Re: unable to ./configure with dvb support..

mike lewis wrote:

>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