hardware issue with 4 port card from EBAY 60fps

aot2002 · Post by **aot2002** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:52 am

im using this ebay card here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1#tech

its a 4 port 60 frames per second

i thought it was similar to bbtv type ebay cards the ones with 30fps but i cannot seem to get fedora core 3 to detect this card ?

i've tried a modprobe but still no luck ?
is there some way to get this type of card working ?
please help ?

here is my zmdc.log

Can't locate MIME/Entity.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl) at /usr/local/bin/zmfilter.pl line 102.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/zmfilter.pl line 102.
'zmfilter.pl ' crashed at 05/06/08 19:44:34, exit status 2

here is my zmwatch.log

Can't get shared memory id '2053971969': No such file or directory
Can't get shared memory id '2053971969': No such file or directory
Can't get shared memory id '2053971969': No such file or directory

What seems to give here ?

here is my /var/log/messages

Jun 8 19:41:50 localhost zmfix[3007]: ERR [Can't stat /dev/video0: No such file or directory]
Jun 8 19:41:53 localhost zmc_d0[3034]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Jun 8 19:41:53 localhost zmc_d0[3034]: ERR [Failed to open video device /dev/video0: No such file or directory]
Jun 8 19:41:53 localhost zmc_d0[3036]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Jun 8 19:41:53 localhost zmc_d0[3036]: ERR [Failed to open video device /dev/video0: No such file or directory]

Post by **zoneminder** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:47 pm

Essentially you do not seem to have any video devices available. If your card is not supported by Video4Linux then it's a bit of a non-starter. Even if it is supported you may need to manually create your video devices and/or add options to /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf to get it to function correctly.

Phil

aot2002 · Post by **aot2002** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:43 pm

could you tell a bit more on how to do this?
im not sure how to manuelly create video devices ?

or where could i find this info?

Post by **zoneminder** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:38 pm

It's really a bit outside the scope of ZM as it's to do with Video 4 Linux in general. I'll ee if I can find a good guide to it and post it here.

Phil

aot2002 · Post by **aot2002** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:49 pm

i really appriceate that phil

ive bought a card and i love ZM this ones for my home system and now i cannot use my cameras, i'd struggle to get this work since i paid for the card already.

i await your reply.

Post by **cordel** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:32 pm

Hi Jay,
I didn't find much at all for drivers for that card. I found one guy that had tried a few years back on one of the earlier chips and only managed to get PAL working without many options

As of right now I am good at modifing and tweaking things but developing a new driver is beyond me at this date.
Regards,
Cordel

aot2002 · Post by **aot2002** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:27 am

ouch !

bummer a waste of money i'll try and post it back on ebay.

aot2002 · Post by **aot2002** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:17 pm

would either of you two want to try getting this card working if i sent the card to you?
I'll pay for the shipping to you and just let you keep it.

Please let me know if your interested in making it work, in return i get a way to get this card working ?

Post by **cordel** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:35 pm

I wish I could but I have a ways to go before being able to develop drivers. Phil might but you best bet would be to get on the V4l mailing list and making the offer to someone there. Or better yet if you look in the kernel source I think it under /drivers/media/video I think there is some contact info and that would be your best bet.
bttv-cards.c

this file has configuration informations - card-specific stuff
like the big tvcards array for the most part

Copyright (C) 1996,97,98 Ralph Metzler (rjkm@thp.uni-koeln.de)
& Marcus Metzler (mocm@thp.uni-koeln.de)
(c) 1999-2001 Gerd Knorr <kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de>

aot2002 · Post by **aot2002** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:28 am

ok thanks cordel,

Phil would you like this card to try and get it working ?

Post by **zoneminder** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:54 pm

Thanks for the offer. Currently I don't have a system to stick another card in though. My devt box (actually my only box!) is a bit full at the moment.

If it's not recognised as a bttv card then I'd be a bit stuck as well. I've written drivers before but one as big as bttv would be a bit of a major enterprise. If you don't know what else to do with it then by all means mail it to me and I'll see if I can fit it in somewhere but possibly not in the short term.

Cheers

Phil

aot2002 · Post by **aot2002** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:33 pm

ok sounds like more grief then worth it
thanks though