Bug 42897

Summary: no channel tuning possible on bt848
Product: [Unmaintained] kwintv Reporter: plasmahh
Component: generalAssignee: KWinTV Developers <kwintv>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 0.8.9   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Description plasmahh 2002-05-21 19:49:41 UTC 
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kwintv
Version:           0.8.9 (using KDE 3.0.0 )
Severity:          normal
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.18-4GB
OS/Compiler notes: 

I can't tune to any channels with kwintv. I can choose other systems PAL/NTSC/SECAM and I can see that the card chooses them too (because of the "snow" that is displayed) and also selecting composite works but I can't tune to any channel it seems to remain at the same frequency. I have a older WinTV by Hauppauge with a bt848 chipset

02:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt848 TV with DMA push (rev 12)

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Comment 1 George Staikos 2002-05-22 01:33:38 UTC 
On May 21 2002 15:49 plasmahh@gmx.net wrote:

> I can't tune to any channels with kwintv. I can choose other systems
> PAL/NTSC/SECAM and I can see that the card chooses them too (because of the
> "snow" that is displayed) and also selecting composite works but I can't
> tune to any channel it seems to remain at the same frequency. I have a
> older WinTV by Hauppauge with a bt848 chipset
>
> 02:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt848 TV with
> DMA push (rev 12)

  That seems to indicate to me that there is a problemw ith the driver.  Does 
xawtv work?
Comment 2 George Staikos 2003-02-13 06:55:12 UTC 
Sorry folks, kwintv is old code and not being maintained because it's so brittle.  We have started a 
rewrite, which is quite usable now (though incomplete).  You can try your luck with it from 
kdenonbeta/kwintv3/, or wait for a real release sometime this year. 
 
Thanks for reporting the bugs.  Hopefully you'll have much better luck with the rewrite.  The 
developers find it to be much better already.