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Subject: Re: problemen met TV kaart Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave

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Hi,

I can get video but I'm unable to get audio output. The autodection of
my Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave is fine. For sound, I have an Intel 810
chipset. This system is sold as it is now, so all hardware should be OK.

$ head ~/.xawtv
[global]
freqtab = europe-west
mixer = /dev/mixer1:vol
audio = stereo

[defaults]
input = Television
norm = PAL

$ dump-mixers
/dev/mixer = ALC650 (ALC650)
  vol        ( 0) :  stereo        67/67
  pcm        ( 4) :  stereo        67/67
  speaker    ( 5) :  mono          67
  line       ( 6) :  stereo  rec   67/67
  mic        ( 7) :  mono    rec*  0
  cd         ( 8) :  stereo  rec   67/67
  igain      (12) :  stereo  rec   67/67
  line1      (14) :  stereo  rec   67/67
  phin       (20) :  mono    rec   67
  phout      (21) :  mono          67
  video      (22) :  stereo  rec   67/67
/dev/mixer1 = tv card (MSP3410G-B11)
  vol        ( 0) :  stereo        100/100
  bass       ( 1) :  mono          50
  treble     ( 2) :  mono          50

$ lsmod # relevant part
Module                  Size  Used by
tvmixer                 4784  0
tuner                  17164  0
tvaudio                20364  0
bttv                  140780  2
tda9887                 6532  0
msp3400                22164  0
video_buf              16388  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            9096  1 bttv
v4l2_common             5120  1 bttv
btcx_risc               4104  1 bttv
i2c_core               18180  7 tvmixer,tuner,tvaudio,bttv,tda9887,msp3400,i2c_algo_bit
videodev                7296  3 bttv
snd_mixer_oss          17280  0
snd                    44132  1 snd_mixer_oss
i810_audio             28820  0
ac97_codec             16908  1 i810_audio

$ xawtv
This is xawtv-3.91, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.4)
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

I read the Sound FAQ [0], but I didn't find an answer to my question.
I've seen that people have used this TV card in the past without
problems. At usenet, I read something about "you may need to
unmute line in', but I'm afraid I don't understand what that means.

Can someone help me?

Gerrit.

[0] /usr/src/linux-2.6.4/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Sound-FAQ

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Hi,

I can get video but I'm unable to get audio output. The autodection of
my Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave is fine. For sound, I have an Intel 810
chipset. This system is sold as it is now, so all hardware should be OK.

$ head ~/.xawtv
[global]
freqtab = europe-west
mixer = /dev/mixer1:vol
audio = stereo

[defaults]
input = Television
norm = PAL

$ dump-mixers
/dev/mixer = ALC650 (ALC650)
  vol        ( 0) :  stereo        67/67
  pcm        ( 4) :  stereo        67/67
  speaker    ( 5) :  mono          67
  line       ( 6) :  stereo  rec   67/67
  mic        ( 7) :  mono    rec*  0
  cd         ( 8) :  stereo  rec   67/67
  igain      (12) :  stereo  rec   67/67
  line1      (14) :  stereo  rec   67/67
  phin       (20) :  mono    rec   67
  phout      (21) :  mono          67
  video      (22) :  stereo  rec   67/67
/dev/mixer1 = tv card (MSP3410G-B11)
  vol        ( 0) :  stereo        100/100
  bass       ( 1) :  mono          50
  treble     ( 2) :  mono          50

$ lsmod # relevant part
Module                  Size  Used by
tvmixer                 4784  0
tuner                  17164  0
tvaudio                20364  0
bttv                  140780  2
tda9887                 6532  0
msp3400                22164  0
video_buf              16388  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            9096  1 bttv
v4l2_common             5120  1 bttv
btcx_risc               4104  1 bttv
i2c_core               18180  7 tvmixer,tuner,tvaudio,bttv,tda9887,msp3400,i2c_algo_bit
videodev                7296  3 bttv
snd_mixer_oss          17280  0
snd                    44132  1 snd_mixer_oss
i810_audio             28820  0
ac97_codec             16908  1 i810_audio

$ xawtv
This is xawtv-3.91, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.4)
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

I read the Sound FAQ [0], but I didn't find an answer to my question.
I've seen that people have used this TV card in the past without
problems. At usenet, I read something about "you may need to
unmute line in', but I'm afraid I don't understand what that means.

Is it possible that it has something to do with ALSA?

Can someone help me?

Gerrit.

[0] /usr/src/linux-2.6.4/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Sound-FAQ

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Did you connect the tv card audio output to the line input of your
sound card ? I usually set the volume of 'line' playback to 100%.

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I thought I did, but apparantly I didn't. I was about to open my PC to
check the inside, when it occured to me that it might be a good idea to
read the documentation that came with the PC (the _paper_
documentation). This was indeed a good idea, because there appeared to
be a cable which I needed to connect ;-) Ok, I _am_ stupid with
hardware, but it works now! Thanks!

Gerrit.

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