klipp Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 The ivtv module included with 2005 is non functional and blows off when you try to load it. Anyone know a soultion to this problem, I/E where can I get a usable ivtv module? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 dkms-ivtv ? Try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipp Posted May 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 That doesn't get it either. I don't understand what dkms-ivtv should accomplish, dkms is not a legal command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipp Posted May 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 O.K. for those of you who aren't GURU's (like me!) -- dkms-ivtv is a .rpm included in the 2005 tree. Installing dkms & dkms-ivtv and a couple of other dependencies works fine, but you still can't load the dkms-ivtv module. You get a module not found error. Hopefully adanw will respond with a little more detailed explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=24642 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 yes, sorry, I get a little terse at times ;) klipp nailed it. install dkms and dkms-ivtv and an alternate ivtv module should be built for you. (We have two for procedural reasons; the one in the kernel was out of date for a long time so someone built a newer version as a dkms module, which wasn't dropped when the kernel was updated, so now you can have two shots at it). See if that one works any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shrink Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 I installed those two and finally got video outputting using mplayer /dev/video0. kdetv also finally detected the ivtv module but couldn't scan the channels suggesting I configure the v4l module (though where is that???). I also couldn't figure out how to change channels using ptune.pl but at least I have channel 4 with audio! <g> My tuner is an LG (39). Any suggestions? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Kdetv doesn't do ivtv. You have to use kmplayer (for a gui) (but I can't get it to work), mplayer (no gui) or freevo (doesn't work right now) and mythtv (overkill). Try ptune-gui.pl for a gui :) and mplayer /dev/video0. To record use record-v4l2.pl. Open a console and type perl record-v4l2.pl. That wil create an .ivtvrc in /home/<yourname>. Edit that file to fit your preferences. Now start kcron. Click new. In the command field type: perl /home/path to/record-v4l2.pl -F <frequency in hz> -t <time in seconds>. Give it a name and choose a start date/time. Do this for every show you want to record. How I miss Freevo :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shrink Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Crap - it's times like this that I miss my old generic TV Wonder with the BT878 chipset It worked with a fresh install of a couple of different Linux distros. I keep telling myself that it has only been a few days into my education in Linux so I will be patient <g>. I will install ptune-gui.pl to change channels and see if that works. Sorry for sounding ignorant, but what is the command for ptune-gui.gl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 cd to the folder where ptune-gui.pl is (the utils folder from the ivtv tar) and type: perl ptune-gui.pl :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shrink Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 (edited) cd to the folder where ptune-gui.pl is (the utils folder from the ivtv tar) and type: perl ptune-gui.pl :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Why oh why does everthing in linux have to be so difficult!!!! Phew - that's better... I gave the perl ptune-ui.pl command in the utils folder and got: [root@Steve utils]# perl ptune-ui.plCan't locate Video/Frequencies.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at ptune-ui.pl line 9. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ptune-ui.pl line 9. [root@Steve utils]# What did I miss <g>? The only consolation is that my video and audio are playing merrily away on channel 4 while I mess with this! Thanks! Forgot to mention - after I close mplayer, it appears that the ivtv module isn't closed because trying mplayer /dev/video0 right after doesn't open a tv window and mprobe ivtv gives: FATAL: Module ivtv is in use. Furthermore, when I check dmesg, I get: ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47556 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47557 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47558 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47559 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47560 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47561 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47562 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47563 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47564 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47565 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47566 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #47567 Stealing a Buffer, 2048 currently allocated Any tips? Thanks! Edited May 3, 2005 by Shrink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipp Posted May 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 It appears that ptune-ui.pl is not compatable with perl 5.8.6, -- the version does not match what is in 5.8.6's dynaloader file and consequently will not compile. Different ptune-ui's from various ivtv tar's give the same results. Could you explain how you got around this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipp Posted May 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 I gave the perl ptune-ui.pl command in the utils folder and got: [root@Steve utils]# perl ptune-ui.plCan't locate Video/Frequencies.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at ptune-ui.pl line 9. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ptune-ui.pl line 9. [root@Steve utils]# You need to install both the Perl Video-Frequencies & Perl Video-ivtv rpms from the distribution, this however will not solve the problem, see the following entry below. you need to load the perl Video-Frequencies rpm from the dittribution (as well as Perl Video-ivtv), this however will not solve the problem! See the following entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shrink Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 You need to install both the Perl Video-Frequencies & Perl Video-ivtv rpms from the distribution, this however will not solve the problem, see the following entry below. you need to load the perl Video-Frequencies rpm from the dittribution (as well as Perl Video-ivtv), this however will not solve the problem! See the following entry. Wooohooo!!!! I installed those 2 perl modules (the perl video module was in the distro and I got the perl video ivtv module from Thac's) and now I have the tuner working with the video!!! I am afraid to turn it off now <g>. OMG! I turned it off and it managed to come back on! Now time to try and find some tv app that isn't as clunky <g>. Thanks a lot everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipp Posted May 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Which perl video-ivtv module from thac's did you use? I only found one in the 10.1 directory, nothing under Mandriva 2005, is the one in the 10.1 directory the one you used? I've tried it and it didn't work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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