[mythtv-users] Migration to MythDora 4.0 (video4linux question)

[Lan Barnes]

On Thu, May 10, 2007 11:24 am, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007 14:23:38 Lan Barnes wrote:
>> My real question is, what does this mean to me?
>>
>> >     *** PVR-x50/500 users may experience problems with ivtv if
>> > video4linux is installed. Do not install this unless you have too.
>>
>> According to the MythDora 3.2 rpm database, I have installed:
>>
>> [root at xena lbarnes]# got video4linux
>> video4linux-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp-20061107-77.fc5.at
>> video4linux-20061107-77.fc5.at
>>
>> My capture cards are a pair of pvr-150s.
>>
>> Should I not upgrade?
>
> Nah, you can still upgrade. Of course, it depends a little on what you
> mean by
> upgrade. If you mean "save database and recordings, install clean OS",
> then
> you ought to be fine w/the default package selection (video4linux bits
> don't
> install by default), but if you try upgrading the OS, you may need to
> remove
> some video4linux bits after the fact, assuming that upgrade even works
> (haven't actually tried that).
>

Thanks. "Reinstall" is the more correct term.

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Lan Barnes

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