The quick and dirty documentation
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This driver requires kernel 2.2.x or later.

First, login as root, then do
tar -zxvf stradis.tar.gz
cd stradis
cp videodev.h /usr/include/linux/
make install

The first time you make install, you will want to run
depmod -a

so that module dependencies may be established for your
current kernel version and the new driver.

This driver should become a standard part of the Linux kernel
sometime on or after version 2.2.13.

If you have any problems, questions or comments, please address
them directly to Nathan Laredo, laredo@gnu.org

once you've installed the driver, you should do this before using
the card:

modprobe stradis

then 

loadcard 0  (replacing 0 with whatever number belongs to the first
stradis card in the /dev/videoX -- if you have no TV cards, it should be 0)

You should place the *.bit files and *.aud and *.vid files in the
directory /etc/stradis/    These are distributed directly from Stradis
and must be obtained under licence.   You should have received these
files with your decoder either on cd or from the stradis web site
(password protected).

For direct output from the card with no vga overlay, you can just run
parsempeg mpegfile videopid audiopid devicename palflag

ie:

parsempeg french.mpeg 224 192 0 0
	output transport stream french.mpeg with video on pid 224
	audio on pid 192, use /dev/video0, and finally NTSC output, pal=1

parsempeg vta.mpeg 16 17 1 0
	output transport stream vta.mpeg with video on PID 16, audio on PID 17
	use /dev/video1 (second card), and output NTSC

parsempeg lostinspace.vob
	output program stream (audio/video pid ignored for non-transport)
	to /dev/video0 (first card), using NTSC.

parsempeg susi_080.m2v
	output elementary stream to /dev/video0 using NTSC

A program called tvset (available at http://linuxtv.openprojects.net/)
can be used for vga overlay in X.   Just start X (must be XF86 3.3.3.x or
later), and then you can run tvset.   While tvset is running, you can
issue the above commands to send the video to the tvset window.

My .vimrc file is also contained here for your hacking pleasure.  If you're
a vi user, enjoy.

-- Nathan Laredo
laredo@gnu.org

