FC2-HOWTO

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For Fedora Core 2 (kernels 2.6.5 through 2.6.9 use the drivers from the CD. The following was tested on a fresh install with the 2.6.5-1.358 kernel. The CD was copied to the home directory and the following commands were executed.

Build and install the driver

[ ]# cd CD_pcHDTV_2006-v2.0/linux/drivers/kernel-2.6/kernel-2.6.9
[ ]# tar xvfz FecoraCore2-HD5500-driver-rev-2.1.tar.gz
[ ]# cd FecoraCore2-HD5500-driver-rev-2.1
[ ]# make
[ ]# sudo make install
[ ]# /sbin/lsmod

Make sure you see that some cx88... drivers have loaded then we'll test out the card and driver with tvtime.

[ ]# tvtime

We should be able to receive some standard NTSC stations.

Now download tools-2.6.b from the pcHDTV.com downloads page. These are the tools for the V4L 2.6.0 - 2.6.11 kernels. Place them in you home dir.

[ ]# cd ~
[ ]# tar xvfz tools-2.6.b.tar.gz
[ ]# cd ~/tools-2.6.b
[ ]# make clean
[ ]# make
[ ]# sudo make install
[ ]# ./dtvsignal /dev/dtv0 44 

note 44 is an example channel, use a digital channel you receive.

[ ]# ./getatsc /dev/dtv0 42 >~/test.ts

after a minute control c out build the xine player

[ ]# cd ~/CD_pcHDTV_2006-v2.0/linux/players/RH9
[ ]# tar xvfz xine-hd-0.8.tar.gz
[ ]# cd xine-hd-lib-1-rc6a
[ ]# sudo emacs /etc/ld.so.conf

or use editor of your choice and add /usr/local/lib as the last line in the file

[ ]# sudo /sbin/ldconfig
[ ]# ./configure
[ ]# make
[ ]# sudo make install
[ ]# cd ../xine-hd-ui-0.99.2
[ ]# export LD_LIBRARY_PATHS="/usr/local/lib"
[ ]# ./configure
[ ]# make
[ ]# sudo make install

test out xine with test.ts

[ ]# xine test.ts

Create a channel list for xine

[ ]# dtvscan /dev/dtv >~/.xine/channels.atsc
[ ]# xine

Click on setup and select xine-hd or dtv for the skin. Then press the DTV button and you should be able to select channels with the large arrow buttons.