Ptv-plugin
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Description
Viewing analogue TV with ivtv supported TV card.
Bilder
http://free.pages.at/wirbel4vdr/ptv/ptv_dialog.jpg
Hardware Requirements
a TV card which is supported by ivtv, i.e.
- PVR 150
- PVR 250
- PVR 350
- PVR 500
- MPG 600
- MPG 160
- AverMedia M179
see HauppaugePVR
Software Requirements
- ivtv >= 0.3.8, recommended 0.4.0
- ivtv Firmware 0x02040011, (if using ivtv-0.4.0: 0x02040011 or 0x02050032)
- vdr > 1.3.29 (recommended 1.3.36)
- recent Kernel, recommended 2.6.14
- compiler, recommended gcc >= 3.4.0
Installation
a patch for vdr is required, see ptv-$VERSION/patches
Configuration
The channels.conf has to be edited as decribed in the README file. You may use w_pvrscan for this purpose, w_pvrscan is a channel scan utility which produces a channels.conf for ptv.
Problems
- other plugins which directly access /dev/videoXX may interfere, i.e. Osdteletext
- no Teletext support
Links
| [1] | http://free.pages.at/wirbel4vdr/ptv/index2.html | Homepage |
| [2] | http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/stable/ | ivtv driver |
| [3] | channels.conf analogue | channels.conf examples for analogue TV |
| [4] | freqlist PAL-europe | List of all pal-europe frequencies |
