[linux-dvb] Re: newbie question for intel pci card

[Michael Hunold <hunold@convergence.de>]

Hello Fabienne,

> I have a card
> which i don't believe was on your supported DVB list,
> but I could be wrong.  It is an Intel Intercast video
> capture card with TV tuner (from 1996!!!).  It has
> (after some inspection) a Philips part number TDA
> 9800T demodulator (inside metal casing) and a Philips
> part number saa7196 chip on the card itself (i believe
> this is a multimedia bridge chip).  Any hints on which
> driver to use?  
Do you want an honest answer? Throw it in the trash bin.

Long answer: Have a look at
http://www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA7196_1.html

The saa7196 can decode the signal from the tuner, scale it and set it to 
 some other chipset in order to display it. The saa7196 is only a slave 
chipset that can be programmed via i2c.

So there must be some other chipset on that board, which provides the 
pci connectivity and the video overlay capabilities (if there are any) 
-- that's the important stuff.

So you need chipset informations for that chipset, too, and even better: 
a description how this all works together. But it's unlikely that Intel 
will give away these informations -- perhaps they don't even have them 
anymore...

> Thanks,
> Fabienne
> fabiennez@yahoo.com
CU
Michael.




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