<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The BTTV HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >The BTTV HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Howard Shane</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:hshane[AT]austin.rr.com" >hshane[AT]austin.rr.com</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.9</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2005-01-29</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: jhs</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial rewrite</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN16" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document was written to assist the reader in the steps necessary to configure and use a video tuner card based on the popular Bt848 and Bt878 chipsets within the Linux operating system.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#COPYRIGHT" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#NEWVERSIONS" >New Versions</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#CREDITS" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="intro.html#CONVENTIONS" >Conventions Used in this Document</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="hardware.html" >The BTTV Hardware</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="hardware.html#ABOUT" >Bttv Basics</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="hardware.html#SOUNDCONN" >The Sound Output</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="hw.html" >Enabling Support for Your Bt8x8 Hardware in Linux</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="hw.html#DRIVER-INTRO" >The Bttv Driver</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="hw.html#RECOMPILE" >No Bttv module or in-kernel support found?</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="hw.html#TUNING" >Configuration Requirements for Use of your Bttv Hardware</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="hw.html#PERMISSIONS" >Groups and Permissions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="modprobe.html" >Loading the Modules</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="modprobe.html#BTMOD" >The Bttv Module</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="modprobe.html#TUNMOD" >The Tuner Module</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="modprobe.html#SND" >Other Modules</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="modprobe.html#AUTO" >Automating the Module Loading Process</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="apps.html" >Television Applications</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="apps.html#CONSOLE" >Console-Based Applications</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="apps.html#GUI" >GUI-based Applications</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >A. <A HREF="options.html" >Optional Arguments for Loading Modules</A ></DT ><DT >B. <A HREF="cards.html" >Bt8x8 Cards by Number</A ></DT ><DT >C. <A HREF="mfgr.html" >Cards and Features by Manufacturer</A ></DT ><DT >D. <A HREF="recording.html" >Recording Video and Sound with Bttv</A ></DT ><DT >E. <A HREF="fm.html" >Enabling The FM Radio for Radio-Equipped Cards</A ></DT ><DT >F. <A HREF="appendix.html" >Gnu Free Documentation License</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >