[AG-TECH] Winnov 4400 under linux

Douglas Kosovic douglask at itee.uq.edu.au
Fri Jan 5 06:02:51 CST 2007


Hi Natalia,

> I am still having trouble with the winnov under Windows. As i think it is 
> 878 chip based i tried it under Linux, and the bttv module loads, but it 
> doesnt appear the /dev/video0 (neither 1,2, 3). So .. it seems to me it 
> doesnt work...
>
> Has anyone tried that before and got any conclusion? Any linux guru 
> willing to develop a driver for it??

If I'm not mistaken, the Winnov 4400 has 4 Phillips SAA7115HL chips rather 
than Bt878s. I don't think the saa711x module would work as it only handles 
the SAA7113 & 7114, you could try the saa7115 module that comes with later 
kernels (sorry I have no idea if it works with the Winnov 4400).


Doug




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