[mythtv-users] DVB on FC2

[Paul Woodward]

Hi Danny,

You don't need to upgrade to FC2 to get DVB working in the kernel. It's poretty
easy just to compile up a 2.6 kernel (I use 2.6.3 on FC1) adding in the DVB
options - no patching required. I had firmware loading issues with 2.6.4, 2.6.5
& 2.6.6.

Likewise myth is now fairly easy to build from source, especially with apt-get
to fetch all the dependencies. I did however find that I needed to download
some of the source for packages which myth requires for building and simlink
them to the myth code tree. I couldn't figure out what apt-get was doing when I
downloaded source packges.

There is a lot to be gained from braving a proper build process...

Paul

Quoting Danny Robinson <Danny.Robinson at chordiant.com>:

> Before I go off and spend hours trying, does anyone know if:
>  
> a) FC2 now has built-in dvb-kernel support, and if so does anyone have it
> working?  I know it was slated for 2.6 integration, but I just want to be
> sure.
>  
> b) In Axel's excellent rpms for 0.15 on FC2, is DVB support now compiled in?
> If not, will it, could it, please?
>  
> Lastly, I have to confess that I've been unfaithful.  I had a stable PVR250
> setup, but changed over to using 2 Nova-T DVB cards, however the setup was
> very unstable so in my madness I tried showshifter!  Boy, you don't realise
> how good myth is until you don't have it!
>  
> However, during my unfaithfulness I did discover that XP wouldn't correctly
> identify my dvb cards until I moved them around a bit, so now I'm coming
> back to myth for a 2nd attempt believing hardware was always the problem.
> This time however, I'm hoping to go the rpms route rather than trusting
> myself to build everything correctly.
>  
> Danny
>