[mythtv-users] Gentoo and ivtv - HELP!!!

[Jayson Garrell]

On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 12:12, Ajay Sharma wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 11:23, David Latka wrote:
> 
> > My current problem rests with installing ivtv in
> > Gentoo.  emerge is great when the package is
> > supported, but Im completely lost on where to even
> > begin installing ivtv.  I found a few threads about
> > this topic but I just dont get it.  Please help (or
> > perhaps send something soft to put between my head and
> > this wall)
> 
> I just did this last night, so here's my step by step (from memory so
> there might be errors, read the README's and FAQ):
> 
> 1) download the latest ivtv cvs tarball
>    http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/CVS-LATEST.tar.gz
> 
> 2) mkdir /opt/src (this is where I build all my non-portage software)
> 
> 3) cd /opt/src and tar -zxvf /path/to/CVS-LATEST.tar.gz
> 
> 4) cd ivtv/drivers
> 
> 5) cp ../utils/videodev2.h .  (you can also patch your kernel with the
> video4linux2 patches... this is much easier though...  )
> 
> 6) make  (make sure this compiles cleanly before proceeding)
> 
> 7) make install (this will copy the modules into
> /lib/modules/kernel-version/....)

Make sure you get the latest firmware before proceding any further.

http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/pvr250/pvr250_17_21288.exe

cp the pvr250_17_21288.exe to the utils dir under the ivtv source
directory, cd to that dir Run ./ivtvfwextract.pl pvr250_17_21288.exe
To extract the firmware, it will be placed into /lib/modules/

Now proceed with the rest of the instructions. Other wise, without the
firmware, you will not be able to capture anything.

> 
> 8) put this in your /etc/modules.d/ivtv file (okay, this part isn't from
> memory...):
> 
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> options ivtv debug=1
> options tuner type=2
> options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> add above ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
> 
> 9) run 'modules-update' to rebuild the /etc/modules.conf file.
> 
> 10) you should now be able to do a 'modprobe ivtv' and have it pull in
> all the correct modules...
> 
> 11) make sure that the modprobe works okay and then add 'ivtv' to
> /etc/modules.autoload so it'll be loaded automatically when you reboot.
> 
> This is a *really* rough step by step guide, you should really go
> through the README and FAQ on the site.
> 

Jayson Garrell