Running WinTV under Linux

These are notes from Kristin Aanestad from Oslo, Norway, regarding his install of the WinTV under Linux:

All i had to do was compile a TV application and I was up and running, after loading the modules of course ;)

In the modules directory:
videodev.o
i2c.o
bttv.o
tuner.o

The module directory where these are found will be something like this, the numbers depend on the version of Linux.

The following path is valid for a fresh RedHat6 install:
/lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/

If these are found after install, all the user has to do is to download a TV application (xawtv or kWinTV) - read the README and edit the Makefile accordingly - then run "./configure" - "make" and as user root:
"make install"
then still as user root:
/sbin/modprobe bttv.o
/sbin/modprobe tuner.o
then exit as root - write "cd" to be sure they’re in their homedir - and then.......start the TV application.

Voila - it works.

The included bttv driver is old and users should be recommended to read this file from the sourcefile contents:
/usr/src/linux-2.2.5/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README.Hauppauge
also here the linux-versioning number version dependant of course.

It is fairly easy to upgrade the bttv driver also - the latest release is better. To upgrade it a user who hasn’t previously made a new kernel in the source file directory would need to make a "dummy" configuration file for a new kernel (cd to the kernel source file and then run "xconfig" and just select "modular kernel" - save and exit and NOT make a kernel.)

After that a new bttv driver will compile ok.