.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
The cx88 driver
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Author: Gerd Hoffmann
This is a v4l2 device driver for the cx2388x chip.
Current status
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video
- Works.
- Overlay isn't supported.
audio
- Works. The TV standard detection is made by the driver, as the
hardware has bugs to auto-detect.
- audio data dma (i.e. recording without loopback cable to the
sound card) is supported via cx88-alsa.
vbi
- Works.
How to add support for new cards
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The driver needs some config info for the TV cards. This stuff is in
cx88-cards.c. If the driver doesn't work well you likely need a new
entry for your card in that file. Check the kernel log (using dmesg)
to see whenever the driver knows your card or not. There is a line
like this one:
.. code-block:: none
cx8800[0]: subsystem: 0070:3400, board: Hauppauge WinTV \
34xxx models [card=1,autodetected]
If your card is listed as "board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC" it is unknown to
the driver. What to do then?
1) Try upgrading to the latest snapshot, maybe it has been added
meanwhile.
2) You can try to create a new entry yourself, have a look at
cx88-cards.c. If that worked, mail me your changes as unified
diff ("diff -u").
3) Or you can mail me the config information. We need at least the
following information to add the card:
- the PCI Subsystem ID ("0070:3400" from the line above,
"lspci -v" output is fine too).
- the tuner type used by the card. You can try to find one by
trial-and-error using the tuner=<n> insmod option. If you
know which one the card has you can also have a look at the
list in CARDLIST.tuner
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