PixelView Play TV Pro (cx88) quick installation
March 18, 2005 | Posted in Linux and OSSNo, like I said before, this is not a complete guide on installing PixelView Play TV Pro Tuners on GNU/Linux. I just rewrite my experience. I decided to rewrite it in English (broken english) since there’s people out there who have the same problem but don’t understand Indonesian, and they are hoping there’s someone translate the article I’ve wrote. This is a broken English version of my previous writing about installing TV Tuner card on Linux, especially for Pixel View with cx2388x chipset.
I’m using Slackware 10.0 and kernel 2.6.8.1
- Make sure you run Linux with kernel 2.6.3 or later
- Make sure you have compiled the kernel with Video for Linux as module, so in your kernel config file you’ll find CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m, you shouldn’t have to choose cx8800 module in this kernel since we’ll install the new module
- Get the latest snapshot of video4linux from this site. I was using video4linux-20041020-094334.tar.gz while writing the previous articles
- Extract the video4linux packet in a directory:
tar zxvf video4linux-20041020-094334.tar.gz - cd to the video4linux directory, start to compile:
make
make install - no error, your new cx8800 and video4linux module should reside in /lib/modules/your-kernel-version/v4l2
- You should also remove old video4linux module from /lib/modules/your-kernel-version/kernel/drivers/media/video
- After that, type:
depmod -a - Now you’re ready to load the cx8800 module, type (as root):
modprobe cx8800 - See the kernel message by typing:
dmesg. - You should see message like this:
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
cx8800: Unknown parameter `card’
cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.4 loaded
cx2388x: snapshot date 2004-10-20
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:0f.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:02.2
cx88[0]: Your board has no valid PCI Subsystem ID and thus can’t
cx88[0]: be autodetected. Please pass card= insmod option to
cx88[0]: workaround that. Redirect complaints to the vendor of
cx88[0]: the TV card. Best regards,
cx88[0]: — tux
cx88[0]: Here is a list of valid choices for the card= insmod option:
.... - Just like the message printed above, you should specify the card number when loading the cx8800 module.
You could edit /etc/modprobe.conf to specify the parameter for cx8800 module, add these 2 lines to /etc/modprobe.conf
options cx8800 video_nr=0 radio_nr=0
options cx88xx card=3 tuner=5Options card=3 specify that your card is PixelView and tuner=5 specify that the tuner
is Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles). - Now, do modprobe, If you have modprobed earlier, you should unload the module first:
modprobe -r cx8800
modprobe -r tuner
modprobe cx880
Now modprobe will load the new cx8800 module with the parameter specified in /etc/modprobe.conf - Check the dmesg again, you should see message like this:
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.4 loaded
cx2388x: snapshot date 2004-10-20
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:0f.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:02.2
cx88[0]: subsystem: 0000:0000, board: PixelView [card=3,insmod option]
cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:0f.0, rev: 3, irq: 11, latency: 64, mmio: 0xce000000
tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus cx88[0]
tuner: type set to 5 (Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles)) by cx88[0]
cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
cx88[0]/0: registered device radio0
cx88[0]/0: set_audio_standard_BTSC (status: known-good)
cx88[0]/0: cx88: tvaudio thread started - Now your Pixelview tuner card driver has already installed. Just try XawTV or Zapping
OK, that’s all, I’m sorry if my English quite messy, cause I’m not a native speaker/writer ^^.
I don’t have a chance to experience with the new video4linux snapshot or new linux 2.6 kernel, because my computer gone crazy lately and the hardisk seems broken 
UPDATE Dec 2007
Hmm this guide seems quite old…I’m using ubuntu now
For ubuntu user the provided kernel already support cx88 based card with radio FM.
You just need to add the following module options to /etc/modprobe.d/options
options cx8800 video_nr=0 radio_nr=0
options cx88xx card=3 tuner=5
and then reload the module
If you have any problem, feel free to email me at : anmsidtea [at] yahoo [dot] com anmsid[at]gmail[dot]com
CMIIW
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Pingback by anmsidblog » Blog Archive » Instalasi TV/FM Tuner Pixelview Play TV Pro Ultra (cx88) — March 18, 2005 @ 5:23 pm
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Comment by john — April 1, 2005 @ 4:03 pm
kasih atu secara detail dong semua cara instalasinya plissss bgt ga bisa neeeh,soalnya itu masalah utanma dalam linux bg aku……………….pliz
Comment by fan — June 8, 2005 @ 4:04 pm
Waah, itu juga kayaknya cukup detil loh :p
Masalahnya apa? mendingan kasih tau aja gak bisanya gimana, errornya apa…
Bisa lewat komen disini ato japri ke imel
Mudah2an bisa bantu ^^
Comment by asep — June 8, 2005 @ 6:03 pm
This guide is great. I have been trying to pring that card up from a long time. Then thanks to this HOWTO I finally made it.
