Need help setting up new dvr systme - bt878

[Gatekeeper-ZA]

my lspci

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
01:01.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
01:03.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
01:03.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)


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my ls/dev

adsp loop6 ram8 tty13 tty42 usb
agpgart loop7 ram9 tty14 tty43 usblp0
audio mapper random tty15 tty44 usbmon0
block mcelog rfkill tty16 tty45 usbmon1
bsg mem root tty17 tty46 usbmon2
bus mixer rtc tty18 tty47 usbmon3
cdrom net rtc0 tty19 tty48 usbmon4
cdrw network_latency scd0 tty2 tty49 usbmon5
char network_throughput sda tty20 tty5 v4l
console null sda1 tty21 tty50 vbi0
core oldmem sda2 tty22 tty51 vbi1
cpu_dma_latency pktcdvd sda5 tty23 tty52 vcs
disk port sdb tty24 tty53 vcs1
dri ppp sequencer tty25 tty54 vcs2
dsp psaux sequencer2 tty26 tty55 vcs3
dvd ptmx sg0 tty27 tty56 vcs4
dvdrw pts sg1 tty28 tty57 vcs5
ecryptfs radio0 sg2 tty29 tty58 vcs6
fb0 ram0 shm tty3 tty59 vcs7
fd ram1 snapshot tty30 tty6 vcsa
full ram10 snd tty31 tty60 vcsa1
fuse ram11 sndstat tty32 tty61 vcsa2
hpet ram12 sr0 tty33 tty62 vcsa3
input ram13 stderr tty34 tty63 vcsa4
kmsg ram14 stdin tty35 tty7 vcsa5
log ram15 stdout tty36 tty8 vcsa6
loop0 ram2 tty tty37 tty9 vcsa7
loop1 ram3 tty0 tty38 ttyS0 vga_arbiter
loop2 ram4 tty1 tty39 ttyS1 video0
loop3 ram5 tty10 tty4 ttyS2 video1
loop4 ram6 tty11 tty40 ttyS3 zero
loop5 ram7 tty12 tty41 urandom

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my dmesg |grep 878

[ 0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0798780, node_mem_map c107a000
[ 0.263878] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: PCI INT D -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 6.543746] bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:01:01.0, irq: 22, latency: 32, mmio: 0xceafe000
[ 6.543780] bttv0: using: GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) [card=77,insmod option]
[ 6.586600] bttv1: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:01:03.0, irq: 19, latency: 32, mmio: 0xceafc000
[ 6.586638] bttv1: using: GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) [card=77,insmod option]

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my lspci -l

----- Shared Memory Limits --------
max number of segments = 4096
max seg size (kbytes) = 131072
max total shared memory (kbytes) = 536870912
min seg size (bytes) = 1

------ Semaphore Limits --------
max number of arrays = 128
max semaphores per array = 250
max semaphores system wide = 32000
max ops per semop call = 32
semaphore max value = 32767

------ Messages: Limits --------
max queues system wide = 1703
max size of message (bytes) = 8192
default max size of queue (bytes) = 16384

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my lspci -vv

01:03.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: Device 300a:dd11
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort>SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 10000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
Region 0: Memory at ceafc000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access>
Kernel driver in use: bttv
Kernel modules: bttv

01:03.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: Device 300a:dd11
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort>SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 32 (1000ns min, 63750ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at ceafd000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access>

