[mythtv-users] Installing WinTV-HVR-1600 tuner card for MythTV

Kevin Kuphal kkuphal at gmail.com
Fri Jan 23 20:06:39 UTC 2009


On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:02 PM, George Langford <george at georgesbasement.com
> wrote:

> System:
> debian/etch, AMD CPU at 1.0GHz, 2GB RAM, GeForce 6200 with 256MB.
> 100GB spare hard drive space. Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 (74021 F tuner).
>
> After getting the MythTV frontend and MySQL databases more-or-less started
> up, I turned to the mythtv-backend.
>
> I got this far:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HVR-1600
>
>>  Installation Guide
>>
>> 0. You must stop the MythBackend from running or you will receive errors
>> while installing these drivers.
>>
>
> None found running. OK
>
>  1. Install the latest v4l-dvb drivers
>> First find your kernel version. Run uname -r and you should get something
>> like this:
>> uname -r
>>
>>> 2.6.24-19-generic
>>>
>>
> I have debian/etch: (2.6.18-5-k7)
>
>  1a. Download the latest
>> sudo apt-get install mercurial linux-headers-$KERNEL_VERSION
>> build-essential
>>
>
> I used this code:
>
>> sudo apt-get install mercurial linux-headers-2.6.18-5-k7 build-essential
>>
>
>  hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb
>>
>
> This worked OK:
>
>> added 10304 changesets with 26556 changes to 1695 files
>> 1226 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
>>
>
> But when it comes to the next steps, I hit a brick wall:
>
>> 1b. Compile and add the module to your kernel:
>>  cd v4l-dvb
>>  make
>>  sudo make install
>>  sudo make unload
>>  sudo modprobe cx18
>>
>
> The command, "cd v41-dvb" is a mystery.  Not "change directory" for sure.
> Shorthand for something else ... ?
> Should I have done these steps as root ... ?
> There is no file name containing the characters, "v41-dvb."
> Should I look in the CDROM's that came with the tuner card ?


cd = Change Directory

The "hg" command should have created a subfolder named "v4l-dvb" which is
V4L-DVB (in lowercase).  The instructions are telling you to change into
that directory in order to compile the source code you downloaded with the
"hg" command

Kevin
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