···11+=================22+ALSA BT87x Driver33+=================44+15Intro26=====3748You might have noticed that the bt878 grabber cards have actually55-_two_ PCI functions:99+*two* PCI functions:1010+::61177-$ lspci88-[ ... ]99-00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 02)1010-00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 02)1111-[ ... ]1212+ $ lspci1313+ [ ... ]1414+ 00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 02)1515+ 00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 02)1616+ [ ... ]12171318The first does video, it is backward compatible to the bt848. The second1419does audio. snd-bt87x is a driver for the second function. It's a sound1515-driver which can be used for recording sound (and _only_ recording, no2020+driver which can be used for recording sound (and *only* recording, no1621playback). As most TV cards come with a short cable which can be plugged1722into your sound card's line-in you probably don't need this driver if all1823you want to do is just watching TV...···3530and it refuses to load for cards it doesn't know.36313732If the driver complains ("Unknown TV card found, the audio driver will3838-not load"), you can specify the load_all=1 option to force the driver to3333+not load"), you can specify the ``load_all=1`` option to force the driver to3934try to use the audio capture function of your card. If the frequency of4040-recorded data is not right, try to specify the digital_rate option with3535+recorded data is not right, try to specify the ``digital_rate`` option with4136other values than the default 32000 (often it's 44100 or 64000).42374338If you have an unknown card, please mail the ID and board name to