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[linux-dvb] Re: Newbie questions
Holger,
Thanks for your help.
Holger Waechtler wrote:
>
> this is a _very_ old driver. Please get a fresh one (directly out of CVS
> from http://linuxtv.org/cvs/) before reporting any problems.
Mandrake have built a very old driver into their Mandrake 9.0 kernel
package? How can you tell it's so old? Shall I report this to Cooker, so
they can build a more recent set of drivers into new kernel packages?
> if you use only tools compiled against the old API: yes. If you want to
> use recent tools you should get + install a fresh kernel.
Fresh kernel or fresh drivers? The README didn't tell me I needed a new
kernel, just that I had to compile the drivers against the source of the
kernel currently being used. 2.4.19 isn't so old. Do I really need a new
kernel or just new drivers?
>> Most importantly, what is my most direct route to be able at least to
>> view a channel on-screen?
>
> start xawtv, use szap/czap/tzap for tuning.
>
> If you don't have installed X11 but a remote login on your box you can
> use the framebuffer video utility (DVB/apps/test/video.c) and
> szap/czap/tzap for tuning. dvbstream and dvbtune should work as well,
> tuxzap too.
I have X on this box, so I'll try xawtv. Is there any guide anywhere to
using the various *zap programs?
Cheers,
Bruno Prior
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