[mythtv-users] DVB Radio channels working in latest CVS

Dave lists at netsalve.com
Tue Mar 21 20:17:33 UTC 2006


On Tuesday 21 March 2006 16:49, Alexander Fisher wrote:
> On 3/21/06, Mike Parkins <mikeparkins at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 21 Mar 2006 14:52, Dave wrote:
> > > Is this part of the main mythtv program or is it a plugin?
> > >
> > > I have just upgraded to knoppmyth 5B7 - what would be the procedure to
> > > upgrade mythtv 0.19 to mythtv 0.19+dvbradio? I don't mind comiling, but
> > > could do with a set of instructions so that I don't break anything.
> >
> > It's in the main codebase now, if you follow the instructions on
> > svn.mythtv.org to compile the source. There are quite a few dependencies
> > though so you may need several rpms or equivalent. I'm a dunce when it
> > comes to linux hackery but I managed it eventually :)
>
> It was one of the first things to go into the svn mainline after 0.19
> was released.  This is why it is so trivial to patch 0.19 with dvb
> radio support.  Also, the changes only affect the backend.  If you
> have separate frontends, they can continue running unmodified 0.19
> releases.  If you upgrade to svn, chances are, you'll have to upgrade
> all your machines to svn.
>
> My backend is running Debian testing on an Athlon (k7).  I've built
> and use some dvb radio enabled packages optimised for Athlon.  They
> are available here ...
> deb http://alexfisher.me.uk/debian testing
> Hopefully some people will find them useful.  Don't expect them to
> work for any other cpu type!
>
> Kind Regards,
> Alex
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Alex,

I followed your instructions to patch 0.19 from svn and it worked perfectly, I 
now have DVB Radio (18 Stations). The only downside is that I no longer have 
the Knoppmyth Utilities available in the Frontend, not a huge problem though.

Regards,
Dave.


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