ebay Kodicom card

[Alan87i]

[/url]http://cgi.ebay.ca/240-fps-real-time-8- ... m153.l1262

Is this one of the kodicom cards I've read about on the forums?
Has anyone tried it with ZM ?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/240-fps-real-time-8- ... m153.l1262[/url]

[narmar]

it looks very similar to my kodicom clone card
http://a.gery.pl/show_item.php?item=422976545
it works for me

[Alan87i]

Well I broke down and ordered 1
Should be hear in a few days .
Can I ask what options yours runs at? Card=?? and so on
Thanks

[narmar]

options bttv card=77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77
also work with 133.
i wrote on wiki, also someone wrote about kodicom 4400r. one strange think is that when i change source for monitor or add new monitor i have to restart zoneminder. but generaly works very good

[Lee Sharp]

Looks just like all the clones. First, You need heat sinks on those chips! If you don't get them, you will put them on your next card in 6 months. That said, in your options file, put;

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options i2c_algo_bit bit_test=1
options bttv gbuffers=16 radio=-1 tuner=4 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102

[Alan87i]

Thanks Lee
I just ordered a set . I was planning on adding a fan on the case cover or the rear as well. It will keep my feet warm at least.

[Alan87i]

After a tiny bit of hair pulling I got the cameras to work with this card
640x480 10 fps or better.

The options I have in there now are card=105,105 8 times.
There are 5 monitors set up.
For a while only 2 would work no matter what I did.
Then it hit me , I plugged into the bnc dongle 1,2,3,4,5 and only 2 cams would work.
SO when I changed the source for the cam plugged bnc 1 from video 0 to video 7 it popped up.
I set modect on 3 of them and left it for the night.
This morning the PC was locked up. The Screen was asleep and I could not log in from the console on another PC.
I did a hard reboot and found that it had recorded on a cam outside 2 minutes before I rebooted the system.

Dmesg
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[ 48.528793] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module 71.86.04 Mon Jan 21 11:22:18 PST 2008
[ 48.679518] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 49.395227] bttv: driver version 0.9.17 loaded
[ 49.395234] bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
[ 49.395332] bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
[ 49.395377] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 49.395395] bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:08.0, irq: 20, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe8000000
[ 49.396123] bttv0: using: ProVideo PV143 [card=105,insmod option]
[ 49.396164] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 50.280532] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 50.599742] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 52377 usecs
[ 50.599748] intel8x0: clocking to 48000
[ 50.654680] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
[ 51.844557] logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 89
[ 52.246105] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 52.247154] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 52.318900] input: ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
[ 52.335932] parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 52.336048] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA]
[ 55.829593] bttv0: tuner absent
[ 55.834797] bttv0: registered device video0
[ 55.834877] bttv0: registered device vbi0
[ 55.834907] bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 55.865577] bttv: Bt8xx card found (1).
[ 55.865622] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 55.865641] bttv1: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:09.0, irq: 22, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe8002000
[ 55.865672] bttv1: using: ProVideo PV143 [card=105,insmod option]
[ 55.865713] bttv1: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 62.273086] bttv1: tuner absent
[ 62.273494] bttv1: registered device video1
[ 62.273752] bttv1: registered device vbi1
[ 62.273782] bttv1: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 62.308036] bttv: Bt8xx card found (2).
[ 62.308080] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 62.308099] bttv2: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0a.0, irq: 19, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe8004000
[ 62.308124] bttv2: using: ProVideo PV143 [card=105,insmod option]
[ 62.308168] bttv2: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 62.692259] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 68.692628] bttv2: tuner absent
[ 68.693051] bttv2: registered device video2
[ 68.693282] bttv2: registered device vbi2
[ 68.693313] bttv2: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 68.724582] bttv: Bt8xx card found (3).
[ 68.724622] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0b.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 68.724643] bttv3: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0b.0, irq: 16, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe8006000
[ 68.724669] bttv3: using: ProVideo PV143 [card=105,insmod option]
[ 68.724706] bttv3: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 75.112168] bttv3: tuner absent
[ 75.112566] bttv3: registered device video3
[ 75.112802] bttv3: registered device vbi3
[ 75.112833] bttv3: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 75.144120] bttv: Bt8xx card found (4).
[ 75.144159] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0c.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 75.144179] bttv4: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0c.0, irq: 20, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe8008000
[ 75.144205] bttv4: using: ProVideo PV143 [card=105,insmod option]
[ 75.144237] bttv4: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 81.531711] bttv4: tuner absent
[ 81.532134] bttv4: registered device video4
[ 81.532378] bttv4: registered device vbi4
[ 81.532409] bttv4: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 81.563663] bttv: Bt8xx card found (5).
[ 81.563701] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0d.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 81.563721] bttv5: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0d.0, irq: 22, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe800a000
[ 81.563746] bttv5: using: ProVideo PV143 [card=105,insmod option]
[ 81.563779] bttv5: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 87.951253] bttv5: tuner absent
[ 87.951698] bttv5: registered device video5
[ 87.951983] bttv5: registered device vbi5
[ 87.952013] bttv5: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 87.983203] bttv: Bt8xx card found (6).
[ 87.983242] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0e.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 87.983262] bttv6: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0e.0, irq: 19, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe800c000
[ 87.983287] bttv6: using: ProVideo PV143 [card=105,insmod option]
[ 87.983319] bttv6: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 94.370792] bttv6: tuner absent
[ 94.371239] bttv6: registered device video6
[ 94.371519] bttv6: registered device vbi6
[ 94.371550] bttv6: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 94.402755] bttv: Bt8xx card found (7).
[ 94.402795] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0f.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 94.402816] bttv7: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0f.0, irq: 16, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe800e000
[ 94.402842] bttv7: using: ProVideo PV143 [card=105,insmod option]
[ 94.402878] bttv7: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 100.790335] bttv7: tuner absent
[ 100.790813] bttv7: registered device video7
[ 100.791119] bttv7: registered device vbi7
[ 100.791150] bttv7: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
[ 100.925933] bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
[ 100.925998] bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
[ 100.926033] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.1[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 100.926044] bt878_probe: card id=[0x0], Unknown card.
[ 100.926046] Exiting..
[ 100.926095] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:08.1 disabled
[ 100.926104] bt878: probe of 0000:02:08.1 failed with error -22
[ 100.926114] bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
[ 100.926137] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.1[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 100.926146] bt878_probe: card id=[0x0], Unknown card.
[ 100.926147] Exiting..
[ 100.926154] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:09.1 disabled
[ 100.926159] bt878: probe of 0000:02:09.1 failed with error -22
[ 100.926167] bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
[ 100.926190] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0a.1[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 100.926198] bt878_probe: card id=[0x0], Unknown card.
[ 100.926199] Exiting..
[ 100.926206] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:0a.1 disabled
[ 100.926212] bt878: probe of 0000:02:0a.1 failed with error -22
[ 100.926221] bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
[ 100.926244] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0b.1[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 100.926252] bt878_probe: card id=[0x0], Unknown card.
[ 100.926254] Exiting..
[ 100.926261] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:0b.1 disabled
[ 100.926266] bt878: probe of 0000:02:0b.1 failed with error -22
[ 100.926274] bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
[ 100.926297] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0c.1[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 100.926305] bt878_probe: card id=[0x0], Unknown card.
[ 100.926306] Exiting..
[ 100.926313] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:0c.1 disabled
[ 100.926318] bt878: probe of 0000:02:0c.1 failed with error -22
[ 100.926326] bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
[ 100.926349] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0d.1[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 100.926357] bt878_probe: card id=[0x0], Unknown card.
[ 100.926358] Exiting..
[ 100.926365] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:0d.1 disabled
[ 100.926370] bt878: probe of 0000:02:0d.1 failed with error -22
[ 100.926378] bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
[ 100.926401] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0e.1[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 100.926409] bt878_probe: card id=[0x0], Unknown card.
[ 100.926410] Exiting..
[ 100.926417] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:0e.1 disabled
[ 100.926422] bt878: probe of 0000:02:0e.1 failed with error -22
[ 100.926430] bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
[ 100.926452] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0f.1[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 100.926460] bt878_probe: card id=[0x0], Unknown card.
[ 100.926462] Exiting..
[ 100.926468] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:0f.1 disabled
[ 100.926473] bt878: probe of 0000:02:0f.1 failed with error -22
[ 101.204480] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 101.289006] Adding 2265124k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2265124k
[ 101.610560] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[ 102.475536] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[ 103.117138] No dock devices found.
[ 106.499288] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[ 106.499296] apm: overridden by ACPI.
[ 116.228248] bttv6: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
[ 117.142337] bttv3: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
[ 117.931932] bttv5: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
[ 120.044270] bttv7: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
[ 122.984974] bttv4: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
[ 148.210880] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[ 148.211435] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode
[ 148.211755] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode
[ 150.921405] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[ 150.921888] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode
[ 150.922201] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode

