[mythtv-users] MythTV 0.20 Qt/Embedded+DirectFB support?

[Alan Calvert]

Itamar Axelrod wrote:
> Thanks!
>  
> Should I check out the latest and greatest version of MythTV 0.20 from 
> the svn trunk?

Seriously, I'd start with svn trunk rather than 0.20-xyz. Just follow the
instructions at <http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4>.

cheers.

> On 5/14/07, *Alan Calvert* <cal at graggrag.com <mailto:cal at graggrag.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Itamar Axelrod wrote:
>      > Hi all,
>      >
>      > I would like to run MythTV 0.20 on a MIPS machine.
>      > I had noticed that MythTV 0.19 is able to work with Qt/Embedded with
>      > DirectFB (avoiding the usage of X and Qt-X11).
>      > Does the new version (0.20) of MythTV support this usage model?
>      > If not, are there plans to add this kind of support?
>      >
>      > Thanks in advance,
>      > Itamar.
> 
>     Basically, the answer is yes. You may need to hack it about a little
>     to get
>     it to build & run though. I'd suggest going with svn trunk rather than
>     0.20-fixes .  Issues I'm aware of ...
> 
>     - the checks on DirectFB version don't consider the major version,
>     so if you use
>     DirectFB 1.0 (and why wouldn't you?), you need to adjust the #ifdef
>     checks
> 
>     - Qt 3.3.8 has a nasty sql issue, so use qt-embedded 3.3.7.
> 
>     Go for it, and good luck!