saa7134 PCI TV tuner cards in the Linux.

[Mikorist]

This guide covers the basics to detecting your card and loading the correct modules so you can watch and record TV.

Hardware Detection
It can be seen using the dmesg command:

dmesg | grep saa7133

or:

lspci | grep Multimedia
cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep SAA7134
modinfo saa7134


and can be seen as

...
saa7134[0] subsystem: xxxx:xxxx board: xxxxxxxxxx (saa7134) [card=yy, insmod option]
...
tuner: type set to zz (xxxxxxxx) by saa7134[0]
...

Where the card number is the one shown as yy and the tuner type the one shown as zz.

This is my TV card:

[ 29.828816] saa7133[0]: found at 0000:00:09.0, rev: 209, irq: 19, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfb000000
[ 29.828822] saa7133[0]: subsystem: 11bd:002e, board: Pinnacle PCTV 40i/50i/110i (saa7133) [card=77,autodetected]
[ 29.828832] saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 204e000
[ 29.952694] ir-kbd-i2c: Pinnacle PCTV detected at i2c-1/1-0047/ir0 [saa7133[0]]
[ 29.984685] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: bd 11 2e 00 54 20 1c 00 43 43 a9 1c 55 d2 b2 92
[ 29.984695] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: ff e0 60 02 ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 29.984701] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 2c 01 23 23 01 04 30 98 ff 00 e2 ff 22 00 c2
[ 29.984708] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: 96 ff 03 30 15 01 ff 15 0e 6c a3 ea 03 be 63 4b
[ 29.984714] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 29.984720] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 29.984726] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 29.984732] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 30.380614] tuner 1-004b: chip found @ 0x96 (saa7133[0])
[ 30.720801] saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
[ 30.720820] saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0
[ 30.720839] saa7133[0]: registered device radio0
[ 30.804577] saa7133[0]/alsa: saa7133[0] at 0xfb000000 irq 19 registered as card -2

Pinnacle PCTV 110i - saa7134 card=77 tuner=54

As per CARDLIST.saa7134 - V4 the following cards are currently supported :

