Which kernel version are you using? The kernel's DVB code is reasonably
up-to-date, so if you're using a fairly recent 2.6 kernel, you probably
don't need to compile in linux-dvb separately.
I was using 2.6.12-r9 I think, and linuxtv and dvico would not patch the kernel
I would experience errors. So I ended up using the vanilla kernel. The problem
I found was that when I loaded mythtvsetup and selected dvb, I got a message
saying it could not locate the directory or file. I ran ls in /dev and foud the
following structure
/dev/dvb.adapter0.frontend0
/dev/dvb.adapter0.audio0
etc
There was no /dev/dvb directory.
> I have had success with Mandrake 10.0 community and linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1.
> So I reinstalled Mandrake10.0 and recompiled linuxtv-dvb against the
> kernel. I downloaded, and extracted mythtv-0.18, ran ./configure
> --enable-dvb --dvb-path=/usr/src/linuxtv-1.1.1/ then ran qmake
> mythtv.pro <http://mythtv.pro> then make and make install.
The DVB path should be the path to the linux include files. I don't
think that's the same as the linux-dvb source files. If your kernel is
2.6.12 or later, you can (and ./configure will) point to the kernel
source tree: /usr/src/linux/include. If your kernel is earlier, you
mustn't include the kernel source directly - copy just the dvb stuff
somewhere else, and include that.
I found out that ./configure --enable-dvb --dvb-path=/usr/src/linuxtv-1.1.1
would not add the dvb instruction set. I modified settings.pro
# DVB supportand now I can watch HDTV :)
CONFIG += using_dvb
DEFINES += USING_DVB
INCLUDEPATH +=/usr/src/linuxtv-1.1.1
> as a standard user I ran mythtv-setup and configured the capture card
> I selected dvb and the message I get is recompile with dvb support.
> Where have I gone wrong?
Have you tried doing this as root? Also, have you confirmed that your
DVB card is working using e.g. tzap? Check out Martin Smith's Myth/DVB
set-up guide at:
I don't like running applications as root, and prefer not to. I have reset the security
settings to allow all users to run or access DVB
Kevin
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