I have an old GADMEI USB TV BOX, in the back it says MODEL: TVR200. I haven’t use this since few years ago in Windows. I am planning to learn a little bit about Wii homebrew, so I thought if I can use my computer as display, I don’t have to go back and forth to my TV. When I plugged the USB TV BOX, the kernel display some messages about em28xx:
[ 3662.345631] em28xx #0: Your board has no unique USB ID and thus need a hint to be detected. [ 3662.345634] em28xx #0: You may try to use card= insmod option to workaround that. [ 3662.345636] em28xx #0: Please send an email with this log to: [ 3662.345638] em28xx #0: V4L Mailing List [ 3662.345640] em28xx #0: Board eeprom hash is 0x00000000 [ 3662.345643] em28xx #0: Board i2c devicelist hash is 0xc51200e3 [ 3662.345645] em28xx #0: Here is a list of valid choices for the card= insmod option: [ 3662.345647] em28xx #0: card=0 -> Unknown EM2800 video grabber [ 3662.345650] em28xx #0: card=1 -> Unknown EM2750/28xx video grabber [ 3662.345652] em28xx #0: card=2 -> Terratec Cinergy 250 USB [ 3662.345654] em28xx #0: card=3 -> Pinnacle PCTV USB 2 [ 3662.345656] em28xx #0: card=4 -> Hauppauge WinTV USB 2 [ 3662.345659] em28xx #0: card=5 -> MSI VOX USB 2.0 [ 3662.345661] em28xx #0: card=6 -> Terratec Cinergy 200 USB [ 3662.345663] em28xx #0: card=7 -> Leadtek Winfast USB II [ 3662.345665] em28xx #0: card=8 -> Kworld USB2800 [ 3662.345667] em28xx #0: card=9 -> Pinnacle Dazzle DVC 90/DVC 100 [ 3662.345670] em28xx #0: card=10 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 900 [ 3662.345672] em28xx #0: card=11 -> Terratec Hybrid XS [ 3662.345674] em28xx #0: card=12 -> Kworld PVR TV 2800 RF [ 3662.345676] em28xx #0: card=13 -> Terratec Prodigy XS [ 3662.345679] em28xx #0: card=14 -> Pixelview Prolink PlayTV USB 2.0 [ 3662.345681] em28xx #0: card=15 -> V-Gear PocketTV [ 3662.345683] em28xx #0: card=16 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 [ 3662.685938] em28xx #0: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0 and /dev/vbi0
So I tried modprobe em28xx card=0 and then card=1, and then card=2, thankfully it worked with card=2. I used tvtime program to see the output of the usb tv. To make it permanent, add this line:
options em28xx card=2
to your /etc/modprobe.conf, or create a new file (any name is fine) at /etc/modprobe.d and fill it with that line. Note: audio is not working yet, but I don’t really need it right now.