hi.....

i am a newbie at linux applications....

i would like to ask how to configure/use the xawtv...

here are my specs:
xawtv of redhat 9
jetway tv tuner bt878
i live in the philippines

thanx

God Bless

I'm not sure this will help since I'm using MDK 9.1....

I have a card(not Jetway though) with a Bt878 tuner, and the Autodetect(during installation) option is the only thing that works for me.

if all else fails you can manually install the card .
Its what I have to do inMandrake 9.0

Add the following lines to your /etc/modules.conf

alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
options i2c-core i2c_debug=1
options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 bttv
options bttv card=78
options tuner type=1

I'm not sure about the tuner type for this card here is a list of available types.

tuner.o
type=0 - Temic PAL (4002 FH5)
type=1 - Philips PAL_I (FI1246 and compatibles)
type=2 - Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)
type=3 - Philips (SECAM+PAL_BG) (FI1216MF, FM1216MF, FR1216MF)
type=4 - NoTuner
type=5 - Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles)
type=6 - Temic NTSC (4032 FY5)
type=7 - Temic PAL_I (4062 FY5)
type=8 - Temic NTSC (4036 FY5)
type=9 - Alps HSBH1
type=10 - Alps TSBE1
type=11 - Alps TSBB5
type=12 - Alps TSBE5
type=13 - Alps TSBC5
type=14 - Temic PAL_BG (4006FH5)
type=15 - Alps TSCH6
type=16 - Temic PAL_DK (4016 FY5)
type=17 - Philips NTSC_M (MK2)
type=18 - Temic PAL_I (4066 FY5)
type=19 - Temic PAL* auto (4006 FN5)
type=20 - Temic PAL_BG (4009 FR5) or PAL_I (4069 FR5)
type=21 - Temic NTSC (4039 FR5)
type=22 - Temic PAL/SECAM multi (4046 FM5)
type=23 - Philips PAL_DK (FI1256 and compatibles)
type=24 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FQ1216ME)
type=25 - LG PAL_I+FM (TAPC-I001D)
type=26 - LG PAL_I (TAPC-I701D)
type=27 - LG NTSC+FM (TPI8NSR01F)
type=28 - LG PAL_BG+FM (TPI8PSB01D)
type=29 - LG PAL_BG (TPI8PSB11D)
type=30 - Temic PAL* auto + FM (4009 FN5)
type=31 - SHARP NTSC_JP (2U5JF5540)
type=32 - Samsung PAL TCPM9091PD27
type=33 - MT2032 universal
type=34 - Temic PAL_BG (4106 FH5)
type=35 - Temic PAL_DK/SECAM_L (4012 FY5)
type=36 - Temic NTSC (4136 FY5)
type=37 - LG PAL (newer TAPC series)
type=38 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3)
type=39 - LG NTSC (newer TAPC series)
type=40 - HITACHI V7-J180AT

I dont know what tv source there is in the philipines, I imagine it is NTSC
so if that is so you can rule out al the pal tuners.
Give type=2 a try first because it is the most popular.
Once you have done this reboot(its quicker)
and execute
$scantv
Xawtv will start to scan for channels and if all is well it will find them.
good luck

These guys seem to know a thing or two about those apps and how to make them work. I got XAWTV running under linux very easily by installing Apt-RPM from this site http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/rh9/ once that's in place run "apt-get update" minus the quotes of course and your all set to go. Run "apt-get install xawtv" it should download and install xawtv and all of its dependencies. Good luck!