[pvrusb2] My First Post

[roger@eskimo.com]

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 22:26 -0500, Mike Isely wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, roger at eskimo.com wrote:

> > 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
> 

Wow.  Thanks for the heads-up!  I decided to wait until my pvrusb2 /
mythtv got done recording a show for the night.  Thank god I did because
I was going to give this a shot just now!!!