dbox for i386

[peksi]

I've been trying to compile dbox for ordinary i686 PC with no luck. The Dbox seems to be quite PowerPC oriented and I'm haven't been able to get it to build into i*86 environment.

Is there any FAQ/doc to guide me in this or could you give me an advice on how to compile DBox2 into an x86? Thanks.


Peksi

[peksi]

Here's some clarification.

System: Pentium 3, 636M memory, 3 x HDD, RedHat 9.0 with kernel 2.4.20-27

I took the latest CVS and did following:

cd cdk
./autoconf.sh
./configure --with-cvsdir=/root/packets/tuxbox-new --with-cpu=i386 --build=i386-unknown-linux-gnu

Got following output:
Configuring gcc...
[..stuff deleted..]
"Unknown cpu used with --with-cpu=i386
Configure in /root/packets/tuxbox-new/cdk/build_bootstrap_gcc/gcc failed, exiting."

[obi]

why do you want to build a cross compiler for x86 that runs on x86?

[peksi]

I've been trying to compile the whole thing, trying to build a dbox in standard x86 environment. Have I been doing it all wrong?

My Germany skills are non existent and I've not been able to read the German documentation so thanks for any help in advance.

[kerm]

I think it makes no sense to create i368 binaries of the DBox project. Because it is written for the DBox 2 hardware and there are a PowerPC CPU and some special chips, like Flash Memory, MPEG2 chips .... So the whole thing would not run (so easy) on a PC . You can only crosscompile it for the PowerPC and than you can start it on a DBox2 hardware.

[obi]

if you want to compile for execution on intel, e.g. for hauppauge cards, then you can safely delete the "cdk" and "driver" directories.
use the autogen.sh and configure scripts located in the corresponding source directories in "apps". not all programs will compile and/or run though.

[peksi]

Ok, thanks for your time people.

My reason for trying it in PC is that Dreambox's cpu seems not capable to play DivX/Xvind/MPEG4 codecs. Hove you got any better info on that? If it can do good quality D/X/M playback then I'll forget about this and buy the Dreambox )

(sorry for off topic here)

[Piti]

Hi peksi,

search the web for "VDR". Runs on I86 architecture with a full featured TV Card.

The Handling is not so fine as it is in Neutrino, but its ok. With a remote and a very good Web Frontend its easy to use. Installation is in a few minutes.

You need nothing else as a computer with about 300 Mhz or faster, the Full Featured TV Card and a lot of free space on a harddisk for the recorings. With vdr timeshifting runs fine, recording and showing different channels on same transponder, playing of divx, xvid, vcd or svcd and so on. And the best, the autotimer. Place the name of any video in the list, vdr searchs automatic the epg for matches and add it to the timer.

I will stop here, here is the tuxbox forum, not the vdr forum.

Piti