[mythtv-users] CLEXF40030

[rwk at americom.com]

> > > Regarding the PVR-250 MPEG decoder and mythtv...
> > >
> > > I noticed that Release 1.2 of the source code for the VIA CLE266 mpeg
> > > library was released sometime in September.  It says:
> > >
> > >     "Release 1.2 available. Now up to date with CLEXF40030 driver.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me if this means that it will now work with mythtv?
> > > (I understood from previous discussions that it was not compatible with
> > > XFree86 drivers and kernel drivers.)
> > 
> > It's always worked with mythtv, if you were using the rest of via's binary 
> > driver.  The libddmpeg library is just a tiny little wrapper that needs to 
> > talk to the kernel modules to do anything useful.
> 
> The last time I tried to get this working I was unsuccessful and I
> concluded that it was because I was not running the stock Redhat kernel
> that came with RH9.  What I was trying to ask is if the source code
> version of libddmpeg mentioned above made it possible with a non-stock
> kernel (namely 2.4.21).
> 
> If not, can you (or anyone) explain the anticipated steps which are
> needed to get to the point where the PVR-250 decoder can be used with an
> arbitrary release of Linux?

Sorry, I meant to say EPIA-M decoder...

> Thanks for your reply Isaac!
> 
> Dick
> 
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