Getting a Conexant CX23885 TV Capture Card working

Question

I'm new to Linux, and am trying to get my Capture Card working on 11.04.

The only command that I know to run to find out any information is lspci, which tells me that I have

02:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23885 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 04)

I've looked at using Me TV, but haven't worked out how to configure it for my card, or what I need to do to get it running.

I'm not fussed on what software I use to run the Capture Card, but I've currently got only Me TV installed.

Edit: When I run tvtime, I get the following errors:

videoinput: Cannot open capture device /dev/video0: No such file or directory
mixer: find error: Success
mixer: Can't open mixer default, mixer volume and mute unavailable.
mixer: Can't open device default/Line, mixer volume and mute unavailable.
Segmentation fault

Solution

The Internet suggests you probably need to download and compile a newer version of v4l-dvb (the library and drivers for several DVB cards.

This walkthrough is for the Hauppauge 1250 but it's based around the same CX23885 chip. This might work.

Worth a shot if you don't find any easier options.

Comments

[drgrog]

Are you trying to capture video, or watch TV? I think your Conexant CX23885 may be a video capture (decoder) card and not a TV turner card, in which case you can use VLC to view the video stream from capture devices. Applications like MeTV will be looking for a DVB-* digital tuner, or analog tv tuner cards. Also, do an ls -l /dev/video* - your card may not always be video0, and you may have to configure software to use another device such as video1.

[Benny Hallett]

Thanks drgrog. I'm fairly sure it's both a TV Tuner and a Video capture card. I definitely have had it picking up TV when I had Windows installed. It has the connection for the tv antenna, as well as S-Video, and a yellow RCA input. I'd love to get the TV working, but I am actually interested in the video capture side of things. Im at work right now, but I'll give these things a try when I get home. Thanks heaps all.