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Multimedia devices

Make

Model

Chipset/Driver

Auto detected?

Works?

Ubuntu Version

Comments

Last Updated

EasyTV Card Bus

p34 cardbus (PCMCIA)

Philips SAA7134

Yes but not configured properly by default

Yes

Dapper 6.06

This card is reported as a generic 0. Its acually a SinoVideo PCI2390 Proteus (7134) and Tuner is a SinoVideo tda8275. (saa7134 card=1 tuner=54) See this link to get video and audio working: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1497204#post1497204 ~0okami

2006-09-14

AverMedia

AverTV GO 007 FM

saa7134

No

limited

5.10

This card was added to Linux kernel 2.6.15, hence it will not work out of box in Breezy. On a Fedora system that had that kernel version, video worked fine, however no audio. Major changes around Jan 2006 to the saa7134 audio driver (affecting other cards as well) that haven't been polished or applications not updated for the changes may be to blame.

2006-02-25

Hauppauge

WinTV PCI (bt848)

bt848 / bttv

No

No

Tried loading bttv card=2, no luck

2005-01-30

Hauppauge

WinTV PVR 250

No

Yes

5.10

Works fine with mythtv. Follow http://hyams.webhop.net/mythtv/myth_ubuntu.html

2006-02-05

Hauppauge

WinTV Express

bt878/bttv

No

Yes

Tuner detected incorrectly. Fix the problem by using commands "sudo rmmod bttv" and "sudo modprobe bttv tuner=51". To make settings permanent, add lines "alias video0 bttv" and "options bttv tuner=51" into file /etc/modprobe.d/bttv and run "update-modules" while being root (or use sudo)

2005-03-28

Hercules

Hercules Smart TV 2 Stereo

bt878 / bttv

Yes

No

Same problem as with WinTV Express. Tuner detected incorrectly. Fixed with "sudo rmmod bttv" and "sudo modprobe bttv card=100 tuner=38

2005-03-20

Leadtek

WinFast TV 2000 XP Expert

Conexant CX2388x / cx8800

Yes

partially

5.10 6.06

Some keys on the remote control aren't recognized. XawTV don't works (TvTime, Zapping works).

2006-09-05

Medion

TV Tuner 7134

saa7134

Yes

Yes

Hoary and Breezy

Recognized as "Philips Semiconductors SAA7134" - Integrated FM/TV Tuner and Modem

2005-12-16

Pinnacle

PCTV Rave (Bt878)

bttv

Yes

Yes

Pinnacle

PCTV USB2

em28xx

Yes

Yes

Dapper

More information below

2006-03-03

Terratec

Cingery 600 TV Radio

saa7134

No

Yes

5.1.

Tuner not detected correctly. Put "options saa7134 card=11 tuner=38" into /etc/modprobe.d/saa7134, reboot or reload module

2005-10-14

Technisat

Skystar 2

i2c

Yes

Yes

5.10

works out of the box Smile :)

2005-12-24

Technisat

Skystar 1

?

Yes

Yes

5.10

works out of the box Smile :)

2005-12-24

SanDisk

m240

?

Yes

Yes

5.10

This MP3 player works out of the box Smile :)

2006-03-15

SanDisk

Cruzer Micro 256Mb

?

Yes

Yes

5.10

I plugged this usb flash drive into my machine and gnome automounted it. I found that I had to turn automounting off if I wanted to mount and unmount this device manually, probably a hal issue.

2006-03-15

Details

Pinnacle PCTV USB2

STILL NOT WORKING WELL DON'T BUY YET This device has been tested with italian parameters (see other documentation to find out your country number e.g italian is 38 and type e.g. italian is pal), ubuntu Dapper flight 4 and the newest kernel provided by the distro. There are some steps to follow for getting this device work:

  1. apt-get install xawtv mplayer sox
  2. Create the new file /dev/modprobe.d/tv and fill it with this text:
    • alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 tveeprom alias char-major-81-1 em28xx
    • options em28xx tuner=38 options tuner secam=d pal=d options tda9887 port2=0
  3. Type cat /proc/asound/cards and check if your PCTV is listed and which is its number in the list
  4. Type v4lctl setattr mute 0
    • Type sox -t ossdsp -r 48000 -b -c 2 /dev/dspx -t ossdsp /dev/dspy
      • Or
      Some tests can be done also typing:

      cat /dev/dspx > /dev/dspy

Where you have to replace dspx with the usbaudio device number that you've found in the list before and dspy is the soundcard dsp

  • device (I've tried this sox -t ossdsp -r 48000 -b -c 2 /dev/dsp1 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp and it works well)
  • Type mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:outfmt=yuy2:noaudio:immediatemode=0 tv://

For more information refer to http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Talk:Em2820#PCTV_USB2 and http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Em2820

Leadtek WinFast TV 2000 XP Expert

Ubuntu 5.10 - Problem with sound(clipping,disturbances every 30-40 seconds).

Ubuntu 6.06 - Woks fine


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