TV Tuner/FM Radio on FC3

[Greg Wildman]

On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 12:22 +0000, Srinivasan S wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Recently I added a bt878 TV Tuner Card with FM radio to my pc.  I run
> FC3.
> I downloaded and installed Gnome Radio but it does not work (I get
> ther error cannot create /dev/radio)  When I check the Hardware
> Browser, the card has been recognised and seems to be working fine.  
> 
> Help required :
> 
> 1)  Which application should I use to watch TV and capture ?

Fedora Code 3 comes with 'tvtime'.

> 2)  Which applciation should I use to listen to FM radio and record ?

Gnomeradio will work just fine. I use the gkrellm radio plugin.

> 3)  Are any other drivers required ?

You need to load the correct module (driver). In your case it is called
'bttv'. Put the following in your /etc/modprobe.conf and then run
'depmod -ae'

alias char-major-81 bttv
options bttv card=56 tuner=1 pll=1 radio=1


NOTE: I have a FlyVideo 98FM (card=56) with PAL-I (tuner=1). You will
need to change to suit your card.
http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/Kernel-2.6.6/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/Kernel-2.6.6/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner

Load the module with 'modprobe bttv' and you are off.

--
Greg