Installing IVTV driver for use with the Hauppauge PVR-250:


 This is a compilation of many guides, posts, and web pages I have
 read over the last several months. 
 I hope that it is of help to someone.
 
 I installed mythtv on SimplyMepis 2004.03,
 Hauppauge pvr-250, nVidia video card with TV out,
 Pentium 4 1500 Mhz.
 
Instructions:
 
install mepis 2004.03
 
I made a user called sm0403 during the install of mepis
so that apt-get would be free to make the mythtv user.

Install ivtv driver:

# the # in this file indicates a comment...

#some commands from http://ivtv.writeme.ch,  google: debian ivtv compile
http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=debian-compile-ivtv
#some from http://jds.bblog.jp/category/MythTV/


apt-get update
apt-get install libc6-dev kernel-package  libqt3-mt-dev kernel-headers-2.4.26-1-686 kernel-source-2.4.26

# I had some troubles along the way and did this. Probably didn't
# need to. 
apt-get --reinstall install libc6-dev 
apt-get --reinstall install kernel-package 
apt-get --reinstall install libqt3-mt-dev
apt-get --reinstall install kernel-headers-2.4.26-1-686
apt-get --reinstall install kernel-source-2.4.26



cd  /usr/src/
tar -xjvf kernel-source-2.4.26.tar.bz2

#tar -tjvf kernel-source-2.4.26.tar.bz2 modver*


cp /boot/config-2.4.26 /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.26 
cp /boot/config-2.4.26 /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.26/.config
cd  /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.26 

# change to gcc295 since the kernel 2.4.26 is compiled with 295.
/usr/src/use_gcc295.sh


#needed: it sets up some stuff I don't understand... make xconfig 
make xconfig



# not sure why the ^c is there, got it from a posting.
#make ^c 
#make module ^c 

make
make module
make KDIR=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.26 


mkdir  /lib/modules/2.4.26/extra 
cp *.ko /lib/modules/2.4.26/extra 
depmod  -a 


-get ivtv
file:/home/sm200403/ivtv-0.1.9.tar.gz
unpack it.



cd /home/sm0403/ivtv/utils
  wget http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/pvr250/pvr250_17_21288.exe
  ./ivtvfwextract.pl pvr250_17_21288.exe
 

updatedb --prunepaths='/home/sm200403/smb4k /mnt /amn'

#>edit makefile for paths
#KERNVER = $ 2.4.26
#KERNELDIR= /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.26

#copy *.h from  utils to driver dir.
cp /home/sm0403/ivtv/utils/*.h  /home/sm0403/ivtv/driver



cd /home/sm0403/ivtv/driver
make

cd ../utils
make
cp test_ioctl /usr/local/bin
 

kedit /etc/modutils/ivtv

Type the following into /etc/modutils/ivtv

########adding for ivtv
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv 
####add this for the first card
alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
####add this for the second card
alias char-major-81-2 ivtv 
####add this for the third card
alias char-major-81-3 ivtv 
####add this for the fourth card
options ivtv ivtv_debug=1
options tuner type=2 
####type 2 is for philips tuners (type 5 is the other one I think)
options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 
####don't understand this myself
add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner  
####not sure what this does but I read it somewhere
########end adding for ivtv

Save /etc/modutils/ivtv and exit

update-modules 

 
cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`
find . -name "msp3400*" | xargs rm -f
cd /home/sm0403/ivtv/driver
make install
depmod -ae


modprobe i2c-core 
modprobe i2c-algo-bit 
modprobe saa7115  
modprobe tuner type=39
modprobe videodev 
modprobe ivtv


lspci -v |grep aupp

ls -l /dev/v4l/vi*


# add this to /etc/modules
i2c-core
i2c-algo-bit
saa7115
#my card needs type=39
tuner type=39
msp3400
videodev 
ivtv

worked, through trial and error: 
test_ioctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0x3000 -p 4 -f width=720,height=480

cat /dev/video0 > /home/mythtv/file.mpeg


You are finished.