ivtv emerge problem

Takker · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:56 am Post subject: ivtv emerge problem

Hi!

I'd like to emerge ivtv to run my Hauppage tv card. But it always produces an error:

AchilleTalon · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:12 am Post subject:

I had the same problem few days ago. I am building my first Gentoo system as well as first PVR using the Hauppauge PVR-350.

I simply downloaded the latest driver code available from: http://ivtv.sourceforge.net

It was ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck99z, it built nicely. However, it is not a known stable driver. Since it is my first installation, I cannot compare with anything else, but I observed the DVD playing using xine is not smooth. The sound seems ok, but the image is like its freezed on a frame for a fraction of a second each second or two. I don't know if there is something to tweak to avoid this or it is a problem with the driver itself. I am still experimenting...
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Takker · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:41 pm Post subject:

Hmm, got some more information/instruction?

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AchilleTalon · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:29 pm Post subject:

First, the ivtv driver is actively developped right now and I am not keeping up with daily updates. The last version I installed is ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck100b from the sourceforge.net archive, follow link in my previous post.

Simply download the source file, unzip/untar and read documentation in the doc directory. Since I am using the 2.6.7 kernel without devfs and with udev, I skipped the device entries creation part as indicated in the install.txt file. Also, make everything in the utils directory and make install (will put some utilities in /usr/local/bin).

I haven't tested the vbi support.

Please, post details if you still have problems building the driver. BTW, when making installing the driver, you maybe warned to remove the current msp3400 driver in the /lib/modules. Do it and rerun make install, it will install its own version of the msp3400 driver.
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AchilleTalon · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:20 am Post subject:

I just noticed the ivtv.sourceforge.net site has changed. For the source code for latest ivtv driver use the following URL instead:

Chris Kennedy's IVTV driver
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Takker · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:51 am Post subject:

This is the result if I compile it manually, almost every source, doing as the doc says. Because compiling fails you got nearly the same output on make install, of course there is no chance for modprobing

AchilleTalon · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:02 pm Post subject:

I tried to compile a newer version yesterday (ck104b) and ran into the same problem. Pick 100b or 100m instead.

I asked on the ivtv forum about the problem we both encountered and will post here any development on this issue.
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Takker · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject:

Uhm, where can I get this exact version? SF provides 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, ckennedy the actual 1.10 ck104d ...

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AchilleTalon · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:59 pm Post subject:

Gosh!

Seems Chris Kennedy was tired to have to deal with a lot of intermediate versions and just removed all the old versions. There was a directory on his site for older versions which is no longer there.

I tried to find out if they were simply moved elsewhere without any success.

On the Wiki they recommend using 0.1.9 since 0.1.10 is unstable. Maybe you can just ask on the IvyTv forum.

On the Gentoo side, I don't know if someone has really tested the currently distributed ivtv driver, but since I had myself to move to a later version to make it working, I suppose the answer is no or there is some undocumented magic and/or incantations to do to make it compile properly.

The IvyTv Wiki is at the following URL: IvyTv Wiki

If unsucessful in your search, I may send you my copy of the ck100b if you do not matter receiving a half MB e-mail. Just let me know if you wish to receive my copy.
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QuaffAPint · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject:

Not that this is overly helpful :wink:

- but I too had the emerge problem. Then I went to the ckennedy site and downloaded ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck104d.tgz (or something like that - it was dated 8-16-04).

I then followed the instructions for the MythTV on Gentoo install from Alfred Park (located here). This is the pertinent portion of that document...

...Extract the tar file...then...