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version 1.2, 2003/10/13 04:01:31	version 1.3, 2003/10/28 22:53:10
Line 9 require the bttv driver.	Line 9 require the bttv driver.
Please pay close attention to the warning about the bttv module	Please pay close attention to the warning about the bttv module
options below for the DST card.	options below for the DST card.

For 2.4, make sure you are using an uptodate kernel 2.4.21 and above.	For 2.4, make sure you are using an uptodate kernel 2.4.23 and above.
For 2.6, shuffle down to the 2.6 section below. 2.6 is recommended	For 2.6, shuffle down to the 2.6 section below. 2.6 is recommended
because of it's multimedia latency support, and ease of build.	because of it's multimedia latency support, and ease of build.

2.4	2.4
===	===
For 2.4, make sure you are using an uptodate kernel 2.4.21 and above.	For 2.4, make sure you are using an uptodate kernel 2.4.23 and above.
This is the only way to go when you are experimenting with	This is the only way to go when you are experimenting with
bleeding-edge stuff like DVB and Dxr3. Do the usual to build your kernel.	bleeding-edge stuff like DVB and Dxr3. Do the usual to build your kernel.
(remember to enable the V4L functionality) I'd recommend you install and	(remember to enable the V4L functionality) I'd recommend you install and
Line 25 Download http://bytesex.org/patches/2.4.	Line 25 Download http://bytesex.org/patches/2.4.
apply this to your kernel source tree. For example:	apply this to your kernel source tree. For example:

$ cd /usr/src	$ cd /usr/src
$ patch -p0 < ~/11-v4l2-api-2.4.21-rc4.diff	$ patch -p0 < ~/11-v4l2-api-2.4.xxxx-rc4.diff

This will patch your kernel to include support for VideoForLinux 2.	This will patch your kernel to include support for VideoForLinux 2.

Line 36 You need to use 'dvb-kernel', along with	Line 36 You need to use 'dvb-kernel', along with

Download http://bytesex.org/bttv/bttv-0.9.12.tar.gz or above and unpack it.	Download http://bytesex.org/bttv/bttv-0.9.12.tar.gz or above and unpack it.
This is the first version that will not hang your card.	This is the first version that will not hang your card.
	You may find this in the http://bytesex.org/snapshots directory.

Using this version of	Using this version of

Line 90 FOR THE DST!	Line 91 FOR THE DST!
Pay attention to failures to load these frontends.	Pay attention to failures to load these frontends.
(E.g. dmesg, /var/log/messages).	(E.g. dmesg, /var/log/messages).

	For DST cards, you can also use card type 0x71 for bttv module params,
	providing the bttv version supports this. (The ones from bytesex/snapshots do).

	If you use this value, 0x71, it will override the PCI type detection
	for dvb-bt8xx.

	The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters, in case the
	dst drivers fails to detect your type of card correctly.

	dst_type takes values 0 (satellite), 1 (terrestial TV), 2 (cable).

	dst_type_flags takes bit combined values:
	1 = new tuner type packets. You can use this if your card is detected
	and you have debug and you continually see the tuner packets not
	working (make sure not a basic problem like dish alignment etc.)

	2 = TS 204. If your card tunes OK, but the picture is terrible, seemingly
	breaking up in one half continually, and crc fails a lot, then
	this is worth a try (or trying to turn off)

	4 = has symdiv. Some cards, mostly without new tuner packets, require
	a symbol division algorithm. Doesn't apply to terrestial TV.

	You can also specify a value to have the autodetected values turned off
	(e.g. 0). The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response
	string' which you can see in your logs e.g.

	dst_check_ci: recognize DST-MOT

	or

	dst_check_ci: unable to recognize DSTXCI or STXCI

Cheers,	Cheers,
Richard Walker,	Richard Walker,

LinuxTV legacy CVS <linuxtv.org/cvs>

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