This is the README for the ivtv module suite.

The primary goal of the IVTV project is to provide a "clean room" Linux 
Open Source driver implementation for video capture cards based on the 
iCompression iTVC15 or Conexant CX23415/CX23416 MPEG Codec. Examples of 
such cards are the Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500 series of MPEG video 
capture cards, the Hauppauge "freestyle" and the AVerMedia M179 AVerTV. 
The freestyle hasn't been tested, but it should work, or at least be 
easy to get working.

Features:
 * Hardware mpeg2 capture of broadcast video (and sound) via the tuner or
   s-video/audio line-in
 * Hardware mpeg2 capture of FM radio where hardware support exists
 * Supports NTSC, PAL, SECAM with stereo sound
 * Provides hardware mpeg2 playback
 * Provides comprehensive OSD (On Screen Display: ie. graphics overlaying the
   video signal)
 * Provides a framebuffer (allowing X applications to appear on the video
   device)

doc/ - contains documentation :)
   /install.txt         Installation info
   /modules.txt         Module parameters
   /README.ivtvfb       The ivtv framebuffer
   /README.ivtvctl      The ivtv module controller
   /README.cx25840      The PVR 150/500 cx25840 driver
   /README.devices      /dev/xxxx devices
   /README.utils        Included utilities
   /README.lirc         Infrared remote control
   /README.vbi          VBI (Teletext, widescreen etc)
   /README.radio        The FM Radio
   /video-quality.txt   Some notes on video quality
   /README.ioctl        The ivtv IOCTLs (for developers)
driver/ - actual driver files, Makefile, etc
utils/ - some useful (and required) tools for managing the hardware
test/ - some useful test tools for testing the hardware
patches/ - some patches for third party applications

Also see:

Homepage
[ Note: the sourceforge ivtv CVS archive is no longer active.
  The driver is now maintained in the subversion repository.
  See below where to find it. ]
http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/

Wiki
http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/tiki/tiki-index.php

Subversion repository:
http://ivtvdriver.org/svn/ivtv

Download area:
http://dl.ivtvdriver.org

Mail Archives
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/

Forum
http://www.shspvr.com/smf/

IRC
irc://irc.freenode.net/ivtv-dev

MythTv Info
http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/IvTv

Donations
Chris Kennedy - http://www.ivtv.tv/DONATIONS.html