[mythtv-users] Newbie needs help with DVICO-Fusion tuner

[Itai Tavor]

On 03/11/2004, at 9:47 PM, David Whyte wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:01:48 +1100, Itai Tavor <itai at iinet.net.au> 
> wrote:
>> On 03/11/2004, at 5:42 PM, Tony Luha wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> I have jumped into Linux at the deep-end by trying to build a MythTV
>>> box. I chose a DVICO Fusion digital HDTV card because of its good
>>> reviews in Australia and because of the availability of Chris 
>>> Pascoe's
>>> Linux driver.
>>>
>>> ...snip...
>>>
>>> I apologise for my ignorance and I am finding it hard to frame a 
>>> clear
>>> question. Basically has anyone got the DVICO-Fusion tuner working and
>>> can they offer any hints?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Tony Luha
>>
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> First, I'm sure many people here will tell you to take this to where 
>> it
>> belongs - the linux-dvd list, so I won't bother. Oh, what the heck -
>> take this to the linux-dvd list, it's OT here. Being a newbie doesn't
>> mean you're allowed to ignore list etiquette.
>>
>> Second, after you've moved to the linux-dvd list, upgrade to kernel
>> 2.6.10-rc1, then read and follow the process I posted in the thread
>> "Success at last: AverMedia DVB-T + FusionHDTVDVB-T Lite". With 2.6.9
>> you need to build a new version of video4linux, and I could never get
>> that to work. With 2.6.10 the process is much simpler.

> is that the linux-dvd or linux-dvb forum.
>
> Dave - still trying to get the Averedia 771 running on FC2 2.6.8

Ok, linux-dvb then... what's more important, truth or beauty?

Have you tried the 771 with 2.6.10? Can't say that it will work, but I 
found it much easier to work with 2.6.10, as it already has a 
very-recent version of the V4L code, so all you need to add is 
dvb-kernel cvs.

Itai