kernel-fxtec-pro1x/Documentation/video4linux
Hans Verkuil 1c1e45d17b V4L/DVB (7786): cx18: new driver for the Conexant CX23418 MPEG encoder chip
Many thanks to Steve Toth from Hauppauge and Nattu Dakshinamurthy from
Conexant for their support. I am in particular thankful to Hauppauge
since without their help this driver would not exist. It should also
be noted that Steve did the work to get the DVB part up and running.
Thank you!

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: G. Andrew Walls <awalls@radix.net>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-04-29 18:41:41 -03:00
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bttv
cx88
cx2341x
API.html
cafe_ccic
CARDLIST.au0828
CARDLIST.bttv
CARDLIST.cx88
CARDLIST.cx23885
CARDLIST.em28xx
CARDLIST.ivtv
CARDLIST.saa7134
CARDLIST.tuner
CARDLIST.usbvision
cpia2_overview.txt
CQcam.txt
cx18.txt V4L/DVB (7786): cx18: new driver for the Conexant CX23418 MPEG encoder chip 2008-04-29 18:41:41 -03:00
et61x251.txt
extract_xc3028.pl
hauppauge-wintv-cx88-ir.txt
ibmcam.txt
lifeview.txt
meye.txt
not-in-cx2388x-datasheet.txt
ov511.txt
radiotrack.txt
README.cpia
README.cpia2
README.cx88
README.ir
README.ivtv
README.pvrusb2
README.saa7134
se401.txt
sn9c102.txt
stv680.txt
v4lgrab.c
w9966.txt
w9968cf.txt
zc0301.txt
Zoran
zr364xx.txt


What is it?
===========

This is a v4l2/oss device driver for saa7130/33/34/35 based capture / TV
boards.  See http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/saa7134hl for a
description.


Status
======

Almost everything is working.  video, sound, tuner, radio, mpeg ts, ...

As with bttv, card-specific tweaks are needed.  Check CARDLIST for a
list of known TV cards and saa7134-cards.c for the drivers card
configuration info.


Build
=====

Pick up videodev + v4l2 patches from http://bytesex.org/patches/.
Configure, build, install + boot the new kernel.  You'll need at least
these config options:

	CONFIG_I2C=m
	CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m

Type "make" to build the driver now.  "make install" installs the
driver.  "modprobe saa7134" should load it.  Depending on the card you
might have to pass card=<nr> as insmod option, check CARDLIST for
valid choices.


Changes / Fixes
===============

Please mail me unified diffs ("diff -u") with your changes, and don't
forget to tell me what it changes / which problem it fixes / whatever
it is good for ...


Known Problems
==============

* The tuner for the flyvideos isn't detected automatically and the
  default might not work for you depending on which version you have.
  There is a tuner= insmod option to override the driver's default.

Card Variations:
================

Cards can use either of these two crystals (xtal):
 - 32.11 MHz -> .audio_clock=0x187de7
 - 24.576MHz -> .audio_clock=0x200000
(xtal * .audio_clock = 51539600)

Some details about 30/34/35:

 - saa7130 - low-price chip, doesn't have mute, that is why all those
 cards should have .mute field defined in their tuner structure.

 - saa7134 - usual chip

 - saa7133/35 - saa7135 is probably a marketing decision, since all those
 chips identifies itself as 33 on pci.

Credits
=======

andrew.stevens@philips.com + werner.leeb@philips.com for providing
saa7134 hardware specs and sample board.


Have fun,

  Gerd

--
Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> [SuSE Labs]