[mythtv-users] Very Newbie DVB Question

[Steve Adeff]

On Sunday 20 November 2005 07:09, Johan Kihlström wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 12:01 +0000, Toby Weston wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Sorry to ask the obvious but I was hoping someone could point me in
> > the direction of a very basic overview of DVB-T card setup (UK
> > Nova-T), I'm running Fedora 4 and will be using the latest Myth TV
> > from atrpms.
> >
> > I've been following the excellent Wilsonet guide and following the
> > links on DVB but I can't seem to put the pieces together :\ for
> > example, does the latest 2.6 kernels have DVB support? Am I likely
> > going to need to do that black magic kernel patching? The other guide
> > I've been looking at is
> > http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb.html (as mentioned on the
> > offical docs) but I'm confused about older 2.4(?) kernels.
> >
> > I must sound very confused!
> >
> > Anyway, any concise starting points for me would be really useful.
> > Thanks :)
> >
> > --
> > Toby
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> Yes they do have DVB support but AFAIK not many have it enabled by
> default. So you'll have to cook your own kernel to get DVB support.
> I'm running DVB-C with 2.6.12 on Debian and it works.
>
> If you're not running wicked hardware with special requirements just
> enabling the necessary modules in the kernel would suffice. So no
> patching(unless you enjoy life at the bleeding edge), just
> reconfiguring/building a new kernel.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Johan

The Kanotix Debian kernels have it enabled by default, I'm running 
2.6.13-kanotix64-14 with my HD3000 card.

-- 
Steve