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my modinfo bttv


filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.ko
license: GPL
author: Ralph Metzler & Marcus Metzler & Gerd Knorr
description: bttv - v4l/v4l2 driver module for bt848/878 based cards
srcversion: 18644731C56BA62F65428E4
alias: pci:v0000109Ed0000036Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000109Ed0000036Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000109Ed00000351sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000109Ed00000350sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: videobuf-core,videobuf-dma-sg,ir-common,videodev,tveeprom,v4l2-common,btcx-risc,i2c-algo-bit
vermagic: 2.6.32-24-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586
parm: ir_debug:int
parm: repeat_delay:int
parm: repeat_period:int
parm: ir_rc5_remote_gap:int
parm: ir_rc5_key_timeout:int
parm: i2c_debug:int
parm: i2c_hw:configure i2c debug level (int)
parm: i2c_scan:scan i2c bus at insmod time (int)
parm: i2c_udelay:soft i2c delay at insmod time, in usecs (should be 5 or higher). Lower value means higher bus speed. (int)
parm: vbibufs:number of vbi buffers, range 2-32, default 4 (int)
parm: vbi_debug:vbi code debug messages, default is 0 (no) (int)
parm: gpiomask:int
parm: audioall:int
parm: svhs:array of int
parm: remote:array of int
parm: audiomux:array of int
parm: triton1:set ETBF pci config bit [enable bug compatibility for triton1 + others] (int)
parm: vsfx:set VSFX pci config bit [yet another chipset flaw workaround] (int)
parm: latency:pci latency timer (int)
parm: card:specify TV/grabber card model, see CARDLIST file for a list (array of int)
parm: pll:specify installed crystal (0=none, 28=28 MHz, 35=35 MHz) (array of int)
parm: tuner:specify installed tuner type (array of int)
parm: autoload:obsolete option, please do not use anymore (int)
parm: audiodev:specify audio device:
-1 = no audio
0 = autodetect (default)
1 = msp3400
2 = tda7432
3 = tvaudio (array of int)
parm: saa6588:if 1, then load the saa6588 RDS module, default (0) is to use the card definition.
parm: no_overlay:allow override overlay default (0 disables, 1 enables) [some VIA/SIS chipsets are known to have problem with overlay] (int)
parm: debug_latency:int
parm: fdsr:int
parm: v4l2:int
parm: combfilter:int
parm: lumafilter:int
parm: radio:The TV card supports radio, default is 0 (no) (array of int)
parm: bigendian:byte order of the framebuffer, default is native endian (int)
parm: bttv_verbose:verbose startup messages, default is 1 (yes) (int)
parm: bttv_gpio:log gpio changes, default is 0 (no) (int)
parm: bttv_debug:debug messages, default is 0 (no) (int)
parm: irq_debug:irq handler debug messages, default is 0 (no) (int)
parm: gbuffers:number of capture buffers. range 2-32, default 8 (int)
parm: gbufsize:size of the capture buffers, default is 0x208000 (int)
parm: reset_crop:reset cropping parameters at open(), default is 1 (yes) for compatibility with older applications (int)
parm: automute:mute audio on bad/missing video signal, default is 1 (yes) (int)
parm: chroma_agc:enables the AGC of chroma signal, default is 0 (no) (int)
parm: adc_crush:enables the luminance ADC crush, default is 1 (yes) (int)
parm: whitecrush_upper:sets the white crush upper value, default is 207 (int)
parm: whitecrush_lower:sets the white crush lower value, default is 127 (int)
parm: vcr_hack:enables the VCR hack (improves synch on poor VCR tapes), default is 0 (no) (int)
parm: irq_iswitch:switch inputs in irq handler (int)
parm: uv_ratio:ratio between u and v gains, default is 50 (int)
parm: full_luma_range:use the full luma range, default is 0 (no) (int)
parm: coring:set the luma coring level, default is 0 (no) (int)
parm: video_nr:video device numbers (array of int)
parm: vbi_nr:vbi device numbers (array of int)
parm: radio_nr:radio device numbers (array of int)


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Pleeeezzzz help

[Gatekeeper-ZA]

Problem im having....
Have 2 of the same bt878 cards.

in zoneminder /dev/video0 channel 0 i get an image
on other channels get no picture....

same with second card /dev/video1 channel 0 has image
other channels get no picture.

have read through the setups etc... dont seem to be getting it right.
any help please will be appreciated...

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my bttv.conf

alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 bttv

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my options.conf

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

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and must these 2 files have the .conf extension.

ive taken off the
V4L_MULTI_BUFFER
and set
CAPTURES_PER_FRAME = 2

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aswell have done the memory tweak... thanks...

[eternaluxe]

no need to start a new thread.

[Gatekeeper-ZA]

changed distro's thats why sorry for that... just need to get it going... am stuck on week 3