A Comprehen si v e Guide

of TV Tuner Cards that work with
v2.2 By The Linux Comnu nity
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Table of Contents

Section 1. 1.1 1.2 1.3
Analog Video Cards Bttv Saa7134 Other Analog cards
Section 2. Digital Cards 2.1 HDTV (ATSC) 2.2 DVB- S 2.3 DVB- C 2.4 DVB- T Section 3. Bibliogra p h y

Analog TV Cards

1.1 (BTTV) Series
Bttv is a device driver for frame grabber cards using the Conexant http: / / w w w.conexan t.co m Brooktree848 Tuners. Among those are the Bt848 /A, Bt849, Bt878 /A and Bt879. The only major differences between the cards by different manufact ure r s are the types of tuners and extra compo ne n t s on the boards. E.g., some cards by Hauppa uge have an additional Videotext decoder and / o r sound decoder chip. Only some of these additional compone n ts are suppor t e d by bttv. Also, type (Composite or S- Video) and number of inputs differ. * works with mythtv
Hauppa uge WinTV Go (bt878a)* / Go+ FM (bt878) Hauppa uge WinTV Nicam Stereo PCI card NTSC/PAL(bt848) Hauppa uge WinTV Theatre( bt878a ) Hauppa uge WinTV Express PAL/SECAM only (bt878) Hauppa uge WinTV Premo (bt878a) Hauppa uge Wintv Radio (bt848) PAL only Hauppa uge Wintv pvr (bt878) before orginal 350 Hauppa uge WinCast /TV (bt848kpf) Leadtek WinFast 2000 / WinFast 2000 XP * Leadtek WinView 601 * Pinnacle PCTV Studio /Rave * Pinnacle PCTV Studio Pro* Lifeview FlyVideo II (Bt848) LR26 / MAXI TV Video PCI2 LR26 * Lifeview FlyVideo 98 LR50 / Chronos Video Shuttle II * Lifeview FlyVideo 98/ Lucky Star Image World ConferenceTV LR50 * Lifeview FlyVideo 98/ MAXI TV Video PCI2 LR50 * Lifeview FlyVideo 98FM LR50 / Typhoon TView TV/FM Tuner * Lifeview FlyVideo 2000 /FlyVideo A2/ Lifetec LT 9415 TV [LR90] * Terratec TerraTV+ Ver1.0 (Bt848)/Ter ra TValue Ver1.0 / Vobis TV Terratec TerraTV+ Ver1.1 (bt878) * Terratec TerraTValue Bt878 Prolink PV- BT878P+ 4E / Lenco MXTV- 9578 CP Prolink PixelView PlayTV pro / PixelView PlayTV PAK ATI TV Wonder / VE (bt878) * AVerMedia TVCapture 98 * ADS Technologies Channel Surfer TV Aimslab Video Highway Xtreme (VHX) AVEC Intercaptu r e Toshiba / CEI Raffles Card STB TV PCI FM, Gateway P/N 6000704 (bt878) * 3Dfx Voodoo3 TV 3500, Gateway P/N 6000699 (btt878) *

- Typhoon TView RDS + FM Stereo / KNC1 TV Station RDS - Askey CPH050 / Phoebe Tv Master + FM - Modular Technology MM201/MM202 /MM205 /MM210 /MM215 PCTV, bt878 - Imagenation PXC200 - Formac iProTV, Formac ProTV I (bt848) - IMS/IXmicro TurboTV - Prolink Pixelview PlayTV (bt878) - ProVideo PV951 - MIRO PCTV /Pro - Little OnAir TV - Sigma TVII- FM - Zoltrix Genie TV/FM / TV- Max * (some people had issues with audio) - Terratec TV/Radio + - Askey CPH05X/06X (bt878) Tview99 [many vendor s] - Askey CPH03x / Dynalink Magic TView - IODATA GV- BCTV3/PCI - Sabrent TvTuner (bt878 ) - 3DVision

1.2 SAA713 4

Is a frame grabber /Tv tuner for various PCI cards. A single chip to digitize and decode video and sound and capture both data screens through PCI- bus. LifeView FlyVIDEO3000 LifeView FlyVIDEO2000 KNC One TV- Station RDS KNC One TV- Station DVR Typhoon TV Tuner RDS Elitegroup ECS TVP3XP FM1216 Tuner Card(PAL- BG,FM) Elitegroup ECS TVP3XP FM1236 Tuner Card (NTSC,FM) ELSA EX- VISION 300TV ELSA EX- VISION 500TV Manli MuchTV M- TV002 Manli MuchTV M- TV001 Terratec Cinergy 400 TV Typhoon TV+Radio 90031 ASUS TV- FM 7133 / AOPEN VA1000 POWER AVACS SmartTV 10MOONS PCI TV CAPTURE CARD Compro VideoMate TV Matrox CronosPlus Medion 2819 / AverMedia M156
BMK MPEX Tuner Pinnacle PCTV Stereo Nagase Sangyo TransGear 3000TV SKNet Monster TV Tevion MD 9717
Other Linux Comp a ti ble cards
Various other chipsets that don't fit with the Major two above. Hauppa uge WinTV 2/350 Series (ivtv Driver)* (500 not Suppor te d - yet) Hauppa uge WinTV 150 (ivtv- cvs Driver)* Hauppa uge WinTV Go 2 (CX88 driver) ATI All In Wonder Series (gatos Driver) - AlTechWave Watcher (zoran Driver) - LinuxMedia Labs LM33 (zoran Driver) - LinuxMedia Labs LinTv (zoran Driver) - Matrox G200 - TV, G400 - TV Card (Marvel Driver) * - MSI TV@nywhere Master (CX88 Driver) Composite only - MATRIX- Vision MV- Delta Composite only No tuner (BTTV) - MATRIX- Vision MV- Delta 2 Composite only No tuner (BTTV)

