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@@ -17,74 +17,53 @@ Because of this, you need to enable
"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices"
=> "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux"
+Furthermore you need to enable
+"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices"
+ => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Nebula/Pinnacle PCTV/TwinHan PCI Cards"
+
2) Loading Modules
==================
In general you need to load the bttv driver, which will handle the gpio and
-i2c communication for us. Next you need the common dvb-bt8xx device driver
-and one frontend driver.
-
-The bttv driver will HANG YOUR SYSTEM IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THE CORRECT
-CARD ID!
-
-(If you don't get your card running and you suspect that the card id you're
-using is wrong, have a look at "bttv-cards.c" for a list of possible card
-ids.)
-
-Pay attention to failures when you load the frontend drivers
-(e.g. dmesg, /var/log/messages).
+i2c communication for us, plus the common dvb-bt8xx device driver.
+The frontends for Nebula (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV (cx24110) and
+TwinHan (dst) are loaded automatically by the dvb-bt8xx device driver.
3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV
--------------------------
- $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x68
- $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
-
-For Nebula cards use the "nxt6000" frontend driver:
- $ modprobe nxt6000
+ $ modprobe bttv (normally bttv is being loaded automatically by kmod)
+ $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or just place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules for automatic loading)
-For Pinnacle PCTV cards use the "cx24110" frontend driver:
- $ modprobe cx24110
-3b) TwinHan
------------
+3b) TwinHan and Clones
+--------------------------
$ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x71
$ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
$ modprobe dst
-The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, which
-is necessary for TwinHan cards.#
+The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx,
+which is necessary for TwinHan cards.
-If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks your
-machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the DVB mailing list.
+If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks
+your machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the
+mailing list.
-The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters, in case the
-dst drivers fails to detect your type of card correctly.
+The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters.
-dst_type takes values 0 (satellite), 1 (terrestial TV), 2 (cable).
+verbose takes values 0 to 5. These values control the verbosity level.
-dst_type_flags takes bit combined values:
-1 = new tuner type packets. You can use this if your card is detected
- and you have debug and you continually see the tuner packets not
- working (make sure not a basic problem like dish alignment etc.)
+debug takes values 0 and 1. You can either disable or enable debugging.
-2 = TS 204. If your card tunes OK, but the picture is terrible, seemingly
- breaking up in one half continually, and crc fails a lot, then
- this is worth a try (or trying to turn off)
+dst_addons takes values 0 and 0x20. A value of 0 means it is a FTA card.
+0x20 means it has a Conditional Access slot.
-4 = has symdiv. Some cards, mostly without new tuner packets, require
- a symbol division algorithm. Doesn't apply to terrestial TV.
-
-You can also specify a value to have the autodetected values turned off
-(e.g. 0). The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response
+The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response
string' which you can see in your logs e.g.
-dst_check_ci: recognize DST-MOT
-
-or
+dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DSTMCI]
-dst_check_ci: unable to recognize DSTXCI or STXCI
--
-Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold
+Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham