LifeView FlyVideo3000 PAL-N

From LinuxTVWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

This is by no means a complete guide, and applies to a card bought locally in Argentina, so different ones might have different tuners. My card is equipped with LG TACP tuner (NTSC plus PAL-N and PAL-M). I also discovered that the claimed PAL-N compatibility is not. In fact, what is supported is PAL-Nc, what is enough to watch PAL-N tv channels!

Modify /etc/modprobe.conf by adding this line

options saa7134 card=2 tuner=39

Then, restart the driver by rebooting -- Windows style! -- or by unloading and reloading the module:

rmmod saa7134
modprobe saa7134 card=2 tuner=39

Then, edit /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml and /homedir/.tvtime/tvtime.xml, and set norm to PAL-Nc, freq. table to us-cable, and all the options you want.

Then, execute tvtime with the following command:

tvtime

or by clicking on its name from the "Applications-Sound & Video" menu.

This will set the program to accept the strange scheme used by PAL-N (that is, PAL color schemes with NTSC tuning frequencies). You will then be able to autoset the channels and your personal preferences.

This is just a basic setup so you can watch TV. Investigate further to take advantage of FM radio, and the rest (although everything should work fine).

Hope this helps, but if I can help you with something else, just drop me a line at mlreta@datafull.com

Good luck, and enjoy tv watching!