4 port capture card - avermedia lx5004 - not working correctly

[4dplane]

Hi,

I have an Avermedia 4 port capture card, it looks like this:
http://www.holm-teknik.dk/lx5004/lx5004.jpg

The problem I am having is port 1 on the card has no video; port 2 and 3 however, work just fine; and port 4 shows video for both port 4 and port 1.

To explain again:
port1 = nothing
port2 = port2
port3 = port3
port4 = port4 and port1

Here is my dmesg | grep bttv:[ 627.686471] bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded
[ 627.686486] bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
[ 627.686495] bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled.
[ 627.688839] bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
[ 627.689394] bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:00.0, irq: 9, latency: 132, mmio: 0xf0200000
[ 627.689951] bttv0: using: GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) [card=77,insmod option]
[ 627.690449] bttv0: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty)
[ 627.690499] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=008ff000 [init]
[ 627.695136] bttv0: using tuner=-1
[ 627.695158] bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
[ 627.698132] bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
[ 627.700770] bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
[ 627.704696] bttv0: registered device video0
[ 627.705519] bttv0: registered device vbi0
[ 627.706973] bttv0: registered device radio0
[ 627.707449] bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 627.922151] bttv: Bt8xx card found (1).
[ 627.922522] bttv1: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:01.0, irq: 10, latency: 132, mmio: 0xf0202000
[ 627.923030] bttv1: using: GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) [card=77,insmod option]
[ 627.923615] bttv1: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty)
[ 627.923661] bttv1: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=008ffffd [init]
[ 627.927880] bttv1: using tuner=-1
[ 627.927901] bttv1: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
[ 627.930860] bttv1: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
[ 627.933762] bttv1: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
[ 627.937368] bttv1: registered device video1
[ 627.938242] bttv1: registered device vbi1
[ 627.938679] bttv1: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 628.086047] bttv: Bt8xx card found (2).
[ 628.086420] bttv2: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:02.0, irq: 11, latency: 132, mmio: 0xf0204000
[ 628.086926] bttv2: using: GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) [card=77,insmod option]
[ 628.087407] bttv2: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty)
[ 628.087456] bttv2: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=008ffffe [init]
[ 628.094769] bttv2: using tuner=-1
[ 628.094788] bttv2: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
[ 628.097729] bttv2: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
[ 628.100366] bttv2: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
[ 628.104289] bttv2: registered device video2
[ 628.105119] bttv2: registered device vbi2
[ 628.105556] bttv2: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 628.250142] bttv: Bt8xx card found (3).
[ 628.250530] bttv3: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:03.0, irq: 15, latency: 132, mmio: 0xf0206000
[ 628.251038] bttv3: using: GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) [card=77,insmod option]
[ 628.251595] bttv3: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty)
[ 628.251642] bttv3: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=008fffff [init]
[ 628.253895] bttv3: using tuner=-1
[ 628.253908] bttv3: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
[ 628.256690] bttv3: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
[ 628.259340] bttv3: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
[ 628.262774] bttv3: registered device video3
[ 628.263177] bttv3: registered device vbi3
[ 628.263552] bttv3: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok

I have tried many CARDLIST numbers for the bttv drive like 6,13,41,123,124 etc ... but I always have the same problem.

Any Ideas,

Thanks
4dplane

[4dplane]

Can a mod please move this post to the Linux thread?

Thanks,
4dplane

[4dplane]

I have discovered that in my /dev folder I have this:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2007-11-15 22:02 video -> video3
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 2007-11-15 21:37 video0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 1 2007-11-15 21:37 video1
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 2 2007-11-15 21:37 video2
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 3 2007-11-15 21:37 video3

I believe this explains my video problems but it does not tell my why the devices are set up like this and why there are only 3 working ports.

Video0 appears black when I change the symbolic link to:
video -> video0
and view capture port 0 and 1.

Also, if I change the symbolic link to
video -> video1
or
video -> video2
I get the same kind of problems as in the first post but with different ports.

It's like there are 3 working capture ports but Linux creates a 4th and links it to one of the working ports.
AHHHH!!!!!
4D

[4dplane]

Got it!!! - The Linux distribution I was using was kubuntu edgy, but I switch over to ubuntu feisty and the card works perfectly. In the /dev folder there are four devices and no symbolic links to any of them.

4dplane