0 -> UNKNOWN/GENERIC
1 -> Proteus Pro [philips reference design] [1131:2001,1131:2001]
2 -> LifeView FlyVIDEO3000 [5168:0138,4e42:0138]
3 -> LifeView/Typhoon FlyVIDEO2000 [5168:0138,4e42:0138]
4 -> EMPRESS [1131:6752]
5 -> SKNet Monster TV [1131:4e85]
6 -> Tevion MD 9717
7 -> KNC One TV-Station RDS / Typhoon TV Tuner RDS [1131:fe01,1894:fe01]
8 -> Terratec Cinergy 400 TV [153b:1142]
9 -> Medion 5044
10 -> Kworld/KuroutoShikou SAA7130-TVPCI
11 -> Terratec Cinergy 600 TV [153b:1143]
12 -> Medion 7134 [16be:0003]
13 -> Typhoon TV+Radio 90031
14 -> ELSA EX-VISION 300TV [1048:226b]
15 -> ELSA EX-VISION 500TV [1048:226a]
16 -> ASUS TV-FM 7134 [1043:4842,1043:4830,1043:4840]
17 -> AOPEN VA1000 POWER [1131:7133]
18 -> BMK MPEX No Tuner
19 -> Compro VideoMate TV [185b:c100]
20 -> Matrox CronosPlus [102B:48d0]
21 -> 10MOONS PCI TV CAPTURE CARD [1131:2001]
22 -> AverMedia M156 / Medion 2819 [1461:a70b]
23 -> BMK MPEX Tuner
24 -> KNC One TV-Station DVR [1894:a006]
25 -> ASUS TV-FM 7133 [1043:4843]
26 -> Pinnacle PCTV Stereo (saa7134) [11bd:002b]
27 -> Manli MuchTV M-TV002/Behold TV 403 FM
28 -> Manli MuchTV M-TV001/Behold TV 401
29 -> Nagase Sangyo TransGear 3000TV [1461:050c]
30 -> Elitegroup ECS TVP3XP FM1216 Tuner Card(PAL-BG,FM) [1019:4cb4]
31 -> Elitegroup ECS TVP3XP FM1236 Tuner Card (NTSC,FM) [1019:4cb5]
32 -> AVACS SmartTV
33 -> AVerMedia DVD EZMaker [1461:10ff]
34 -> Noval Prime TV 7133
35 -> AverMedia AverTV Studio 305 [1461:2115]
36 -> UPMOST PURPLE TV [12ab:0800]
37 -> Items MuchTV Plus / IT-005
38 -> Terratec Cinergy 200 TV [153b:1152]
39 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum Mini [5168:0212,4e42:0212]
40 -> Compro VideoMate TV PVR/FM [185b:c100]
41 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+ [185b:c100]
42 -> Sabrent SBT-TVFM (saa7130)
43 -> :Zolid Xpert TV7134
44 -> Empire PCI TV-Radio LE
45 -> Avermedia AVerTV Studio 307 [1461:9715]
46 -> AVerMedia Cardbus TV/Radio (E500) [1461:d6ee]
47 -> Terratec Cinergy 400 mobile [153b:1162]
48 -> Terratec Cinergy 600 TV MK3 [153b:1158]
49 -> Compro VideoMate Gold+ Pal [185b:c200]
50 -> Pinnacle PCTV 300i DVB-T + PAL [11bd:002d]
51 -> ProVideo PV952 [1540:9524]
52 -> AverMedia AverTV/305 [1461:2108]
53 -> ASUS TV-FM 7135 [1043:4845]
54 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum FM / Gold [5168:0214,1489:0214,5168:0304]
55 -> LifeView FlyDVB-T DUO [5168:0306]
56 -> Avermedia AVerTV 307 [1461:a70a]
57 -> Avermedia AVerTV GO 007 FM [1461:f31f]
58 -> ADS Tech Instant TV (saa7135) [1421:0350,1421:0351,1421:0370,1421:1370]
59 -> Kworld/Tevion V-Stream Xpert TV PVR7134
60 -> LifeView/Typhoon/Genius FlyDVB-T Duo Cardbus [5168:0502,4e42:0502,1489:0502]
61 -> Philips TOUGH DVB-T reference design [1131:2004]
62 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+II
63 -> Kworld Xpert TV PVR7134
64 -> FlyTV mini Asus Digimatrix [1043:0210]
65 -> V-Stream Studio TV Terminator
66 -> Yuan TUN-900 (saa7135)
67 -> Beholder BeholdTV 409 FM [0000:4091]
68 -> GoTView 7135 PCI [5456:7135]
69 -> Philips EUROPA V3 reference design [1131:2004]
70 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T300 [185b:c900]
71 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T200 [185b:c901]
72 -> RTD Embedded Technologies VFG7350 [1435:7350]
73 -> RTD Embedded Technologies VFG7330 [1435:7330]
74 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum Mini2 [14c0:1212]
75 -> AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 [1461:1044]
76 -> SKNet MonsterTV Mobile [1131:4ee9]
77 -> Pinnacle PCTV 40i/50i/110i (saa7133) [11bd:002e]
78 -> ASUSTeK P7131 Dual [1043:4862,1043:4876]
79 -> Sedna/MuchTV PC TV Cardbus TV/Radio (ITO25 Rev:2B)
80 -> ASUS Digimatrix TV [1043:0210]
81 -> Philips Tiger reference design [1131:2018]
82 -> MSI TV@Anywhere plus [1462:6231]
83 -> Terratec Cinergy 250 PCI TV [153b:1160]
84 -> LifeView FlyDVB Trio [5168:0319]
85 -> AverTV DVB-T 777 [1461:2c05,1461:2c05]
86 -> LifeView FlyDVB-T / Genius VideoWonder DVB-T [5168:0301,1489:0301]
87 -> ADS Instant TV Duo Cardbus PTV331 [0331:1421]
88 -> Tevion/KWorld DVB-T 220RF [17de:7201]
89 -> ELSA EX-VISION 700TV [1048:226c]
90 -> Kworld ATSC110 [17de:7350]
91 -> AVerMedia A169 B [1461:7360]
92 -> AVerMedia A169 B1 [1461:6360]
93 -> Medion 7134 Bridge #2 [16be:0005]
94 -> LifeView FlyDVB-T Hybrid Cardbus [5168:3306,5168:3502]
95 -> LifeView FlyVIDEO3000 (NTSC) [5169:0138]
96 -> Medion Md8800 Quadro [16be:0007,16be:0008]
97 -> LifeView FlyDVB-S /Acorp TV134DS [5168:0300,4e42:0300]
98 -> Proteus Pro 2309 [0919:2003]
99 -> AVerMedia TV Hybrid A16AR [1461:2c00]
100 -> Asus Europa2 OEM [1043:4860]
101 -> Pinnacle PCTV 310i [11bd:002f]
102 -> Avermedia AVerTV Studio 507 [1461:9715]
103 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T200A
104 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1110 DVB-T/Hybrid [0070:6701]
105 -> Terratec Cinergy HT PCMCIA [153b:1172]
106 -> Encore ENLTV [1131:2342,1131:2341,3016:2344]
107 -> Encore ENLTV-FM [1131:230f]
108 -> Terratec Cinergy HT PCI [153b:1175]

