[arch-general] Phillips SAA7231

[Peter G Nikolic]

On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 14:02:29 David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 01/24/2012 01:29 PM, Peter G Nikolic wrote:
> > Hi folks .
> > 
> > Does anyone know the state of play with the SAA 7231 chipset   i have a
> > Compro S800F tv card dual terrestial  and satelite   but it has this
> > darn philips chip  is there any progress does anyone know
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers   Pete
> 
> Pete,
> 
>    Take a look at:
> 
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=phillips&do_Search=Go
> 
>    Not exactly your card (Kernel V4L modules for Phillips SAA7134 cards),
> but you might be able to grab the tarball and take a look at the PKGBUILD
> script and modify it for use with the SAA 7231 chipset. I have no idea what
> the phillips card is and this package is old, but it seems to suggest that
> the capabilities that it provided are included in video4linux and already
> available.
> 
>    Also take a look at: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103348 
> It discusses the same thing (I think)
> 
>    Glad to see you :) Good luck.

Hi David   

nice to catch you somewhere a lot more civil Hi  ..

Ok thanks for the links i will have me a looksee at those in the morning it 
would be nice to see if i can get that card to work it is a  Compro VideoMate 
S800F    plus it would allow me to get the old faithfull good quality sound 
card back in (lack of PCI slots ) .

Cheers  Pete .
 
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