[mythtv-users] Problem with "apt-get" of ivtv drivers (using Jarod's Guide)

[Kyle Kelly]

Rick T. Su wrote:

>
>
> I am just starting to build my MythTV Box.  Have been following 
> Jarod's new guide using the Fedora Core release without much problem.  
> However, reaching the section on Ivtv, I can't seem to get it to 
> work.  This is what I get
> after typing in " apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r` "
>
> -----------------
>
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   ivtv-kmdl-2.4.22-1.2135.nptl_27.rhfc1.at: Depends: ivtv-firmware (>= 
> 17_21288) but it is not installable
> E: Broken packages
>
> ------------------
>
> I realize from reading the forums that there is a firmware issue.  I 
> have tried moving on with the guided and getting the firmware in place 
> with "wget" and a downloaded version of ivtvfwextract.pl (since I'm 
> assuming this is suppose to come after the ivtv-kmdl and ivtv are 
> installed).  Nevertheless, none of those methods work either.  Trying 
> to install ivtv using the instructions from the ivtv site only added 
> to the confusion with little noticeable results.
>
> If anyone has any ideas or encountered this before, I would appreciate 
> any advise.  I'm learning as I go, but this has so far held me up.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rick
>
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I installed ivtv on fedora as well, I never used any rpm's though, I 
would recommend going to ivtv's sourceforge project page and get the 
very new 0.13 release, it's been very stable for me and actually appears 
to have solved a few problems that I was having as well.

And the firmware is pretty easy to find on hauppauge's website, right here
http://www.hauppauge.com/html/sw_pvr_250.htm#driver

You only need to get the .exe and then use the tools provided by ivtv.

Hope that helps