[mythtv-users] CLE266 and hardware mpeg decoding

[Derek Anderson]

i think it's obvious the driver support "isn't there yet".  if it was, 
this would be a non-issue.  a few months ago, ivtv wasn't there yet.  it 
was flaky, half broken, and only worked with a small subset of kernels, 
libs and configs.  but people who were willing to follow the development 
and track down issues could cobble together a system.  and more 
importantly, i learned doing so.

ivtv is now easy as cake to get working.  i imagine a few months from 
now, CLE266 support will be the same.

it may very well be a waste of your time.  and please don't feel i 
expect your help.  (altho it's welcome)  but unless you tell me this is 
the wrong forum to ask questions and report on progress, i still find it 
a valuable use of my time.


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  Derek C. Anderson
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  Computer Sciences Corporation
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Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Sunday 07 September 2003 12:27 pm, Derek Anderson wrote:
> 
>>well yes, obviously.
>>
>>the same could be said had i chosen a shuttle system instead of an epia.
>>  or a few months ago, had i chosen a bttv card instead of a pvr250.  or
>>for that matter, had a i just bought a tivo.
> 
> 
> No, it's not the same.  The driver support _is not there_ yet for other 
> distributions.  You _have_ to use one of the distributions supported by the 
> VIA driver release for this to work right now.  Otherwise, you don't have a 
> matched set of kernel modules, libddmpeg, and X drivers.  The source releases 
> don't match up (different structure contents/sizes, etc).  It should work 
> eventually, but unless you're going to do some actual development instead of 
> just compiling things, discussing things is really just a waste of time.
> 
> Isaac
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