Category Archives: IVTV
ivtv docs in progress
Believe it or not, I love writing documentation. I dunno why. One thing I enjoy about it is taking programs that have lots of options and breaking it down into clear and concise noob-friendly wording. The main reason for that … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, IVTV, Multimedia
ivtv modules
Just a quick note — if you are using media-tv/ivtv, be sure to load your I2C and Video4Linux drivers as modules in the kernel, or they will most likely not work. I’ve known about that for a long time, so … Continue reading
one htpc, coming right up
So, how long does it take to build an HTPC with Gentoo, from scratch? How about, Gentoo + LVM2 + vesafb + bootsplash + nvidia + LIRC + mplayer + XvMC + IVTV + MythTV? All in all, about eight … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, IVTV, Multimedia, MythTV
config_video_ivtv=m
The 2.6.22 linux kernel was released today, and the exciting part is that IVTV is now included in the mainstream code. The option is listed as “Conexant cx23416/cx23415 MPEG encoder/decoder support” under the normal Video for Linux menu. What does … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, IVTV, Multimedia
multimedia bumpage
I don’t usually like talking about writing about stuff that I’m just bumping in the tree, but since there’s been a lot of it lately, I figure if I roll it all into one post it might be somewhat interesting. … Continue reading
ivtv-0.8.1 released
Just another quick Gentoo public service announcement. Hans released a new version of ivtv, v0.8.1, and this comes with a lot of cool updates. It’s already been bumped in portage as well, so for those of you using Hauppage PVR … Continue reading
mplayer pvr testing
Well, I spent most of the night testing the new mplayer pvr support. I ran into problems, and had to reboot more than a few times when the card would lock up. It has it’s share of bugs, but it … Continue reading
mplayer pvr support
I just barely got pvr support working on my mplayer installation at home working … on my lunch break. Man, it is cool. That’s a piccie of me having two mplayer windows open playing TV on both tuners on the … Continue reading
more tv tuners
I was curious how well the PCHDTV cards were coming along, so I bought one of the 5500 models the other day. I got bored with it after I couldn’t get it working after 20 minutes without reading any documentation, … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, IVTV, Multimedia
