Hi Barry, > you will reach an item concerning video and related > multimedia devices, or something similar. (It has been > years since I last went through a from-nothing kernel > configuration, so I remember almost nothing about it.) > Your device would be listed as one of the many that are > available. > > Sorry that I am not being more precise -- you do not now > need to do this, so I am skipping the details yet offering > an overview which may be helpful to you in the future. Thanks for that, it's good to know, yep, I've built kernels, using make oldconfig many times for a speakup patch i use on my laptop, but that's nice to know. > can help you in the future... > > The source code I refer to is that for the linux kernel, > and for your device, it would be found in > <path-to-your-source>/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb in > files m920x.* Ah, that makes sense. > Now, back to using `mplayer': > > It works from a list of channels, which you will need > to create using a different utility. It then uses > simple keyboard input to cycle through the list of > channels (I want to think that `k' and something else > are used, but I honestly no longer remember), which > is not too bad when you have only a few channels > available. Excellent, I'll look that up when I get to this point. :-) > > How would I begin configuring it for mplayer then? > > You need to create a `channels.conf' list of channels > that you then place under your ~/.mplayer/ directory. > Then if you want to start with a particular channel, > you will invoke `mplayer' something like > `mplayer dvb://"Channel foo" ' > or simply as `mplayer dvb:// ' and then change channels > to reach the one of interest. Ah, ok. > > I am going to assume that your distribution already has > `mplayer' available, and that it has been built with It does. > DVB support. But this may be wrong, and it may be that Not sure about this one. > It may help if you use `scan' which is part of the `dvb-apps' > suite of programs. This makes use of an initial tuning file, > and there should be one already available for your location. Um... Ok... Where should this file be located, and am I meant to download it from somewhere? So does it use this file to create a suitable channels.conf file for mplayer? > Make certain that you select the correct initial scan file > for your location, available as part of the `dvb-apps' > package -- here you probably will do best to obtain the > latest source via `hg' because the scanfiles may not be > up-to-date as included in a distribution, although the > binary should be mostly unchanged. Sorry... what's hg? And once I grab the latest source what should I do to run this scan to create channels.conf? And where do I find the file for my location? > signals from the same connection. But I am hoping that I should check this your right. > Happy to help. If I have done anything in my replies > that has not worked with your vision, then please do not > hesitate to give me feedback, so that I can change my > way of thinking. Nup, you have done an awesome job. Thanks very much mate for all your help, and I'm very sorry about all the questions. Have a good one Cheers, Daniel _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
