Hauppauge WinTV support in bktr

[Jacob Meuser]

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

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