Re: Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?

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Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?
\ Mark Knecht (5 Apr 2008)
. \ Ricardo Saffi Marques (5 Apr 2008)
. . \ Mark Knecht (5 Apr 2008)
. . . \ Mark Knecht (5 Apr 2008)
. . . . \ Tim (6 Apr 2008)
. . . . . \ Mark Knecht (6 Apr 2008)

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Subject:	Re: Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Mark Knecht
Date:	6 Apr 2008

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Tim <root> wrote:
>
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht> wrote:
> >> 2008/4/5 Ricardo Saffi Marques <saffi>:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > If someone knows where a
> >> > > list like that might be could you point me there?
> >> >
> >> > Have you tried these?
> >> >
> >> > http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV
> >> > and
> >> > http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Kernel/System_for_MythTV
> >> > --
> >> > Ricardo Saffi Marques
> >>
> >> Thanks Ricardo,
> >> Actually, since I wrote the first email I've built
> >> 2.6.24-gentoo-r4, emerged ivtv-1.0.3-r2 and it boots and loads the
> >> driver fine. Both cards are seens so that much is behind me. I'm in
> >> the process of testing the cards and setting up mysql now.
> >>
> >> Knock on wood so far things are going pretty well.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Mark
> >>
> >
> > OK, my immediate needs are solved with 2.6.24-gentoo-r4 and
> > ivtv-1.0.3-r2. Both of my PVR cards are seen by the system and record
> > successfully at the command line using cat /dev/v4l/video0 >test0.mpg.
> > (Or video1) xine plays the files fine.
> >
> > Now the issue is to get the backend set up. First mysql, then
> > mythbackend, then some test recordings. your second link will help
> > with that I think.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> I'm glad it worked out for you.
>
> IIRC, the ivtv builds are linked to the kernel version - older kernels
> require you to use older ivtv builds. For example, kernel 2.6.19.* will
> take ivtv 0.9, while kernel 2.6.18.* takes ivtv 0.8. ivtv 1.0.* has
> worked for any kernel since 2.6.21, so unless you plan on downgrading
> below that, you should stick with 1.0.
>
> -Tim

Thanks Tim. It's all up and running for a few hours so far. Works fine
from the command line but not working well inside of MYthTV at all.

Cheers,
Mark
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