[mythtv-users] Compiling MythTV on Fedora 10, possible?

[R. G. Newbury]

David Knight wrote:
> On Fri, March 13, 2009 12:25 am, Nicolas Riendeau wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm pretty sure it's possible but I have not yet found the secret
>> recipe...
>>
>> If I try to compile trunk, it compiles but when I want to watch tv it
>> doesn't work
>> and complain that:
>>
>> VideoOutput, Error: Not compiled with any useable video output method.
>> NVP(0), Error: Couldn't create VideoOutput instance. Exiting..
>> Unable to initialize video.
>> playCtx, Error: StartDecoderThread() Failed to startdecoder
>> TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingLiveTV, main) -- end error
>> TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
>>
>> and configure only reports this when I run it for video output support:
>>
>> # Video Output Support
>> x11 support               no
>> OpenGL video              no
>> OpenGL vsync              no
>> DirectFB                  no
>> Fribidi formatting        no
>> MHEG support              yes
>>
>> Shouldn't I see x11 support in there?
>>
>> The video card is a Nvidia 8600GT (which supports VDPAU) but I have tried
>> to compile
>> it with and without VDPAU support and it doesn't make any difference...
>>
>> If I try to compile fixes, configure complains that I need LAME MP3
>> encoder supports
>> (this is no longer needed with trunk?).
>>
>> Lame is installed and there doesn't seem to be anything else I can add
>> (unless I use
>> another repository and in this case it complains about conflicts).
>>
>> This PC used to run trunk before I reinstalled the OS...
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
>   Have you followed the Wiki article ?
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_SVN_on_Fedora_Core
> 
>   This works fine on my install of Fedora 10, make sure you have most of
> the prerequisites that are listed in the Wiki.
> 
>   Also have you installed the NVIDIA Linux driver ?
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606

You might want to check out the wiki at:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Fedora_10_-_Package_Dependencies

which is a script to install the needed packages for F10 before you 
compile SVN. It is not exactly correct at the moment, due to changes 
between atrpms and rpmfusion. The listed version perfers the atrpms repo 
but could be easily amended to use rpmfusion if that is your preference.

You are obviously missing the 'glue' packages for X11 support etc etc.

That script catches them all nicely. I got tired of hunting for them all 
and made notes. And I am lazy enough to make scripts out of my notes.
Do NOT run it from a slow link however. Like updating the size of the 
download can be daunting on a slow link.

Geoff


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