[gentoo-user] Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?

[gentoo-user] Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?

[Mark Knecht]

I'm building a new MythTV backend server today. We use PVR-150/250
cards so that means using the ivtv driver. I found this Gentoo page:

http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Gentoo

I'm wondering if anyone else is using ivtv on the newest Gentoo
kernels? I haven't found a good page yet that states what version of
the ivtv driver works with a specific kernel. If someone knows where a
list like that might be could you point me there?

Thanks,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?

[Ricardo Saffi Marques]

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On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:

> If someone knows where a
> list like that might be could you point me there?


Have you tried these?

http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV
and
http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Kernel/System_for_MythTV

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Re: [gentoo-user] Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?

[Mark Knecht]

2008/4/5 Ricardo Saffi Marques <saffi@las.ic.unicamp.br>:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If someone knows where a
> > list like that might be could you point me there?
>
> Have you tried these?
>
>  http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV
>  and
>  http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Kernel/System_for_MythTV
> --
> Ricardo Saffi Marques

Thanks Ricardo,
   Actually, since I wrote the first email I've built
2.6.24-gentoo-r4, emerged ivtv-1.0.3-r2 and it boots and loads the
driver fine. Both cards are seens so that much is behind me. I'm in
the process of testing the cards and setting up mysql now.

Knock on wood so far things are going pretty well.

Cheers,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?

[Mark Knecht]

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/4/5 Ricardo Saffi Marques <saffi@las.ic.unicamp.br>:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > > If someone knows where a
>  > > list like that might be could you point me there?
>  >
>  > Have you tried these?
>  >
>  >  http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV
>  >  and
>  >  http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Kernel/System_for_MythTV
>  > --
>  > Ricardo Saffi Marques
>
>  Thanks Ricardo,
>    Actually, since I wrote the first email I've built
>  2.6.24-gentoo-r4, emerged ivtv-1.0.3-r2 and it boots and loads the
>  driver fine. Both cards are seens so that much is behind me. I'm in
>  the process of testing the cards and setting up mysql now.
>
>  Knock on wood so far things are going pretty well.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Mark
>

OK, my immediate needs are solved with 2.6.24-gentoo-r4 and
ivtv-1.0.3-r2. Both of my PVR cards are seen by the system and record
successfully at the command line using cat /dev/v4l/video0 >test0.mpg.
(Or video1) xine plays the files fine.

Now the issue is to get the backend set up. First mysql, then
mythbackend, then some test recordings. your second link will help
with that I think.

Cheers,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?

[Tim]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2008/4/5 Ricardo Saffi Marques <saffi@las.ic.unicamp.br>:
>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > > If someone knows where a
>>  > > list like that might be could you point me there?
>>  >
>>  > Have you tried these?
>>  >
>>  >  http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV
>>  >  and
>>  >  http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Kernel/System_for_MythTV
>>  > --
>>  > Ricardo Saffi Marques
>>
>>  Thanks Ricardo,
>>    Actually, since I wrote the first email I've built
>>  2.6.24-gentoo-r4, emerged ivtv-1.0.3-r2 and it boots and loads the
>>  driver fine. Both cards are seens so that much is behind me. I'm in
>>  the process of testing the cards and setting up mysql now.
>>
>>  Knock on wood so far things are going pretty well.
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>  Mark
>>
> 
> OK, my immediate needs are solved with 2.6.24-gentoo-r4 and
> ivtv-1.0.3-r2. Both of my PVR cards are seen by the system and record
> successfully at the command line using cat /dev/v4l/video0 >test0.mpg.
> (Or video1) xine plays the files fine.
> 
> Now the issue is to get the backend set up. First mysql, then
> mythbackend, then some test recordings. your second link will help
> with that I think.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
I'm glad it worked out for you.

IIRC, the ivtv builds are linked to the kernel version - older kernels
require you to use older ivtv builds. For example, kernel 2.6.19.* will
take ivtv 0.9, while kernel 2.6.18.* takes ivtv 0.8. ivtv 1.0.* has
worked for any kernel since 2.6.21, so unless you plan on downgrading
below that, you should stick with 1.0.

-Tim
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which ivtv on newest Gentoo kernels?

[Mark Knecht]

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Tim <root@pneumaticsystem.com> wrote:
>
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>  > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> 2008/4/5 Ricardo Saffi Marques <saffi@las.ic.unicamp.br>:
>  >>
>  >>> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>  >>  >
>  >>  > > If someone knows where a
>  >>  > > list like that might be could you point me there?
>  >>  >
>  >>  > Have you tried these?
>  >>  >
>  >>  >  http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV
>  >>  >  and
>  >>  >  http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Kernel/System_for_MythTV
>  >>  > --
>  >>  > Ricardo Saffi Marques
>  >>
>  >>  Thanks Ricardo,
>  >>    Actually, since I wrote the first email I've built
>  >>  2.6.24-gentoo-r4, emerged ivtv-1.0.3-r2 and it boots and loads the
>  >>  driver fine. Both cards are seens so that much is behind me. I'm in
>  >>  the process of testing the cards and setting up mysql now.
>  >>
>  >>  Knock on wood so far things are going pretty well.
>  >>
>  >>  Cheers,
>  >>  Mark
>  >>
>  >
>  > OK, my immediate needs are solved with 2.6.24-gentoo-r4 and
>  > ivtv-1.0.3-r2. Both of my PVR cards are seen by the system and record
>  > successfully at the command line using cat /dev/v4l/video0 >test0.mpg.
>  > (Or video1) xine plays the files fine.
>  >
>  > Now the issue is to get the backend set up. First mysql, then
>  > mythbackend, then some test recordings. your second link will help
>  > with that I think.
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  > Mark
>  I'm glad it worked out for you.
>
>  IIRC, the ivtv builds are linked to the kernel version - older kernels
>  require you to use older ivtv builds. For example, kernel 2.6.19.* will
>  take ivtv 0.9, while kernel 2.6.18.* takes ivtv 0.8. ivtv 1.0.* has
>  worked for any kernel since 2.6.21, so unless you plan on downgrading
>  below that, you should stick with 1.0.
>
>  -Tim

Thanks Tim. It's all up and running for a few hours so far. Works fine
from the command line but not working well inside of MYthTV at all.

Cheers,
Mark
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