Fwd: Solution! (was: [Kwintv] Pinnacle PCTV / no proper sound)

[Dirk Ziegelmeier]

This may be interesting for other having this problem. Thanks Jens!

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Subject: Solution! (was: [Kwintv] Pinnacle PCTV / no proper sound)
Date: Sunday 05 June 2005 18:22
From: Jens Richter <baronvonspam at yahoo.co.uk>
To: Dirk Ziegelmeier <dziegel at gmx.de>

Hello Dirk!

--- Dirk Ziegelmeier <dziegel at gmx.de> wrote:
> On Friday 27 May 2005 21:22, Jens Richter wrote:
> > Hello
> > I googled ad nauseam. Many users seems to have the
> > prob, but no solution out there:
> > Latest Kubuntu (Linux 2.6.10.x, Pinnacle PCTV
>
> (mono,
>
> > no radio tuner, sound cable: card out->line in of
>
> the
>
> > soundcard), SB Live card. Location: UK (=pal-i).
> > Because there is no pal-i in the menu I searched
>
> with
>
> > "pal"/"europe-west". All 5 channels (antenna) are
> > working fine, the picture is clear. But the sound
>
> is
>
> > only a noise. Any hints?
>
> This sounds like you should look for a TV card
> driver problem. I guess it
> selects the wrong sound source for the video source,
> e.g. video source is
> "television" while sound is "composite". This may
> happen when the driver
> misdetects the card and you need to supply the card
> type manually.
> Does xawtv or zapping work? If not, it is likely a
> driver problem.
>
> Dirk

Well, it was a hard peace of trying/guessing around
but finally I found an astonishing simple solution at
least for kernel >= 2.6.10 / United Kingdom:
# gedit /etc/modprobe.d/tv
options tda9887 pal=i

That's it. Picture and sound are brillant.

Best Regards,
Jens








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