[mythtv] [patch] firewire mpeg2ts input

[Tom E. Craddock, Jr.]

Ian Forde wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 22:12 -0800, Tom Harding wrote:
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>>Works on my DCT-6412 (Comcast HD DVR box).  Hardest thing was getting 
>>libiecXXXXX to compile.  The LIBRAW1394 macros were not defined so I had 
>>to wing it.  I don't have a capture card, so the first time I ever ran 
>>MythTV was with your Firewire support today.  Thanks!
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>That's actually one of the easier bits.  Easiest way to build
>libiec61883 is to generate an RPM for it.  Here's the RH/Fedora way...
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>1. Download libiec61883
>2. Generate a specfile
>	sh autogen.sh
>3. Rename the dir to dir-`version` as listed in the specfile.  I'm
>assuming it's 0.1.0, but you should check libiec61883/libiec61883.spec
>	mv libiec61883 libiec61883-0.1.0
>4. Put the specfile in place
>	cp -p libiec61883-0.1.0/libiec61883.spec /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
>5. Create a source tarball
>	tar czf /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/libiec61883-0.1.0.tar.gz
>libiec61883-0.1.0/
>6. Set your PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable.(This may or may not be the case on
>your system.)
>	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
>7. Build the RPM
>	cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
>	rpmbuild -bb libiec61883.spec
>8. Install both the lib and the -devel package
>	cd ../RPMS/`uname -i`
>	rpm -Uvh ./libiec61883-0.1.0* ./libiec61883-devel-*
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>>A useful feature would be the ability to generate output in the original 
>>.ts format as well as (or instead of) .nuv (for reasons I won't bore you 
>>with).
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>There is a test-mpeg2 demo program that should be in the -devel package.
>This will allow pure captures.  Having said that, the .nuv file is in
>the original format already, since you're already capturing a compressed
>mpeg2 stream...
>
>	-I
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If anyone makes the RPMS mentioned above, I run a YAM server, so I could 
host them for anyone that wants it.  If no one does, I may end up 
building them this weekend.

Tom