[mythtv-users] format_to_mode() does not recognize V4L1

[Mark Lord]

On 11-05-16 01:33 AM, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Robert McNamara <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com
> <mailto:robert.mcnamara at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Grymoire <mythtv at grymoire.com
>     <mailto:mythtv at grymoire.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     > New member here. I've been struggling for weeks trying to get MythTV running.
>     >
>     > tvtime works. (I haven't tackled the audio yet)
>     > Mythtv does not.
>     >
>     > Motherboard: Asus P7H57D-M EVO
>     > CPU: Intel Core i3-550
>     > Graphics: EVGA GT430
>     > Hardware: Hauppauge pvr-950Q
>     > OS: Ubuntu 11.04
>     > Kernel: 2.6.38-8-server
>     > Video source: Analog cable (US)
>     >                (with some digital channels) But I'm trying to get just the
>     analog working at this time.
>     > I'm using the Mythtv software from that distribution.
>     > 2011-05-01 10:10:52.985 mythbackend version: branches/release-0-23-fixes
>     [24158] www.mythtv.org <http://www.mythtv.org>
> 
>     Kernel 2.6.38 removed V4L1 support.  MythTV requires it.  Ubuntu is
>     shipping mythtv packages with an as-yet-unreviewed-by-Myth-devs patch
>     which is intended to allow compiling with V4L support, but appears to
>     have a number of issues.  You seem to have run into one of them.  The
>     log message implies that something has been missed in the Mythbuntu
>     patch.
> 
>     The mythbuntu/ubuntu folks may be able to assist in fixing their patch
>     (and thus, make it more likely for Myth devs to apply it without as
>     much bikeshedding).
..
> 2) The patch came from a user who submitted it to our tracker as well as
> upstream's from someone in the community.  We applied it in the interim as it is
> a better situation than no V4L support w/ 2.6.38.  As soon as there is something
> similar in 0.24-fixes we'll drop it.


This confuses me some.. I run a 2.6.38 kernel here,
and regularly build/run mythtv-0.24-fixes from git.

It compiles/runs just fine.