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Ubuntu 9.10

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

All Devices default supported by kernel

Centos 5.4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  • All Devices default supported by kernel

Fedora Core 10

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

All supported by kernel

Ubuntu 10.04 (32 bits)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

All supported by kernel

Ubuntu 11.10 (32 bits)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

All supported by kernel

Ubuntu 12.04

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  • All support by kernel

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FAQ of SI945A

How can I use the Video-in Function under Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 11.10?

Ans:

Pls follow the fews steps to open your video-in devices!!

1.Make sure your video-in devices all supported by bttv driver
Use the command

  • $dmesg |grep bttv
    you should be saw the message as red block !!

Image:dmesg.jpg

2.Make sure the Video-in modules have ready to supported
use the command

  • $lsmod
    you should be saw the message as red block!!

Image:lsmod.jpg

3.Got the test utility "xawtv" by Apt !!
As command

  • $sudo apt-get install xawtv
    the some dependences module also will be download,like "libzvbi-common" / "libzvbi0" / "pia" /"v4l-conf" .

4.Open your Video-in devices by xawtv
if you want to open Video 1,Pls use the command

  • $xawtv -c /dev/video0


Patch File:

$sudo apt-get install xawtv

Defect:

N/A

Asker:

Taipei / Leon.Hsu 2008/7/9

Provider:

Leon 2008/7/10

How can I adjust video-in devices?

Ans:

We use the bttv devices driver and Xawtv project to test!!

1.Got the Xawtv

  • $sudo apt-get install xawtv // for Ubuntu user
  • $yum install xawtv //for Fedora user

2.Turn on your Video-in Devices

  • $xawtv -c /dev/video0 // example for your channel 1 ,The channel 2 will be /dev/video1

3.Adjust your Video-in Devices
As red block ,here you can setting your Video format like NTSC or PAL
Image:videoformat.jpg

Patch File:
  • $sudo apt-get install xawtv
  • $yum install xawtv
Defect:

N/A

Asker:

Robert 2008 / 7 / 14

Provider:

Leon 2008 / 7 / 14

How to switch channel with xawtv in 1-4 chip

Ans:

1. using the tool " xawtv "
2. press right button on display frame to setting option
3. switch video source: ( check attached file )

  Television  as channel 1
  Composite1  as channel 2
  S-Video     as channel 3
  Composite3  as channel 4

Image:Screenshot.JPGImage:signify.JPG

Patch File:
  • apt-get install xawtv
Defect:

N/A

Asker:

Robert 2008/11/28

Provider:

Denny 2008/12/02

How can I get board temperature and voltage in CentOS 5.0?

Ans:

In CentOS 5.0, you can get board temperature in dmesg.

#dmesg | grep Thermal

About board voltage,use lm-sensors to find.

#yum install lm_sensors.i386 lm_sensors-dev.i386
#sensors-detect
#sensors
Patch File:

N/A

Defect:

N/A

Asker:

Patty 09:56, 23 February 2009 (CST)"writ Asker & date"

Provider:

Patty 09:56, 23 February 2009 (CST)"writ Provider & date"

How to change the Video-in format to PAL model

Ans:

You will got asynchronous image when you load Bttv driver for BT878 capture function,
It was Bttv driver bug cause of the error image
Because Bttv driver can't auto-switch the BT878 register when you change to PAL model

Thereby We should configure bttv driver correct parameter,Please follow the below procedure to done!!

  • Remove the Bttv driver
#rmmod bttv 
  • Reload the Bttv driver and provide the correct parameter for PAL
#modprobe bttv pll=1,1,1,1
  • Run your capture application ,for example we used the xawtv
#xawtv
  • Select the PAL model

Image:xawtv_pal_1.jpg

Patch File:

N/A

Defect:

N/A

Asker:

Robert 09/04/29

Provider:

Leon 09/04/29

How to get CPU temperature

Ans:

In Terminal:
1.#apt-get update
2.#apt-get install lm-sensors
3.#sensors-detect
4.#vi /etc/modules
5.Insert the belows to /etc/modules

   coretemp
   it87
   i2c-viapro
   eeprom

6.#sensors

Patch File:

N/A

Defect:

N/A

Asker:

"Robert & 2010/12/08"

Provider:

"Steve & 2010/12/08"

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