[Kwintv] No Audio No channels, Please help!

Wed Oct 4 20:55:56 CEST 2006

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Have a great day -- George

On 10/4/06, folonio <folonio at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  Hello Folks, good news.
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> I fanally understood what was going on with the audio on my Tv card. It
> was very simple but not so evident. I have a dual boot with windows XP pro
> and suse linux 9.3. When I start windows at fisrts, the TV card drivers
> for windows load the tuner and the audio features. If I restart the machine
> to run my lovely Linux, the settings that windows determined, still remain
> for linux. So when I shut down Windows, I just have to leave the TV sotware
> running and the audio unmuted and, after restarting, linux comes with audio,
> that simple. I realized that the windows driver, by default mutes the
> soundcard when you simply close the program. So I fixed it closing Windows
> without closing the Tv application. And It Works. Kdetv is fanally
> sounding!.
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> Now I have that problem with the tuner. I still have not found the right
> one. I will tell you, if I ever did it!.
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> Thanks everybody for the helpful support.
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> Regards,
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> folonio
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> *From:* folonio [mailto:folonio at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Viernes, 29 de Septiembre de 2006 04:55 p.m.
> *To:* 'KWinTV General Mailing List'
> *Subject:* RE: [Kwintv] No Audio No channels, Please help!
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> Hello George.
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> Thanks for your answer, I have checked the mute options in kdetv and in
> tvtime, but mute is not active in both of the mentioned programs. I can
> activate mute and deactivated it again, but I get no audio. Not even when
> the mute option is deactivated. Often in linux Tv programs, if you press the
> middle button of your mouse, it activates or deactivates the mute option, so
> is in kdetv or in tvtime. But as I can see, this is not the reason, in my
> case. It should be something with the driver.
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> Thanks again to everybody. I will keep on trying!
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> Regards,
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> folonio
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> *From:* George Fragos [mailto:fragos at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Jueves, 28 de Septiembre de 2006 04:51 p.m.
> *To:* KWinTV General Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Kwintv] No Audio No channels, Please help!
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> Folonio,
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> You seem correct to question the TV card.  I have no experience with your
> card.  I use the bttv driver as selected for my card by Linux and am unaware
> of any muting in it.  Perhaps you should check your TV viewing application.
> Some of these may have a mute function in them.  I couldn't find a mute in
> tvtime, my TV viewer of choice.
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> -- George
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> On 9/28/06, *folonio* <folonio at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks George, I am glad you have answered.
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> I´ve checked the sound inputs and outputs and everything seems to be
> right. The sound output from the TV card is connected to the line-in in my
> sound card, and the settings on the mixer are at max volume and none is
> muted. I also tried to connect another audio source to the same cable and it
> sounded. But when I connect the TV back, it still has no sound. That was to
> be sure that there was no trouble with the cables.
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> I think is something like the TV card is muted itself????? Could it be
> because the driver? Which driver should I use? Where to get It? There are so
> many doubts, but thanks the lord we can found helpful friends around here.
> You are all very kind.
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> Look, this is what I found about my card:
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>    - *Encore   www.encore-usa.com*
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> encore electronics EviewTV  (= PCB95109 or similar ?)
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> pcb: PCB95109 A120904-A9
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> chips: 25878-13, B06, P06, hef4053bt, ...
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> tuner: TVF66T5-MFF
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> sticker on backside   WA951FGTFN103,   ENLTV-FM-HA   123650100000080
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> ENLTV-FM-HA on SUSE Linux 9.2. It is based on a
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> conexant/brookTree bt878a. Some other chips on the
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> card are a philips HEF4053bt,a BP4973, and a CSI
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> 24wc02. The tuner has a label Tvision TVF6GT5-MFF
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>     - Encore eView-TV ( EviewTV)
>       chips: 25878, ...
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> tuner: Tvision 5V TVF-6633-MFF
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> 0000:00:09.1 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 11)
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> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:09.0, irq: 5, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe3002000
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> bttv0: subsystem: 9510:1540 (UNKNOWN)
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> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
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> Thanks to everybody.
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> Regards
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> Alvaro
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> *From:* George Fragos [mailto:fragos at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Lunes, 25 de Septiembre de 2006 07:02 p.m.
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> *To:* KWinTV General Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Kwintv] No Audio No channels, Please help!
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> Sound may be a separate issue from the tuner.  Some cards, like WinTV-GO,
> require an audio cable to your sound card.  Frequently, lack of sound is an
> issue of mute or volume level.  I don't remember what OS you're using but
> the volume control icon will usually link you to a sound mixer.  This is
> where mute and sound levels of captured audio like that from a TV card are
> controlled.  I un-mute all capture sources.  Microphone, PCM or Line-in are
> the most likely sources of TV audio.
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> -- George
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> On 9/25/06, *folonio* <folonio at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thank you very much. I really appreciate your help.
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> So I have to find which tuner fits my card, but what do you think about
> the issue with the sound?
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> Should it be fixed using the right tuner? I will keep on trying. I wont
> give up until I get it to work Hehe!
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> Regards,
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> Alvaro
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> *From:* George Fragos [mailto:fragos at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Viernes, 22 de Septiembre de 2006 06:20 p.m.
> *To:* KWinTV General Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Kwintv] No Audio No channels, Please help!
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> There are only a few TV chip sets and many are supported by the BTTV
> driver.  BT stands for Brook Tree.  On the other hand there are many tuners
> -- over 50 I think.  A manufacturer might use a different tuner without
> changing the card model.  Not having a tuner driver or not picking the right
> tuner number can cause the problem you describe.   I had trouble identifying
> the tuner on a WinTV Go card.  The large package, perhaps 1.5x3 inches, is
> the tuner.  I peeled back the card vendor sticker and identified the tuner.
> That ID led me the correct tuner number to use.
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> On 9/22/06, *folonio *< folonio at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello thanks for your answer it is very helpfull, i will try to do it as
> you
> said.
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> Ifact I am running Suse 9.3 on an asrock P4vm8 motherboard, with a Celeron
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> 2.26 ghz and 512 mb ram. My Tv card is an Encore Eview - tv, with FM, BT
> 878
> chip.
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> I am not sure about the driver.
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> --
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> George Fragos
> fragos at gmail.com
> 73 East Swift Ave.
> Fresno CA 93704
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73 East Swift Ave.
Fresno CA 93704
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