[mythtv] ivtv and Mandrake 10.0

[Tim Cluff]

Thanks for the help. I would appreciate a link to the RPM, I have a much 
harder time messing up RPM installs than compiling :)

Scott Petersen wrote:

> Tim Cluff wrote:
>
>> I've been having difficulty getting ivtv to work with my Hauppauge 
>> PVR-250  in a clean install of Mandrake 10.  .1.9 wouldn't compile at 
>> all, so after searching I found .1.10-pre2-ck105x. It succesfully 
>> compiled, and I added
>>
>>        options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 tuner=2
>>     options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0
>>     add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner saa7127
>>
>> to /etc/modules.conf and did 'modprobe ivtv'.  However, cat 
>> /dev/video0 > test.mpg gives me an input errror and attempting to 
>> view it in mythtv gives a decoder error.
>>
>> The channel down button just broke on my TV and the remotes long dead 
>> so any help getting this working would be really appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
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> The default Mandrake kernel ships with an older version of IVTV. These
> files are the ones loaded when you use modprobe. You will need to delete
> the following directory (and the files in it):
>
> /usr/lib/`uname -r`/kernel/3rdparty/ivtv
>
> and then run
>
> depmod -a
>
> Then you should be able to just run modbrobe ivtv.  Depending on your
> hardware and needs, you likely don't even need the entries in
> modules.conf as the new ck versions of IVTV are quite smart in their
> auto-detection. In any event, modules.conf is no longer used in a
> default install of Mandrake 10. /etc/modprobe.conf is the replacement.
>
> The way that I do it is to add the line
>
> ivtv
>
> to the /etc/modules file. This file is used to load modules at boot time.
>
> As an aside, Mandrake also ships with an older version of lirc (and
> associated kernel modules) that does not support the hauppauge remote so
> you will likely have to compile and install that.
>
> I have source RPM's for both lirc-070-cvs20040905 and
> IVTV-0.1.10-pre2-ck107p that I used on my dedicated mandrake 10 Myth
> box. If you like, let me know and I will post them somewhere so you can
> download them. Anyone else is welcome to them, just let me know. They
> work for me but YMMV.
>
> Just note that these are source RPM's and will need to be compiled using
> rpmbuild --rebuild <rpmname>, and then installed using rpm -Uvh
> <binaryRPMName>.
>
> Cheers
> Scott Petersen
> scott_at_slal.net (don't just reply becuase this is sent from a spam
> catching e-mail.)
>
>
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