Thanks a lot.
Comment by Ivailo Valkov — July 23, 2005 @ 10:43 pm
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Comment by testanchor471 — October 16, 2005 @ 6:38 am
ii..semua
..ok thanks
saya newbies dlm linux..semua ok..TAPI bila saya..modprobe -r tuner..error ditunjukkan MODULE TUNER NOT FIND..tolong beri tunjuk ajar semua..ini memeningkan kepala saya
tolong saya..
p/s:saya pakai Pixelview Play Tv Pro Ultra(PV-TV304P) dan distro Mandriva 2005LE.
Comment by shah — November 13, 2005 @ 5:03 pm
Hai
Jikalau muncul pesan “MODULE TUNER NOT FOUND” waktu modprobe -r (umload module) berarti memang modul tuner belum ke-load
Cubalah modprobe cx8800, biasanya modul tuner langsung diload
klo masih error juga, cek apakah modul tuner memang sudah dikompile, ada di /lib/modules/ver-kernel/…
Jika tidak, kompile ulang driver cx88, pastikan bahwa di file make.config, untuk modul tuner di-set Y
Sila dicuba, jika masih pening bisa japri ato tanya lagi disini sampai peningnya hilang ^^
Comment by anmsid — November 23, 2005 @ 3:35 pm
bang saya coba install tv tuner pixelview playtv mpeg 8000GT
(prolink 2388x tuner receive 2028) di UBUNTU(gutsy) , tapi kok ngeror y…..bang kasih tutorial lengkapnya dunk..thanks y
Comment by aris — December 23, 2007 @ 11:35 am
#9
ngerrornya apa ya? mending cuba2 dulu sendiri, klo berhasil kan bisa bikin tutorial ^^
oh iya di ubuntu masukkan options card sama tuner type di /etc/modprobe.d/options
secara chipsetnya sama harusnya sih bisa pake tutorial ini
Comment by anmsid — December 28, 2007 @ 7:32 am
In which country do you live?
Comment by firefox secret — March 19, 2008 @ 7:13 am
i bought pixel view tv card but now i lossed driver u can send me driver
Comment by nasir saif — March 24, 2008 @ 12:32 am
i bought pixel view tv card but now i lossed driver u can send me driver
Comment by M.Tamil selvan — June 1, 2008 @ 10:05 pm
#13
Hi Tamil, what Linux distribution you have? I guess current Ubuntu version already has this cx88 module.
I have tried with Ubuntu Feisty and I only have to add this 2 lines:
options cx8800 video_nr=0 radio_nr=0
options cx88xx card=3 tuner=5
to /etc/modprobe.d/options.
Comment by anmsid — June 1, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
need the driver
Comment by ahmad — June 2, 2008 @ 11:26 pm
asdfasdsds
Comment by ahmad — June 2, 2008 @ 11:34 pm
is FM radio still working with latest ubuntu version ?
I never really got it working …
thank you so much ! I’ve been looking for this for years !
Happy New Year
Comment by kernelOfTruth — January 1, 2009 @ 6:42 am
#17
Happy New Year kernelOfTruth
It works with Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 but I guess it should work on latest Ubuntu version too.
All you need is specifying module cx88 module options in /etc/modprobe.d/options and don’t forget to check the soundcard mixer (line0 or line1 probably muted)
Comment by anmsid — January 2, 2009 @ 11:05 am
it woks fine on Ubuntu 8.10.
and what about Jaunty? how to make it work?
Comment by gedasss — April 3, 2009 @ 3:46 pm
bang saya punya play tv 8000gt tapi suara nya ga da bang.
saya udah cek semua,,,
tp tetap ga da suara nya!!
minta pencerahannya donk bang!!
kirim email ja ya (m_isa_d@yahoo.com)
thanks
Comment by isa — July 20, 2009 @ 1:44 am