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

[Robert McNamara]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:02 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 ?
>
> Thanks,
> George Langford
>
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It is indeed Change Directory, and it's and L "ELL" and not a 1 "One."
 The hg clone checks the v4l-dvb repository out into a directory
called v4l-dvb.

Robert