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You will also have to select the tuner number from the list of tuners, which can be found in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner or this list below:

tuner=0 - Temic PAL (4002 FH5)
tuner=1 - Philips PAL_I (FI1246 and compatibles)
tuner=2 - Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)
tuner=3 - Philips (SECAM+PAL_BG) (FI1216MF, FM1216MF, FR1216MF)
tuner=4 - NoTuner
tuner=5 - Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles)
tuner=6 - Temic NTSC (4032 FY5)
tuner=7 - Temic PAL_I (4062 FY5)
tuner=8 - Temic NTSC (4036 FY5)
tuner=9 - Alps HSBH1
tuner=10 - Alps TSBE1
tuner=11 - Alps TSBB5
tuner=12 - Alps TSBE5
tuner=13 - Alps TSBC5
tuner=14 - Temic PAL_BG (4006FH5)
tuner=15 - Alps TSCH6
tuner=16 - Temic PAL_DK (4016 FY5)
tuner=17 - Philips NTSC_M (MK2)
tuner=18 - Temic PAL_I (4066 FY5)
tuner=19 - Temic PAL* auto (4006 FN5)
tuner=20 - Temic PAL_BG (4009 FR5) or PAL_I (4069 FR5)
tuner=21 - Temic NTSC (4039 FR5)
tuner=22 - Temic PAL/SECAM multi (4046 FM5)
tuner=23 - Philips PAL_DK (FI1256 and compatibles)
tuner=24 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FQ1216ME)
tuner=25 - LG PAL_I+FM (TAPC-I001D)
tuner=26 - LG PAL_I (TAPC-I701D)
tuner=27 - LG NTSC+FM (TPI8NSR01F)
tuner=28 - LG PAL_BG+FM (TPI8PSB01D)
tuner=29 - LG PAL_BG (TPI8PSB11D)
tuner=30 - Temic PAL* auto + FM (4009 FN5)
tuner=31 - SHARP NTSC_JP (2U5JF5540)
tuner=32 - Samsung PAL TCPM9091PD27
tuner=33 - MT20xx universal
tuner=34 - Temic PAL_BG (4106 FH5)
tuner=35 - Temic PAL_DK/SECAM_L (4012 FY5)
tuner=36 - Temic NTSC (4136 FY5)
tuner=37 - LG PAL (newer TAPC series)
tuner=38 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3)
tuner=39 - LG NTSC (newer TAPC series)
tuner=40 - HITACHI V7-J180AT
tuner=41 - Philips PAL_MK (FI1216 MK)
tuner=42 - Philips 1236D ATSC/NTSC daul in
tuner=43 - Philips NTSC MK3 (FM1236MK3 or FM1236/F)
tuner=44 - Philips 4 in 1 (ATI TV Wonder Pro/Conexant)
tuner=45 - Microtune 4049 FM5
tuner=46 - Panasonic VP27s/ENGE4324D
tuner=47 - LG NTSC (TAPE series)
tuner=48 - Tenna TNF 8831 BGFF)
tuner=49 - Microtune 4042 FI5 ATSC/NTSC dual in
tuner=50 - TCL 2002N
tuner=51 - Philips PAL/SECAM_D (FM 1256 I-H3)
tuner=52 - Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC)
tuner=53 - Philips FQ1286
tuner=54 - tda8290+75
tuner=55 - TCL 2002MB
tuner=56 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FQ1216AME MK4)
tuner=57 - Philips FQ1236A MK4
tuner=58 - Ymec TVision TVF-8531MF/8831MF/8731MF
tuner=59 - Ymec TVision TVF-5533MF
tuner=60 - Thomson DDT 7611 (ATSC/NTSC)
tuner=61 - Tena TNF9533-D/IF/TNF9533-B/DF
tuner=62 - Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio
tuner=63 - Philips FMD1216ME MK3 Hybrid Tuner
tuner=64 - LG TDVS-H062F/TUA6034
tuner=65 - Ymec TVF66T5-B/DFF
tuner=66 - LG NTSC (TALN mini series)
tuner=67 - Philips TD1316 Hybrid Tuner
tuner=68 - Philips TUV1236D ATSC/NTSC dual in
tuner=69 - Tena TNF 5335 MF
************************************************** *******************
Pinnacle PCTV 110i - saa7134 card=77 tuner=54

