[MPlayer-users] Re: [Mplayer-dvb] unable to ./configure with dvb support..

[Nico Sabbi]

mike lewis wrote:

>Can we do this on mplayer users?  I unsibscibed from dvb..  
>
>In any case, cvs linux-dvb has the directory scturcture, but dvb is an
>empty dir..  But dvb is working as per my details..  Whats going on?
>
>Mick
>
>On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 08:27:21 +0100, Nico Sabbi <nsabbi at tiscali.it> wrote:
>  
>
>>mike lewis wrote:
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>>>G'day all,  Sorry to post such a stupid question, but I jsut can't
>>>work out how to get mplayer to compile with dvb support turned on.
>>>
>>>I don't need dvb output, just dvb tuning to grab the stream..  I can
>>>use tzap and dd from the dvb dev to read the stream (simply dumping i
>>>to the hd), but I was hoping to use mplayer.
>>>
>>>However, ./configure --enable-dvb does not work 'find' anyting.  Using
>>>--includdvbdir=/build/dvb-linux/linux/include (sorry I cann'et
>>>remember exact config otpions, as I'm typing from a windows machine
>>>many miles away) and I've even tried whats in the online documentation
>>>on dvb (--includeotherlib??=pathto/include) and all of them result in
>>>dvb and mpegpes(dvb) not baing configured..
>>>
>>>What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>you must have a linux/dvb/*.h somewhere in your include path:
>>/usr/include or /usr/local/include or the directory specified
>>--with-dvbincdir=DIR.
>>
>>In your configure.log you will find the reason why dvb support wasn't
>>compiled in.
>>
>>    Nico
>>    
>>

just
$ cp -a dvb-kernel/linux/include/linux/dvb /usr/include/linux

and re-run configure. If it fails post configure.log, please, or at 
least the section related to DVB_HEAD