierry

       
  • Dwaine Garden

    Dwaine Garden - 2009-11-17

    Hans,   did you ever get your device working properly?   I could assist if you needs some additional help.

    Dwaine

     

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