Digital Cards

=== = = = = = = = = 2.1 HDTV: (ATSC) === = = = = = = = =
- PcHD2000 (PcHDTv driver) (Trestrial Only) (discontinue d)* - PcHD3000 (PcHDTv) (Trestrial only)* - Technisat ATSC- PCI HDTV Card (Trestrial Only)

=== = = = = = = = = =

2.2 DVB- S:
- Alps BSRV2 VES1893 based - Alps BSRU6 STV0299 based - Alps BSRU6 (tsa5059 PLL), LG TDQB- S00x (tsa5059 PLL), - Zarlink mt312 or Mitel vp310 , sl1935 or tsa5059 PLL demodulator) - Philips SU1278 (tua6100 PLL), - Philips SU1278SH (tsa5059 PLL) - Samsung TBMU24112IMB - Grundig 29504 - 491 (Philips TDA8083 / TSA5522 PLL demod ula tor) - Hauppa uge Nexus - S (STV02998 based) TDA 8060TS/TSA5059T * Budget DVB- S No Mpeg Cards - Hauppa uge Nova- S and Nova - ci- s (saa7146), and stv0299f * - Fujitsu - Siemens Activy DVB- S - KNC1 DVB- S, Typhoon DVB- S - Terratec Cinergy 1200 DVB- S (no CI support) - Pinnacle PCTV DVB- S (Bt878) * - Nebula Electronics DigiTV (Bt8xx) - TwinHan DST (Bt8xx)

=== = = = = = = =

2.3 DVB- C:
- various (ves1820 demodulator, sp5659c or spXXXX PLL) cards - Atmel AT76c651 /(B) with DAT7021 PLL

2.4 DVB- T:

Hauppa uge WinTV- Nova- T PCI Cards * Alps TDLB7 (sp8870 demod ulator, sp5659 PLL) Alps TDMB7 (cx22700 demod ulator) Alps TDED4 (TI ALP510 PLL) Grundig 29504 - 401 (LSI L64781 demod ulator), tsa5060 PLL Philips tda10045h (td1344 or tdm131 6l PLL)
- Comtech DVBT- 6k07 (SP5730 PLL) (NxtWave Comm unications NXT6000 demod ulat or ) - Avermedia DVB- T (Bt8xx) * - DVB/S / C / T - TwinHan DST Frontend (Does all three DVB- S/C/T)

3.0 Biliography:

Alps http: / / w w w.alps.com / life / c o m_tvt u n e r h o m e.ht ml BTTV Card Gallery http: / / w w w.bt tv - gallery.de / BTTV Info http: / / li n ux.bytesex.org /v 4l2 / b t tv.ht ml http: / / w w w.tld p.org / HOWTO /BTTV- 2.html CX88 Driver http: / / li n ux.bytesex.org /v 4l2 / cx 8 8.ht m Conexant http: / / w w w.conexa nt.co m / p r o d u c t s / e n t r y.js p?id = Digitaltv Info / drivers http: / / li n uxtv.org More digital http: / / w w w.digitalregime.com / m y t h d vb / Gatos Info http: / / g a t o s.sf.net Hauppauge Wintv cards http: / / h a u p p a u g e.co m / IDS Imaging FALCON http: / / i d s - imaging.de / Ivtv Info http: / / ivtv.sf.net Osprey - 100 http: / / w w w. m m a c.co m / p r o d u c t s / o s p r ey / o s p r ey10 0.ht ml PinnacleCards http: / / w w w.pin naclesys.com / Philips http: / / w w w.se micon d u ct or s.p hilips.com Lifeview Flyvideo II http: / / w w w.lifeview.de / Marvel info http: / / m a r vel.sf.net Matrix Vision MV- Delta http: / / w w w. m at rix - vision.de / PcHDTV http: / / p c h d t v.co m STB TV PCI http: / / w w w.stb.com / p r o d u c t s / m u l ti m e dia / t v pci / t v pci.ht ml SAA7134 info http: / / w w w.se micon d u ct or s.p hilips.com / c gi bin / pl d b / p i p / s a a hl Terratec TERRA TV+ http: / / w w w.terr atec.de / p r o d u k te / t e r r a tv / t e r r a tv_info.ht m TV Card Review s - http: / / t v - cards.com Videologic Captivator PCI http: / / w w w.videologic.com /P r o d uc tinfo / c a p t_pci.ht m Video4Linux http: / / li n ux.bytesex.org / v 4l2 / i n d ex.ht ml Zoran Driver http: / / m j p e g.so u rceforge.net / d r iver - zoran / LinuxQuestions.com http: / / w w w.linuxques tion s.org Post #1432624

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