[mythtv-users] Re: Patch for Avermedia M179

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Dec 23, 2003, at 16:07, Brent W. York wrote:

> The same ivtv patch handles both the MPG600 and the AverMedia card.

Ah, cool. Can anyone with a Yuan card confirm that Axel's ivtv rpms 
work with it as well?

> I never could get the ivtv driver built until I went through all the 
> steps I
> listed above. If there are RPMs available, I just didn't use 'em, 
> cause my
> main reason for going MythTV as opposed to Snapstream (or even TiVo) 
> is the
> opportunity to change all the code and customize it...so I build 
> everything
> from source, where possible.

Ah, okay. That would do it. But then why not start w/Gentoo instead of 
Red Hat, to really get into the spirit of compiling everything? :)

> It's necessary to do the things I want to do
> (like patching the kernel for the bootsplash screen).

ATrpms kernel rpms already have that (though I'm sure other things you 
want aren't included).

> For me, this was the
> minimum set of tasks to get everything built from source.

Whew. Messy. But yes, that'll definitely give you a better grasp of the 
internals than installing everything from RPM. I'm still debating what 
distro to go with on my secondary MythTV system...

> And see, I'd be compiling the kernel no matter what, just to pull out 
> Ham
> Radio support et al.... :-)

Methinks you must be a True Geek. ;-)

-- 
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