Make a Tv Tuner Card Work on Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Making some of the hardware work on Linux is a very difficult job specially for newbies, the same hardware that used to work quite easily on Windows can drive you nuts on Linux. While Linux saves your time by correctly configuring and automatically installing most of the drivers for your hardware, it makes you work for TV Tuner Cards, Blue Tooth Devices etc.
Here is what you can do.
Contents
Steps
- Download the application TV Time (you can use any other one but I prefer and will recommend TV Time because it is simple and easy to use).
- To download TV Time Go To > Applications > Add Remove Programs
- In the search box, type TV Time and install it.
- Now Go To > Applications > Accessories > Terminal
- Type
- sudo modprobe -vr saa7134_dvb
- sudo modprobe -vr saa7134_alsa
- sudo modprobe -vr saa7134
- sudo modprobe -v saa7134 card=21
- Launch TV Time, Click "Input Configuration" and select "Television".
Tips
- If on a certain card no. TV Time gives video but no audio and vice versa, keep on trying. Your card may work on any card no. from 1 to 140.
- This tutorial is for the cards having the chipset "saa7130". You will have to try different card numbers if you have any other chipset. I started from card=30, went up to card=60, then started from card=20 and got my card working on card=21. So you will have to do some hard work yourself.
Warnings
- If you don't get the desired results on sudo modprobe -v saa7134 card=21, then go for another card no. In that case you will have to repeat the upper mentioned command 5 and change the card no. in the last command.
