Annotation of DVB/INSTALL, revision 1.10
1.1 cvs 1: Configuration:
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3: - Make sure that the kernel sources of the kernel you are using (NOT the
4: sources of some other kernel) are in the directory /usr/src/linux.
5: Otherwise, change the path for KERNEL_LOCATION in DVB/driver/Makefile.
6: Note that the configuration of the driver sources also has to match that
7: of the kernel you are running.
1.10 ! holger 8: You have to have the videodev core driver enabled in your kernel
1.4 mocm 9: to use the DVB driver.
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1.9 holger 11: - Make sure that your kernel has enabled:
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1.10 ! holger 13: Video4Linux Support (CONFIG_VIDEODEV),
1.9 holger 14: Input Core Support (CONFIG_INPUT) and
1.10 ! holger 15: Event Device Support (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV)
1.9 holger 16:
1.1 cvs 17: - Login as root, change to the directory DVB/driver and type "make".
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19: - If everything compiled without errors, type "make insmod" to install
20: the modules.
21: During the installation of the modules your PC can "hang" for one or
1.4 mocm 22: two seconds. This happens during the loading of the ARM application
23: ("firmware") into the DRAM of the AV7110 and is normal.
1.8 js 24:
25: - if you don't use devfs, execute DVB/driver/makedev.napi to create
26: the device nodes
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28: - apps/szap/ contains three simple applications for zapping with
1.10 ! holger 29: DVB-S, DVB-C or DVB-T cards (szap/czap/tzap); read the comments in
1.8 js 30: apps/szap/szap.c for instructions
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32: - if your card has a hardware MPEG2 decoder you can watch TV
33: with e.g. xawtv; otherwise you need a software MPEG2 decoder
34: like mplayer or vlc
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1.10 ! holger 36: Now you're ready to watch out for some real applications for your card.
! 37: Search the net for dvbtune, dvbstream, VDR, Enigma, Neutrino, tuxzap,
! 38: mplayer (incl. the DVB plugin), dvbsnoop...
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