[mythtv-users] PVR-350 TV-Out with Xv support

[Jesse Guardiani]

Jeff Simpson wrote:
>
>     Don't Panic! ivtv is really quite easy to build and install. The
>     xdriver
>     is more difficult, but still
>     doable.
>
>
>     > Is there a howto or doc anywhere that describes or guides you
>     through
>     > the process of enabling Xv on the 350's TV-Out?
>     >
>
>     Nothing to it really. Build and install the ivtv 0.3.8 and xdriver
>     0.10.6, and you're done. Just
>     use XV and enjoy.
>
>
> Is there a howto on that?

No. I should have had the presence of mind to take notes when I 
originally compiled it, but I didn't.

> installing ivtv is fine with gentoo, emerge should be able to do it 
> without any problem. compiling the xdriver is so far proving to be a 
> pretty hefty challenge. Are there particular versions of X that this 
> is known to work with? I am working on writing an ebuild for gentoo 
> that puts ivtv into the correct directory among x.org <http://x.org> 
> 5.8.2-r5, but it doesn't want to compile. What directory am I supposed 
> to give it when I run xmkmf (it says "X SOURCES" but that is very 
> vague...what directory is it looking for?). What should I do when it 
> dumps out with this message:
>
> ivtv_xv.c: In function `IVTVStopVideo':
> ivtv_xv.c:459: error: storage size of `colorKey' isn't known
> ivtv_xv.c:462: error: `IVTVFB_IOCTL_SET_COLORKEY' undeclared (first 
> use in this function)
> ivtv_xv.c:462: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> ivtv_xv.c:462: error: for each function it appears in.)
> ivtv_xv.c: In function `IVTVPutImage':
> ivtv_xv.c:716: error: storage size of `colorKey' isn't known
> ivtv_xv.c:719: error: `IVTVFB_IOCTL_SET_COLORKEY' undeclared (first 
> use in this function)
> make: *** [ivtv_xv.o] Error 1

Do you have xorg built with the 'sdk' USE flag? You should...

-- 
Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net