[vox-tech] BTTV Problems with multiple cards
Hans W. Uhlig
deathguard at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 11 20:24:19 PDT 2004
--- "Mark K. Kim" <lugod at cbreak.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Hans W. Uhlig wrote:
>
> > I purchased not long ago a new machine to function
> as
> > a mythtivo and finished assembling it this
> weekend,
> > sadly when I dropped in the three bt878a capture
> cards
> > the unit just decides to spit out a
> greenscreen/static
> > across the bus. If I rip out any 2 of the cards
> > leaving just one it works fine.
>
> What about leaving two cards in? Does that do
> anything? Try to place the
> two cards in adjacent PCI slots, rather than two PCI
> slots that are apart
> -- that minimizes the IRQ conflicts. IRQ conflicts
> are generally not a
> problem for PCI devices, but it *could* be a problem
> if you're using two
> identical devices.
>
> The other issue is the IO ports. All devices have a
> limited IO ports that
> they can use, and if all the available IO port
> ranges are used up, then
> you'll end up with a conflict. It's entirely
> possible the device was
> designed to use only one range of IO ports (in which
> case you can't
> install multiples of that card in one computer.) To
> check for this,
> install two of the cards, then try probing the PCI
> devices using `lspci
> -vv`:
>
> # lspci -vv
> 0000:02:08.0 Multimedia video controller:
> Brooktree Corporation Bt8...
> ...
> Region 0: Memory at f46fe000 (32-bit,
> prefetchable) [size=4K]
> ...
>
> The above is the listing for my BT878 capture card.
> Make sure none of the
> "Region N" listed are same as other devices. If
> some of them are same,
> then you got a conflict, or the card wasn't designed
> to be installed in
> multiples in a single computer.
>
Logs from dmesg and lspci at bottom of email
> If installing two cards works, and if the IRQ and
> the IO ranges conflict,
> then try installing the third card. Then work out
> the IRQ and the IO at
> that time, for three card scenario. Take it one
> step at a time -- two
> cards first, then the third.
>
> [snip]
> > Also one other thing to note is while running on
> one
> > card only it spits out these messages periodically
> >
> > bttv0: timeout: drop=64 irq=97874/97876,
> > risc=1490e07c, bits: HSYNC OFLOW FDSR
> > bttv0: reset, reinitialize
>
> I've never seen that on my BT878...
>
> BTW, what program are you using to view the TV
> signals? What commands?
> Make sure you're using /dev/video0 for the first
> video device, /dev/video1
> for the second, and /dev/video2 for the third. (I
> use `xawtv`, and I type
> `xawtv -c /dev/video1` for the second video.)
>
mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0 tv://
Ive also added height/width specifiers,
normid=1(NTSC), input=0(TV) and a few other defined
specs
> Also, make sure you're not using the Xv extension on
> the second and third
> instances of the TV signal viewing program, because
> only one application
> is allowed to use Xv at any given time. Most likely
> you'll have to
> explicitely tell the program not to use Xv extension
> (I use `xawtv`, and I
> type `xawtv -noxv` to turn off the Xv extension. To
> combine with the
> above command, you'd type `xawtv -noxv -c
> /dev/video1` to view the second
> TV signal, `xawtv -noxv -c /dev/video2` for the
> third TV signal.)
>
Ive never gotten them to run simultainiously at all
If I plug both in I get green on both if I kill one
prog and run the second.
> -Mark
>
>
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----------------- Dmesg -------------------
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
bttv: driver version 0.9.14 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for
capture
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:01:07.0, irq: 16,
latency: 32, mmio: 0xde000000
bttv0: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC ***
[card=0,autodetected]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=003fffff
[init]
bttv: readee error
bttv0: using tuner=2
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and
compatibles)) by bt878 #0 [sw]
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
bttv0: registered device radio0
bttv: Bt8xx card found (1).
bttv1: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:01:08.0, irq: 17,
latency: 32, mmio: 0xde002000
bttv1: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC ***
[card=0,autodetected]
bttv1: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=003fffff
[init]
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus bt878 #1 [sw]
bttv: readee error
bttv1: using tuner=2
tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and
compatibles)) by bt878 #1 [sw]
bttv1: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv1: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv1: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv1: registered device video1
bttv1: registered device vbi1
bttv1: registered device radio1
--------------------- End Dmesg --------------------
===================== lspci -v =====================
0000:01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree
Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle-
MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr-
DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 10000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at de000000 (32-bit,
prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2-
AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
0000:01:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree
Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle-
MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr-
DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (1000ns min, 63750ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at de001000 (32-bit,
prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2-
AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
0000:01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree
Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle-
MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr-
DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 10000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at de002000 (32-bit,
prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2-
AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
0000:01:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree
Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle-
MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr-
DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (1000ns min, 63750ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at de003000 (32-bit,
prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2-
AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
=================== end lspci -v ===================
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