[MPlayer-users] Copilation of svn source with ivtv enabled

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Oliver Seitz <info <at> vtnd.de> writes:

> > johan <at> 4850E:~/mplayer/mplayer$ ./configure --prefix=/opt --enable-ivtv;
> 
> I don't know for this very case, but usually you should try to set up 
> your system to a state in which "./configure" without any parameters 
> automatically enables all the features you want. Each "--enable-" switch 
> will very likely make things worse, not better.

This is correct.
Additionally, bug reports for "--enable-*" are not accepted (with some
exceptions, but not ivtv).

You have to install the necessary development library (plus header) than the
feature gets auto-detected.

Carl Eugen