[ATrpms-users] ivtv vs. video4linux

[Klaubert Herr da Silveira]

Ok, thanks for make this clear...
for now still using ivtv 0.10.3.

Klaubert

On 6/18/07, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 10:31:37AM -0300, Klaubert Herr da Silveira wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > yesterday I'm updating machine (now Fedora 7, i386) and install the
> > ivtv driver for my winTV-PVR 150, just like I do for FC5...
> >
> > I install (using yum)
> > - ivtv-0.10.3-129.fc7.i386.rpm
> > - ivtv-kmdl-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7-0.10.3-129.fc7.i686.rpm
> > available in http://atrpms.net/dist/f7/ivtv/
> >
> > So I saw the http://atrpms.net/dist/f7/video4linux/ group...
> > video4linux-ivtv-kmdl-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7-20070420-80.fc7.i686.rpm
> >
> >
> > What is the difference between ivtv-kmdl and video4linux-ivtv-kmdl.
> >
> > what to install? I'll get the same result?
>
> video4linux-ivtv is the ivtv that was submitted to v4l and will be in
> kernel 2.6.22. It is "ivtv 1.0.0". It is a bit different than 0.10.x,
> but the main developer of ivtv has already asked developers of various
> ivtv based applications to change them accordingly.
>
> So what  will happen is that currently the one or other app may not be
> working properly with ivtv 1.0.0, but once 2.6.22 hits the street all
> these apps will have to migrate to the new scheme anyway.
> --
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
>
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