This driver supports video capture (frame grabber) and TV tuner cards based on the Brooktree Bt848, Bt848A, Bt849A, Bt878, and Bt879 chips.
Supported cards include most cards by AVerMedia, Hauppauge, Leadtek, Miro, Pinnacle, Pixelview, Terratec, and some other companies, especially all cards based on the Brooktree Bt848, Bt848A, Bt849A, Bt878, or Bt879 chips. A notable exception are the ATI All-in-Wonder cards.
The following kernel configuration options are available:
options BKTR_OVERRIDE_CARD=n
If the card is not recognized correctly by the auto-detection routine, it can be overridden by setting this option to the appropriate value. The following values are allowed:
1
Pinnacle Systems (Miro) TV,
4
Intel Smart Video III and Videologic Captivator PCI,
10
Animation Technologies FlyVideo,
14
Askey/Dynalink Magic TView,
15
Leadtek WinFast TV 2000/VC100,
16
TerraTec TerraTV+, and
options BKTR_OVERRIDE_TUNER=n
If the TV tuner is not recognized correctly by the auto-detection routine, it can be overridden by setting this option to the appropriate value. Known values are:
9
Philips FR1236 NTSC FM,
10
Philips FR1216 PAL FM,
11
Philips FR1236 SECAM FM,
12
ALPS TSCH5 NTSC FM, and
options BKTR_OVERRIDE_DBX=n
To override detection of the BTSC (dbx) chip, set this to 1 if you have one, or 0 if not.
options BKTR_OVERRIDE_MSP=n
To override detection of the MSP 34xx chip, set this to 1 if you have one, or 0 if not.
options BKTR_SYSTEM_DEFAULT=n
If this option is set to BROOKTREE_PAL default to PAL, else to NTSC.
options BKTR_USE_PLL
Default to PLL instead of XTAL.
options BKTR_GPIO_ACCESS
Use ioctl()s for direct GPIO access.
options BKTR_NO_MSP_RESET
Skip the MSP reset. This option is handy if you initialize the MSP audio in another operating system first and then do a soft reboot.