[mythtv-users] ivtv 0.5.0 released

[Steve Adeff]

On Saturday 12 November 2005 23:20, Robin Gilks wrote:
> > On Saturday 12 November 2005 10:38, chris at cpr.homelinux.net wrote:
> >> I was looking at the ticket mentioned earlier today about the frame
> >> shift causing artifacts, and noticed that ivtv 0.5.0 was released a few
> >> hours ago.
> >>
> >> http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/archive/0.5.x/ivtv-0.5.0.tar.gz
> >>
> >> It looks like quite a clean-up.
> >>
> >> See http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/unstable/ChangeLog for details.
> >>
> >> They mention that they are now compatible with the kernel V4L2 code but
> >> didn't say what kernel version would be required.  A quick look on
> >> www.kernel.org shows a lot of V4L1 and V4L2 patches in the 2.6.15-rc1
> >> changelog so I'll be waiting on the edge of my seat for 2.6.15 to go
> >> stable.
> >
> > haha, I just built 0.4.0 for the first time for my pvr-150 not a few
> > hours before 0.5.0 came out!
> >
> > well, time to upgrade, I haven't even had a chance to connect and tune
> > this
> > card to see if it all works!
>
> Note that since this is an odd numbered release its an unstable
> experimental one. Its part of the integration of IVTV into V4L2 for
> eventual inclusion into the kernel. Only attempt this if you REALLY know
> what you are doing and have a known working system to fall back to.
>
> In any case, subscribe to IVTV-DEV list to know whats really happening and
> so you can provide feedback to the developers if you feel competent to try
> this release.


I also found I was unable to build it according to their instructions, the CVS 
of V4L they require you to download had an issue that I didn't feel worthy of 
resolving...


Steve