00:09.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV 110i (saa7133)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: saa7134
Kernel modules: saa7134

00:09.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV 110i (saa7133)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 32 (21000ns min, 8000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
Kernel driver in use: saa7134
Kernel modules: saa7134

Drivers Probing

You should have the following lines in modprobe.conf

alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 saa7134

This may be enough for the card to be deteced automatically. If not, recent kernels can use the i2c bus to improve hardware detection. Load the module with the following option:

modprobe saa7134 i2c_scan=1

If this produces the desired result, add it to your modules configuration setup to make it permanent. This setup differs by distribution. In Debian-based systems running the 2.6 kernel, add the option information to a file (typically called saa7134) in /etc/modprobe.d, for instance by issuing the following:

echo "options saa7134 i2c_scan=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/saa7134

In Red Hat type systems, use the /etc/modules.d directory:

echo "options saa7134 i2c_scan=1" > /etc/modules.d/saa7134

and run modules-update. Monitor your dmesg file on the next boot to verify that all cards are configured correctly.

Some cards and tuners may require manual configuration. For instance, tda9887 users may want to experiment with secam and pal options to correcly pass tvnorm to tuner and port options that may affect reception quality

options tda9887 secam=d port2=0 port1=1

If you'd like to get sound directly off the card (DMA transfer), load either the saa7134-alsa or the saa7134-oss module separately. The old oss=1 parameter isn't needed anymore.

Audio

Starting from 2.6.17 kernel, Linux provides audio device DMA driver:

modprobe saa7134-alsa

The sound must be directed from card's audio device to the main audio device:

sox -c 2 -s -w -r 32000 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp2 -t ossdsp -w -r 32000 /dev/dsp &

Setting it up in Debian

Add a file /etc/modprobe.d/saa7134 with the following contents:

options saa7134 card=65 tuner=54
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134; /sbin/modprobe saa7134-alsa

Reload the modules for the card and tuner id to take effect:

rmmod tuner saa7134-alsa saa7134
modprobe saa7134

Unload the module by doing modprobe -r saa7134 or rmmod saa7134 and the load module by doing modprobe -v saa7134. You should see it is using the optons you added in the modules.conf or modprobe.conf.

gksu gedit /etc/modules /etc/modprobe.d/options /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

update-modules

Use the following script to start tvtime and audio forwarding at the same time:

#!/bin/sh
sox -q -c 2 -s -w -r 32000 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp2 -t ossdsp -w -r 32000 /dev/dsp &
soxpid=$!
sleep 0.5
tvtime
kill $soxpid


Recording TV

My Mencoder Script:

mencoder -tv driver=v4l2:width=768:height=584:outfmt=yuy2:audio rate=32000:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3:vol=8 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=5700:vhq:autoaspect=1 -vf scale,pp=lb -o record.avi tv://


Mencoder is a phenomenal product,Linux record TV better than any other OS .....

[stracotto]

dear Mikorist
ur post is very dett. but i cannot find any reference to:

tuner: type set to zz (xxxxxxxx) by saa7134[0]

in my system: what kind of command u type?

thk u

Daniele

[Mikorist]

ooh im sory..try this...this is my TV card.:

:~$ dmesg | grep tuner*

[ 25.365881] tuner 0-004b: chip found @ 0x96 (saa7133[0])
[ 25.413860] tda8290 0-004b: setting tuner address to 61
[ 25.521848] tuner 0-004b: type set to tda8290+75a
[ 25.569828] tda8290 0-004b: setting tuner address to 61
[ 25.673803] tuner 0-004b: type set to tda8290+75a

tda8290+75 is tuner=54