[MEncoder-users] Recording TV with WinTV bt878

[Barton Bosch]

I recently added a Hauppauge WinTV GO-Plus tuner card (model #1033) 
to my system and have been trying to record from it on RH9 and FC2.

So far I have managed to use mplayer to watch tv with audio on my 
FC2 installation.  However, as I later read in the FAQ, mencoder 
does not record any audio signal.

 From the other reading that I have done I gather that it is 
possible to record audio and video from the tv card by using the 
btaudio driver.  Is that correct?

I ask because it appears that I am at an impasse.  The RH 9 kernel 
has the btaudio driver compiled but DAG's recent RPM of mplayer 
crashes when trying to watch tv from my tuner card.  The FC2 
installation is capable of watching tv and recording the video 
signal, but it appears that it was compiled without the btaudio driver.

I haven't delved deeply into compiling my own kernels;  it doesn't 
intimidate me but I would prefer to spend my time doing sound, video 
and graphics if possible.  Would it be necessary to compile the 
entire kernel or can I compile just the btaudio module?  Does anyone 
here have tv recording working with the WinTV GO-Plus and RH9/FC2? 
Are there any other factors that I am missing?


TIA,

Barton