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# The BTTV Mini-HOWTO

## By Eric Sandeen, `eric_sandeen@bigfoot.com`

v0.3, February 2000

This document describes the hardware, software, and procedures needed to use a bt8x8 chipset based frame grabber or TV tuner card under Linux.

## 1. Introduction

- 1.1 Copyright of this document
- 1.2 Where to get this document
- 1.3 Acknowledgments
- 1.4 Disclaimer

## 2. Hardware Requirements

## 3. Software Requirements

## 4. System Configuration

- 4.1 Hardware Installation
- 4.2 Kernel Configuration
- 4.3 Using the updated 0.6.x packages
- 4.4 Special files in `/dev`
- 4.5 Loading the Modules
- 4.6 Automating the process

## 5. Applications

## 6. Appendix - Arguments for All Modules

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