Re: stb pci video card picture but no sound

From: craig yuen (cyuen_at_optonline.net)
Date: 07/07/05


Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 06:45:34 EDT

Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo@eircom.net> writes:
>On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:37:10 EDT
>"craig yuen" <cyuen@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> i'm trying to get an stb pci video card working on freebsd 5.4. the card is an
>> oem version of an stb card originally sold by gateway. previously the card was
>> working on a linux box i have. it has the brooktree 848 chipset and a tea6300
>> audio chip. i have the bktr driver loaded and use sysctl to set the card type
>> to 3 and the tuner type to 9. using fxtv i get a nice clear picture but no
>> sound. has anybody got this card working???
>
> I strongly suspect the sound drivers are not picking up the audio
>chip at all, is there an audio output jack on the card ? If so connect it
>to the line in of your sound card (which is what nearly all bktr based cards
>need doing) and you should get sound that way. If not you are probably SOL.
>
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i do have the audio output from the card connected to the audio input
on the motherboard. i tested the input with the audio cable from the
cdrom drive so i know that works. i guess i am SOL :-(

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