[ivtv-users] Upgrade Ubuntu Hardy kernel ruined ivtv, upgrading to Ubuntu Intrepid doesn't help.

[Sander Sweers]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 18:26, stinky wizzleteet <wizzleteet at hotmail.com> wrote:
> previously, with Hardy, the last kernel that worked for me was 2.6.17

This version needed for 2.6.17 out of mainline kernel of ivtv. Ivtv
merged with mainline with kernel 2.6.22.

> Maybe I skipped a point release or two, but with ivtv in the kernel my
> sound is shit and the image is shifted:
> example:
> http://www.box.net/shared/bt9kteod7l
> It looks like the audio/video syncing is waaay off.
>
> Also, interestingly,  ivtvctl does nothing (i think):
> ~# ivtvctl -k
> ioctl: VIDEO_GET_EVENT
> ioctl: VIDEO_GET_EVENT failed

Which kernel version are you using? You should use ivtv from the
kenrel and not install it seperately.

> I set out to recompile ivtv-trunk, the make initially fails:
> /usr/src/IVTV/ivtv-1.0/driver/ivtv-driver.h:68:24: error: media/ivtv.h:

Where did you get this sources from? I hope by following the
instructions on [1].

> No such file or directory
> but after relinking /usr/include/linux to /usr/src/linux/include/linux
> it builds ( maybe something that needs fixing ?)

This should never be done and you should remove the link. You should
only need to install kernel headers when compiling ivtv.

In general you should use the in kernel version of ivtv. If you have
issues you can try [1] which is the latest from the v4l-dvb repo.

Greets
Sander

[1] http://www.linuxtv.org/repo/