Hauppauge WinTV support in bktr

[Vulpes Velox]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:04:38 -0800
Jacob Meuser <jakemsr at jakemsr.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 03:18:04PM -0800, Steve Sizemore wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 07:15:01PM -0800, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 06:19:38PM -0800, Steve Sizemore wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > From dmesg:
> > > > 
> > > >     bktr_mem: memory holder loaded
> > > >     bktr0: <BrookTree 878> mem 0xfc001000-0xfc001fff irq 11 at
> > > >     device 7.0 on pci2 bktr0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> > > >     bktr0: Hauppauge Model 29440  @ %
> > > >     bktr0: Warning - Unknown Hauppauge Tuner 0x9d
> > > >     bktr0: Hauppauge WinCast/TV, Philips NTSC tuner.
> > > >     bktr0: Warning - Unknown Hauppauge Tuner 0x9d
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > > Anything I can do to help the process?
> > > 
> > > find out what kind of tuner it has.  this information is usually
> > > on the tuner (the "box" on the card where the cables attach),
> > > but you may have to peel back some stickers ;)
> > > some model numbers are listed in sys/dev/bktr/bktr_card.c.
> > > by looking at the tuner on my two different cards, I was able to
> > > determine what tuners they had.  
> > 
> > Thanks for your answer, Jacob. I just opened up the box to look at
> > the tuner, and the information on the label is
> > 	NTSC
> > 	44981
> > 	Rev E199
> > 
> > Peeling back the label revealed only bare metal.
> > 
> > I trust this is the information you were hoping for...
> 
> well, that doesn't help ;(
> 
> googling for 'Hauppauge 44981' was fruitless.  maybe see if there's
> an entry for this model in the LGPL windows driver: btwincap.sf.net,
> or in bttv: linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/bttv.html

You may also want to look at dscaler, a open source, stand alone
windows program for brooktree cards.

http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/