Hi:
I have been using a pcHDTV HD-5500 TV card for several years under many
versions of openSUSE up to 12.3 Now I have moved to the latest LEAP
system (fully upgraded 42.3), and I can no longer gain access to the S-Video input, which I
need. Has anyone succeeded with this combination, and if so what did you
have to do to get it to work.
Thanks
Hi and welcome to the Forum 
So what driver is it using from the output for the card from;
/sbin/lspci -nnk
I see the cx23885 kernel module needs firmware (v4l-cx23885-enc.fw), so is the kernel-firmware package installed?
Hi:
Many thanks.
I performed ‘lspci -nnk’ on both the Leap 42.3 and the 12.3 systems,
along with the command ‘lsmod’ for the same two conditions. The relevant fragments are below.
Fragment of lspci for 12.3
07:01.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8800] (rev 05)
Subsystem: pcHDTV pcHDTV HD-5500 [7063:5500]
Kernel driver in use: cx8800
07:01.1 Multimedia controller [0480]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] [14f1:8801] (rev 05)
Subsystem: pcHDTV pcHDTV HD-5500 [7063:5500]
Kernel driver in use: cx88_audio
07:01.2 Multimedia controller [0480]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] [14f1:8802] (rev 05)
Subsystem: pcHDTV pcHDTV HD-5500 [7063:5500]
Kernel driver in use: cx88-mpeg driver manager
07:01.4 Multimedia controller [0480]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] [14f1:8804] (rev 05)
Subsystem: pcHDTV pcHDTV HD-5500 [7063:5500]
Fragment of lspci for 42.3
07:01.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8800] (rev 05)
Subsystem: pcHDTV pcHDTV HD-5500 [7063:5500]
Kernel driver in use: cx8800
Kernel modules: cx8800
07:01.1 Multimedia controller [0480]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] [14f1:8801] (rev 05)
Subsystem: pcHDTV pcHDTV HD-5500 [7063:5500]
Kernel driver in use: cx88_audio
Kernel modules: cx88_alsa
07:01.2 Multimedia controller [0480]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] [14f1:8802] (rev 05)
Subsystem: pcHDTV pcHDTV HD-5500 [7063:5500]
Kernel driver in use: cx88-mpeg driver manager
Kernel modules: cx8802
07:01.4 Multimedia controller [0480]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] [14f1:8804] (rev 05)
Subsystem: pcHDTV pcHDTV HD-5500 [7063:5500]
Fragment of lsmod for 12.3
cx8802 23058 1 cx88_dvb
soundcore 15048 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18711 3 snd_ens1370,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
cx8800 42022 1
cx88xx 88514 4 cx88_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800
rc_core 31851 11 ir_lirc_codec,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_sanyo_decoder,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,rc_hauppauge,
cx88xx
i2c_algo_bit 13414 2 cx88_vp3054_i2c,cx88xx
tveeprom 21250 1 cx88xx
v4l2_common 21325 3 tuner,cx8800,cx88xx
videodev 129333 6 cx88_alsa,tuner,cx8800,cx88xx,v4l2_common
btcx_risc 13641 4 cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx
videobuf_dma_sg 19306 5 cx88_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx
videobuf_core 30119 5 videobuf_dvb,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx,videobuf_dma_sg
Fragment of lsmod for 42.3
cx88_dvb 36864 0
cx88_vp3054_i2c 16384 1 cx88_dvb
videobuf2_dvb 16384 1 cx88_dvb
dvb_core 131072 3 cx88_dvb,lgdt330x,videobuf2_dvb
tuner_simple 28672 2
tuner_types 28672 1 tuner_simple
cx88_alsa 20480 2
tuner 28672 2
cx8800 40960 0
cx8802 24576 1 cx88_dvb
cx88xx 94208 4 cx88_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8800,cx8802
tveeprom 24576 1 cx88xx
videobuf2_dma_sg 20480 3 cx88_dvb,cx8800,cx8802
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_dma_sg
videobuf2_core 57344 5 cx88_dvb,cx8800,cx8802,cx88xx,videobuf2_dvb
v4l2_common 16384 4 tuner,cx8800,cx88xx,videobuf2_core
videodev 176128 6 tuner,cx88_alsa,cx8800,cx88xx,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core
i2c_algo_bit 16384 2 cx88_vp3054_i2c,cx88xx
The actual command line that I use is:
mplayer
tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:norm=NTSC-M:input=2:amode=0:width=720:height=480:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0
I am unaware of any firmware requirement for this card.
I have the complete listings should that be required - quite large so possibly better if I were to email them direct, should you want them.
Thanks