Then add the appropriate line to the
/etc/modprobe.conf file. For example, to add a Prolink PV-BT878P, revision 9B card,
add the following line to the file:
options bttv card=72
You can also add other options listed in the Insmod-options file for the bttv driver. If you
are still having problems getting your card to work, a mailing list is available on which
you can ask questions about Video4Linux issues:
http://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list. While
this list is for Red Hat specifically, the information is germane to most distributions.
One possible reason that you don??™t see any video when you try to run tvtime or other video applications
is that some other person or video application already has the video driver open. Only one
application can use the video driver at a time. Another quirk of Video4Linux is that the first person
to open the device on your system becomes the owner. So you might need to open the permissions
of the driver to allow people other than the first person to use it to access the Video4Linux driver.
Running tvtime
To start up the tvtime viewer, simply select TVtime Televison Viewer from the Sound & Video or
Multimedia menu (depending on your Linux distribution), or type the following from a Terminal
window on your desktop:
$ tvtime &
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A video screen should appear in a window on the desktop.
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