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Annotation of DVB/INSTALL, revision 1.12

1.1       cvs         1: Configuration:
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1.11      holger      3: - Make sure that the kernel sources of the kernel you are using be reachable
                      4:   through the directory symlink in /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/build/. 
1.1       cvs         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.
1.1       cvs        10: 
1.9       holger     11: - Make sure that your kernel has enabled: 
                     12: 
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".
                     18: 
                     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
                     27: 
                     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
                     31: 
                     32: - if your card has a hardware MPEG2 decoder you can watch TV
1.12    ! holger     33:   with e.g. xawtv (together with e.g. szap for DVB tuning); otherwise
        !            34:   you need a software MPEG2 decoder like mplayer or vlc
        !            35: 
1.8       js         36: 
1.10      holger     37: Now you're ready to watch out for some real applications for your card. 
                     38: Search the net for dvbtune, dvbstream, VDR, Enigma, Neutrino, tuxzap,
                     39: mplayer (incl. the DVB plugin), dvbsnoop...
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