firewire on ubuntu dapper with mythtv

libraw1394 – allows raw access to the firewire port to allow for changing of channels in MythTV

wget http://www.linux1394.org/dl/libraw1394-1.2.0.tar.gz
tar -zxvf libraw1394-1.2.0.tar.gz
cd libraw1394-1.2.0
./configure –prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

libiec61883 – allows for streaming MPEG data easily over the firewire port for capture

wget http://www.linux1394.org/dl/libiec61883-1.0.0.tar.gz
tar -zxvf libiec61883-1.0.0.tar.gz
cd libiec61883-1.0.0
./configure –prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

libavc1394 – provides audio video support over the firewire port

wget http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libavc1394/libavc1394-0.5.1.tar.gz
tar -zxvf libavc1394-0.5.1.tar.gz
cd libavc1394-0.5.1
./configure –prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install