[mythtv-users] Re: Patch for Avermedia M179

[Jarod C. Wilson]

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On Tuesday 23 December 2003 05:23, Brent W. York wrote:
> ...but ivtv can be tricky to get built. You have to have everything just so
> in the headers. I just spent the better part of the weekend getting my Yuan
> MPG600 card up and running. After several abortive attempts, here's what
> Worked For Me:
>
> - Install RH9 (or your distro of choice...)
> - Install 2.4.23 kernel source from http://www.kernel.org
> - Apply V4L2 patches to kernel from http://bytesex.org/patches/2.4.23-1/
> - (Optional, but cool: apply bootsplash patches to kernel from
>    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/stepan/bootsplash/kernel/)
> - Configure and build the new kernel
> - Reboot into the new kernel
> - Build and install any custom drivers (e.g., my nForce2 mobo has a custom
>    driver for the on-board Ethernet)
> - Download latest tarball of ivtv driver w/MPG600 support from
>
> http://www.smalltime.com/bob/ivtv-cvs-latest+1125A+M179+close_stream.tar.bz
>2 (See http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=PatchesHowTo)
> - In ivtv.h, change the subsystem ID for the MPG600 from 0xfff3 to 0xffff
>    (er, but not strictly necessary if you're using an M179...)
> - In Makefile, comment out the definition of NEW_I2C, and change KERNELDIR
>    if necessary
> - Build and install the ivtv driver
> - Modify /etc/modules.conf as required
>    (see http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1#q13)
> - Get Hauppauge firmware using
>    wget http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/pvr250/pvr250_17_21226.exe
> - Extract firmware with
>    /usr/src/ivtv/utils/ivtvfwextract.pl pvr250_17_21226.exe
> - Reboot again for good measure
> - Do cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg to see if the card is working
> - Ready for MythTV!

Aiee. Is it possible to set up the ivtv driver to support both the Yuan and 
M179 right now? I ask, because the installation process for getting my M179 
to work was about 10% of what you went through, so far as time and effort. No 
vanilla kernel, no v4l2 patching, no kernel compile, no driver patching, no 
driver compiling, etc...

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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