I have to wonder if the 8 buffers is enough ?
Also The pc is a intel 2 Ghz with 1.5 gig of ram.
I have doubled the allocated memory from the amount listed in the ubuntu install wiki
The box the card came in recommends a 2.4 Ghz cpu!
Any thoughts
Thanks
Allan

[Alan87i]

Forgot to mention Before I installed this card I had 2 single chip cards
There's 3 pci slots I had 1 in the top and 1 in the bottom.
I first tried this card in the top slot and the PC would lock up shortly after booting. It's in the middle slot now working.
I changed the options to tuner=4 gbuffers=16 card=77,77,77,77,77 ect
I'll let it run there for the day and post later.

What Log can I check for the lockup I found this morning?
Thanks
Allan

[Alan87i]

I tried the options Lee posted
options i2c_algo_bit bit_test=1
options bttv gbuffers=16 radio=-1 tuner=4 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102

Works
But with either or driver I get slow streams and interlace at 640x480 Sometimes it looks like it missed frames in modect.
I have to wonder if the PC can't handle the work load.

[Lee Sharp]

when things get tight, recording has all priority, even over the desktop. I had a CPU throttling due to heat. It was "locked up" but still recording. What kind of hardware are you on?

[Alan87i]

A gigabyte motherboard socket 478
Intel Not celeron 2 gig cpu and 1.5 gig of ram.
Using a 64 meg Nvidia card for the monitor.
It smartens up if I lock all the cams to 5 fps @ 320 x 240 with 5 cameras.

I'm wondering if a dual core new machine would let me run at 640x480

[Lee Sharp]

Ack! Viewing on the server Kills it! Try the QT based viewer, the xlib-shm, or another system. I don't even run X on my servers most of the time. (Or if I do, it is a stripped X)

[Alan87i]

Oh I don't use the server for viewing .
I have 2 or 3 XP machines and a laptop for that.