[mythtvnz] Anyone using a PVR150 in UBuntu?

Jonathon Sim mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:57:43 +1300


Graeme Woollett wrote:

> I've been using this howto to setup the card
>
> http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Ubuntu
>
> cd utils
> wget 
> ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_150-500/inf/pvr_2.0.24.23035.zip
> wget 
> ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_250-350/inf/pvr_1.18.21.22254_inf.zip 
>
> unzip pvr_2.0.24.23035.zip
>
> I've gotten this far and don't have ivtvfwextract.pl 
> ./ivtvfwextract.pl pvr_1.18.21.22254_inf.zip
> cp HcwMakoA.ROM /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw
> cp HcwFalcn.rom /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
> mv /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-dec.bin /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
> mv /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
> cp ../v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware
> ln -s /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ivtv-fw-dec.bin 
> /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
> Has anyone used this intructions with success?
>
> Graeme
>
In 0.42 its in the utils/ subdirectory.

BTW you might want to use the look at the main documentation 
http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware (a lot of the howtos are a bit 
out-of-date and are for older versions): I followed this for setting up 
0.42 in Ubuntu Breezy (and it works fine)

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