Em Sun, 06 Sep 2015 18:58:50 -0500 Ronald Tallent <ron@xxxxxxxxxx> escreveu: > Hey Mauro, > > Thanks for the reply. Relieved to know I'm not invisible. =) > > I'm a total noob to linux driver issues, so if I'm posting this in the > wrong area, please forgive me. I only posted here because this is where > linuxtv.org said to go to ask for help. Until now all my hardware has > just worked. So big thanks to all the people who made that happen! But > this EasyCap board is kind of kicking my butt. > > You are correct, when I plug this USB device in video capture device is > not detected and so does not work. As I understand it, all the drivers > needed to make this Easycap work in linux already exist and are used by > various forms of Easycap devices already. > > The em2860 USB video bridge chip should be supported by the "em28xx" > kernel modules, and the Trident SAA7115H chip should be supported by the > "saa7115" module. My best guess is that the card vendor:product id > [1f4d:1abe] is simply not "attached" to those drivers or known by those > drivers so when I plug this USB device in, video drivers are not loaded. > But my assessment of the situation might be completely off here. > > Couple questions... > > First, if nobody know what to do with the information I've posted, why > does linuxtv.org/wiki instruct me to post this information here, exactly > this way? Not a big issue really, just quite confusing. Feel free to improve the documentation ;) Just remember that the documentation there should be generic enough for people having different boards, specially if you're looking into a generic section of the Wiki. > Secondly, if all the drivers already exist, what do I need to do to get > them to "attach" to my hardware? Because of two things: - the USB ID is used to identify the driver that will be used. If the driver doesn't know the USB ID, it won't be loaded. - each hardware is wired on a different way. The saa7113 have 4 different video inputs (if I remember correctly). Also, there are several pins used on most video hardware called GPIO. They're used to power on and reset the other devices. The power on/reset sequence is board-specific. > Is there some place I can go to learn > how to do that fairly quickly? Is anyone in this board knowledgeable > about how that can easily be done? I am competent enough with linux that > I can perform the steps necessary if I know what those steps are. This > is new territory for me though. Wiki is your friend. Also look at other posts on the ML from other people that had to do the same. > > Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated! =) > > Thanks, > --Ronald > > > > On Sun, 2015-09-06 at 16:53 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > Hi Ronald, > > > > Well, probably nobody knows what to do with that ;) > > > > If I understood well your post, video didn't work, right? > > > > So, either you or someone else with the same hardware as you have would > > need to make it work and send a patch to the mailing list adding support > > for this new ID. > > > > Probably, it is just either a GPIO or the video input that it is wrong. > > In order to fix it, you would either need some help from the manufacturer > > or to sniff the USB message exchanges from the original driver and check > > the settings for saa7113 and em28xx. The wiki has some info about how > > to do it. > > > > Regards, > > Mauro > > > > > > Em Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:16:48 -0500 > > Ronald Tallent <ron@xxxxxxxxxx> escreveu: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > This is my third attempt to post this information to mailing list in a > > > little over a week. Am I invisible? Can nobody see my messages? I have > > > precisely followed the instructions posted on > > > linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Em28xx_devices#How_to_validate_my_vendor.2Fproduct_id_at_upstream_kernel.3F > > > trying to get my hardware validated. What else do I need to do? Can > > > someone answer please and help me. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > --Ronald > > > > > > > > > I've tested my USB easycap device (Geniatech iGrabber) in Ubuntu > > > 14.04. > > > > > > Make: Geniatech > > > Model: iGrabber for MAC > > > Vendor/Product ID: [1f4d:1abe] > > > Product website: www.geniatech.com/pa/igrabber.asp > > > > > > Tests Made: > > > - Audio Capture [worked] > > > - Video Capture [device not detected] > > > - DVB [does not have DVB] > > > > > > Tested by: > > > ron@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > Detailed information on device and system below for reference: > > > > > > uname -a: > > > 3.13.0-62-generic #102-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 11 14:29:36 UTC 2015 x86_64 > > > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > > > dmesg: > > > [] usb 3-3.3: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd > > > [] usb 3-3.3: New USB device found, idVendor=1f4d, idProduct=1abe > > > [] usb 3-3.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 > > > [] usb 3-3.3: Product: USB Device > > > [] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio > > > > > > lsusb: > > > Bus 003 Device 008: ID 1f4d:1abe G-Tek Electronics Group > > > > > > Hardware: > > > Opened the case and found the following text printed on the board: > > > HandyCap > > > v1.51 > > > 2007-4-24 > > > > > > Three chips on board are: > > > 1: empia > > > EM2860 > > > P8367-010 > > > 201036-01AG > > > > > > 2: Trident > > > SAA7113H > > > C2P409.00 02 > > > A5G11152 > > > > > > 3: eMPIA > > > Technology > > > EMP202 > > > UT11958 > > > 1027 > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in > > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
