<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE > Install the DVB drivers </TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="VideoLAN HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE=" Stream a DVB channel (satellite or digital terrestial TV) " HREF="dvb.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE=" Stream a DVB channel (satellite or digital terrestial TV) " HREF="dvb.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE=" Stream with VLS " HREF="x790.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >VideoLAN HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="dvb.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 6. Stream a DVB channel (satellite or digital terrestial TV)</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x790.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN778" ></A >6.1. Install the DVB drivers</H1 ><P > If you want to be able to stream from a DVB card (a satellite card or a digital terrestial TV card), you need to install the DVB drivers: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > if you use a Linux 2.6.x kernel, you just need to compile the right modules ; </P ></LI ><LI ><P > if you are using a Linux 2.4.x kernel, you must download the latest release of the DVB drivers from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/" TARGET="_top" >DVB drivers download page</A > of the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/" TARGET="_top" >LinuxTV</A > Project. </P ></LI ></UL ><P > Uncompress the tarball and follow the instructions written in the <TT CLASS="filename" >INSTALL</TT > file to compile and install the drivers .</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="dvb.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x790.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Stream a DVB channel (satellite or digital terrestial TV)</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="dvb.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Stream with VLS</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >