[vlc] Re: v4l in VLC no longer works with 2.6.15-rc1 drivers

C.Y.M cym at syphir.sytes.net
Tue Nov 15 05:50:01 CET 2005


C.Y.M wrote:
> There have been changes in the 2.6.15-rc1 dvb drivers that have broken v4l
> access modules to dvb cards.  If I use the following command, VLC works fine
> with 2.6.14.2 kernel.
> 
> vlc -vvv v4l:/dev/video0:adev=/dev/dsp:audio=1:norm=ntsc:size=512x480 --sout
> '#transcode{vcodec=DIV3,vb=756,acodec=mp3,ab=192,deinterlace}:std{access=http,mux=asf,url=:1234}'
> 
> 
> This same command fails when booting up with 2.6.15-rc1.  I believe this may
> have to do with the following change in the dvb driver:


The problem is that videodev.h and videodev2.h have changed ioctl's in 2.6.15
kernels.  What we need is a backwards compatible fix.

Best Regards,

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