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Sorry for my english....

I cant configure a conexant fusion 878a card, the computer detect the card in /etc/dev I have video0, video1, video2, video3. But when I configure the card in zoneminder I dont see anything.

there is a photo for my bt878a card






maybe its a compatibility problem.

please help me.

thanks

yaguarcito wrote:I dont see anything.

Hi yaguarcito,

1st, stop zoneminder, then start "sudo zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v" to see what signal your bttv-card supports?!
Restart zoneminder and add values zmu offers.

Cause most times, the BTTV card offers a "PAL"-signal with "RGB565"-color and resolution of "width 320 x height 240" and you need to choose "Video for Linux 1 (if you use 1.24!)

(I did not get such a card yet here in germany, so my help is just "guessing"!)

Hope, it helps

Ps: did you insert a configurationfile for your bttv card?
My card needs a file "/etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf" with following content: "options bttv card=77 tuner=4 radio=0 triton1=0 vsfx=0 autoload=0"
Maybe, settings of this content will differ cause you are using 4 chips!
Without this file, i get funny pics like playing chess

when I put :

sudo zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v

I have this message

Error, username and password or auth string must be supplied


and my bttv.conf is:

options bttv gbuffers=32 card=77 tuner=4 radio=0 coring=1 full_luma_range=1 chroma_agc=1 combfilter=1 autoload=0 triton1=0 vsfx=0

I dont see anything still.


thanks for the help

Try:
options bttv card=133,132,133,133

Setup in zm:

/dev/video0(0)
/dev/video1(1)
/dev/video2(2)
/dev/video3(3)
/dev/video0(4)
/dev/video1(5)
....

You can assign video channels 0 to 15 to any of the four devices (video0 to video3) as you see fit:
/dev/video0 (0 to 15)
/dev/video1 (0 to 15)
...

Of coarse it's best to not load up to many channels on one device.
See kodicom 4400 for reference.