cvidix driver for PVR350 ("ivtv") missing
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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mplayer (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: mplayer
mplayer has three ivtv-related output drivers:
1. ivtv
This one is for using the hardware decoder (/dev/video16) of the PVR350 card and works only with older ivtv drivers. Since 2.6.22 ivtv is in the kernel and this driver is obsolete. Ubuntu has disabled this driver, because it cannot be built with recent kernels
2. v4l2
This is for for using the hardware decoder of the PVR350 card with kernel >= 2.6.22
3. cvidix:ivtv
This is a totally different output driver and has nothing to do with the first one, except it is also namend "ivtv". The cvidix subdriver "ivtv" uses the YUV device (/dev/video48) of the PVR350, similar to a graphics card.
Unfortunately the mplayer configure script checks for a wrong dependency:
test "$_vidix_drivers" || _vidix_
test $_ivtv = "yes" || _vidix_
The second check means that in case the first driver ("ivtv") is disabled, the cvidix ivtv subdriver will also be removed from the list of drivers. This is wrong!
Please rebuild the mplayer package with uncommenting the second check:
test "$_vidix_drivers" || _vidix_
#test $_ivtv = "yes" || _vidix_
I will also post this to the mplayer mailing list.
Martin Dauskardt <email address hidden> writes:
> I will also post this to the mplayer mailing list.
please attach a link to the mailing list archive to this bug, so that we
can track the discussion made upstream.
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Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4