[ale] TV tuner card problem

[ChangingLINKS.com]

On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:57, John Wells wrote:
> ChangingLINKS.com said:
> >> All 4 of my bttv capture/tv cards were successfully auto detected by
> >> SuSE.
> >
> > Mine isn't :(
> 
> Because a PVR-250 is *NOT* a bttv card.  It uses the ivtv driver, as
> already mentioned.
> 
> The site's wiki, at http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php, has a load of
> documentation on how to get it working.  Is the true issue that you don't
> want to trudge through the docs?

No. I have spent quite a bit of time reading and testing. It is just that some 
of the requirements are beyond me. Like, I have never recompiled a kernel by 
myself before - and that is what many of the docs/mans mention or recommend.

Further, the docs aren't written for a newbie who is rusty at the command 
line. The authors seem to write for those with prior knowlege or 
admin-skills. Before posting, I worked on it for quite some time (just like 
anyone else who would bring home a new toy).

I am *just* now getting to the fact that I don't have a bttv card (sounds like 
I should get one) because the model numbers don't match from one indicator to 
the next.

But, FYI John, I will admit that I want to avoid learning how to recompile the 
kernel, learning where various modules "go," and symbolically linking the 
boot image(?), and setting up various "extra" aspects of the card (remote, 
etc) BEFORE I get the VCR to play into the computer. :)
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