Details

ManufacturerPinnacle Systems (by Brooktree)
ModelPCTV pro (TV + FM stereo receiver)
Buspci
TypeMultimedia video controller
Id109e
Info2036e
Info311bd
Info40012

Ratings

Overall rating: 3.2 x 17

By Linux distribution:

  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 5.0 x 3
  • Mandriva Linux 2007.1 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian lenny/sid i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora 7 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian 4.0 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2008.0 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian lenny/sid x86_64: -5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 i386: 4.0 x 2
  • openSUSE 10.3 i586: -3.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2008.0 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0 AuthenticAMD: -3.0 x 1
  • openSUSE 10.3 i586: 3.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1

Comments

Working audio and video capture cards on Fedora 7 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22.1-27.fc7) by Electron (5):
Mmh, hardware4linux detect PCTV PRO... This an PCTV Rave (Mono TV receiver and No FM receiver). Work fine with PAL system.
Working audio and video capture cards on Debian lenny/sid i386 (kernel: 2.6.18.8) by ptitju (5):
modules in kernel.
Working audio and video capture cards on Ubuntu 7.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic) by tomer (5):
hardware4linux can't detect the right card. It's a TV tuner card, mono, and has no FM input at all.
Working audio and video capture cards on Debian lenny/sid x86_64 (kernel: 2.6.22-rc5) by watermod (-5):
Crashs OS cold when you try to change channels. Only shows static in other modes.
Working audio and video capture cards on Ubuntu 7.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic) by infy (0):
I don't know, not yet tested... sorry...
Working audio and video capture cards on openSUSE 10.3 i586 (kernel: 2.6.22.13-0.3-default) by vguastal (-3):
the radio section worked till Suse9.3, the former distributions did not recognise the FM tuner
Working audio and video capture cards on Ubuntu 7.10 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic) by gijs (3):
Only the pctv rave gifs only sound after the command sudo sound, this is the script: #!/bin/bash modprobe -r bt878 bttv modprobe snd_bt87x modprobe bt878 it stays in usr/local/bin
Working audio and video capture cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.24-gentoo-r2) by xhub (-3):
The image has a bad quality. Sound too.
Working audio and video capture cards on openSUSE 10.3 i586 (kernel: 2.6.22.17-0.1-default) by V_V (3):
problem with remote commander

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