[pvrusb2] My First Post

[Mike Isely]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, roger at eskimo.com wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 14:32 -0400, Michael Krufky wrote:
>> Mike Isely wrote:
>>> Unless MythTV has already implemented use of the new MPEG APIs
>>
>> Done!  The new V4L2 MPEG API is being used in mythtv's svn trunk.
>>
>> I have not yet tested it, but janneg (from #v4l) has tested it with the
>> newly-revamped ivtv driver, also using the new V4L2 MPEG API from ivtv
>> trunk.
>
> Right, one needs CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA711x (SAA7113) and I do not see this
> driver migrated over to the V4L2 within the 2.6.17.x kernels.  So, one
> also needs to acquire the newer ivtv driver besides just activating the
> newer V4L layer within the kernel. (?)
>

The new MPEG API is in 2.6.18, not 2.6.17.x.  And since this is a new 
feature not a bugfix, I'd be surprised to see it appear in a later 
2.6.17.x release.

The standalone driver (i.e. the one downloadable from isely.net) includes 
support for the new MPEG API, but you need to compile it in a 2.6.18 
kernel context or against the latest V4L-DVB Mercurial repository in order 
to activate the support.  (However, since the driver is in 2.6.18 and in 
V4L-DVB already, there's probably little desire to actually try something 
like this.)

   -Mike

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