Talk:Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800

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So I just bought a WinTV-HVR-1800 and am trying to install Linux drivers for it. But I've become very confused with the LinuxTV website. Hauppauge's product web page says:

"Linux support for the WinTV-HVR-1800 is now available through LinuxTV.org Look here to get information on the latest Linux drivers: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1800"

And the LinuxTV wiki page on the product says "Support for the card's digital TV reception capabilities (8-VSB & 64/256-QAM) is currently provided within the latest drivers from the LinuxTV Hg repository, and should make its way into the 2.6.24 kernel. Analog support for the WinTV-HVR-1800 (which is currently contingent upon the addition of such to the CX23385/7 driver) will be added in the near future, but it will likely be too late for inclusion into 2.6.24."

But it is not clear to me what files I should be downloading from the Mercurial (that's what Hg means, right?) repositories. Do I have to compile the entire kernel to get these drivers? Can someone with more experience please enlighten me?

Thanks, Jeremy

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