[mythtv-users] Gentoo and ivtv - HELP!!!
Jayson Garrell
kyi at kyi.sytes.net
Fri Dec 12 16:08:55 EST 2003
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 12:12, Ajay Sharma wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 11:23, David Latka wrote:
>
> > My current problem rests with installing ivtv in
> > Gentoo. emerge is great when the package is
> > supported, but Im completely lost on where to even
> > begin installing ivtv. I found a few threads about
> > this topic but I just dont get it. Please help (or
> > perhaps send something soft to put between my head and
> > this wall)
>
> I just did this last night, so here's my step by step (from memory so
> there might be errors, read the README's and FAQ):
>
> 1) download the latest ivtv cvs tarball
> http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/CVS-LATEST.tar.gz
>
> 2) mkdir /opt/src (this is where I build all my non-portage software)
>
> 3) cd /opt/src and tar -zxvf /path/to/CVS-LATEST.tar.gz
>
> 4) cd ivtv/drivers
>
> 5) cp ../utils/videodev2.h . (you can also patch your kernel with the
> video4linux2 patches... this is much easier though... )
>
> 6) make (make sure this compiles cleanly before proceeding)
>
> 7) make install (this will copy the modules into
> /lib/modules/kernel-version/....)
Make sure you get the latest firmware before proceding any further.
http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/pvr250/pvr250_17_21288.exe
cp the pvr250_17_21288.exe to the utils dir under the ivtv source
directory, cd to that dir Run ./ivtvfwextract.pl pvr250_17_21288.exe
To extract the firmware, it will be placed into /lib/modules/
Now proceed with the rest of the instructions. Other wise, without the
firmware, you will not be able to capture anything.
>
> 8) put this in your /etc/modules.d/ivtv file (okay, this part isn't from
> memory...):
>
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> options ivtv debug=1
> options tuner type=2
> options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> add above ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
>
> 9) run 'modules-update' to rebuild the /etc/modules.conf file.
>
> 10) you should now be able to do a 'modprobe ivtv' and have it pull in
> all the correct modules...
>
> 11) make sure that the modprobe works okay and then add 'ivtv' to
> /etc/modules.autoload so it'll be loaded automatically when you reboot.
>
> This is a *really* rough step by step guide, you should really go
> through the README and FAQ on the site.
>
Jayson Garrell
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