Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mplayer
mplayer has three ivtv-related output drivers:
1. ivtv
This one is for using the hardware decoder (/dev/video16) of the PVR350 card
and works only with older ivtv drivers. Since 2.6.22 ivtv is in the kernel and
this driver is obsolete. Ubuntu has disabled this driver, because it cannot be
built with recent kernels
2. v4l2
This is for for using the hardware decoder of the PVR350 card with kernel >=
2.6.22
3. cvidix:ivtv
This is a totally different output driver and has nothing to do with the first
one, except it is also namend "ivtv". The cvidix subdriver "ivtv" uses the YUV
device (/dev/video48) of the PVR350, similar to a graphics card.
Unfortunately the mplayer configure script checks for a wrong dependency:
test "$_vidix_drivers" || _vidix_drivers="cyberblade ivtv mach64 mga
mga_crtc2 nvidia pm2 pm3 radeon rage128 s3 sh_veu sis unichrome"
test $_ivtv = "yes" || _vidix_drivers=`echo $_vidix_drivers | sed s/ivtv//`
The second check means that in case the first driver ("ivtv") is
disabled, the cvidix ivtv subdriver will also be removed from the list
of drivers. This is wrong!
Please rebuild the mplayer package with uncommenting the second check:
test "$_vidix_drivers" || _vidix_drivers="cyberblade ivtv mach64 mga
mga_crtc2 nvidia pm2 pm3 radeon rage128 s3 sh_veu sis unichrome"
#test $_ivtv = "yes" || _vidix_drivers=`echo $_vidix_drivers | sed s/ivtv//`
I will also post this to the mplayer mailing list.
** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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cvidix driver for PVR350 ("ivtv") missing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393801
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