Difficulty of installing Tv Tuner in linux

[Linux987]

How difficult would it be to install my Ati Wonder TV Tuner/vid capture in linux?

I am having a really crappy time trying to get it to work in windows.

What steps would I have to take to get the card working?

Thank you,
Aaron

[The Whizzard]

Check this link (http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/) for some info. I've used the GATOS package that comes with Debian 2.2r2 on an older All-In-Wonder(Rage II+ chip) with some success. Video capture wasn't as one would like and no audio capture. Although I was able to watch TV from the tuner and composite(RCA jack) video-in.(S-VID had no color) I also tried the same package with a Rage Fury 128 and seperate PCI TV-Wonder card without any success.

I haven't had the desire to try any of the newer packages you may find at the link above. They may have better support than I have experienced.

[ 14 July 2001: Message edited by: The Whizzard ]

[Linux987]

Uhh that isn't very reassuring :-)

I know ssadams ( I think that's his name ) has had success with the same card I have but he hasn't replied in a while. I was kinda hoping for really nice quality video grab...I have a lot of HDD space and I wanted to move some of my videos to my comp..I don't think my vid capture card will do vcr quality but it will do close to it...

[Keyser Soze]

Your odds aren't very good as the ati decided to use an odd chipset that isn't supported by linux(every freaking other tuner card is though....just about anyway..)

[ssadams]

thi ati tv vonder works great with Mach64 chips under linux.I dont know about all the rage128 but I do know it would not work with an ati RageFuryMaxx so I dumped that card for a Mach64 8 mb and it works fine.in modules conf or conf modules I added these lines.
pre-install bttv modprobe -k tuner
options bttv card=9
options tuner type=2
post-remove modprobe -r tuner

[Linux987]

Hmm..

I wouldn't want to ditch my TNT 2 or my Geforce2 MX for a Mach64 based card.

Stupid ATI tech support hasn't e-mailed me back..It's only been about a week.

Maybe if I can find a cheap Mach64 card I will give it a go....If I had a little more money I would just make the leap to a hauppauge PVR tv tuner....nice nice card.

Whoops, forgot to mention thank you for your help.

[ 16 July 2001: Message edited by: Linux987 ]

[ 16 July 2001: Message edited by: Linux987 ]