X Driver for ivtv module

 



This page is now obsolete, you should go on the ivtv wiki to get the latest X driver and documentation here


Before using this, make sure you have the latest stable driver and patches
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hverkuil/

This patch is a one-liner, that makes the X output "clean". When sending DMA, there were some frames that were lost.
ivtv-fb-fix-prepdma.diff
For the lazy ones, this is the merge (2.6 + Hans patches + this patch)
ivtv-0.1.9a.tar.gz

This is a X Driver for PVR-350 TV-out cards.
Binary version of the X driver
Source Code for the X Driver
Place the binary file in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ : cp ivtvdev_drv.o /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ :

Finally, change your XF86Config-4
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
    Driver      "ivtvdev"
    Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"      # <-- modify if using another --> -- device
    BusID "PCI:2:10:0" # get the ID with lspci and be carefull to convert the value from hexa to decimal
#Rotate and shadow options from fbdev have been removed, ivtvdev does not use it
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