Patch to account for linux-2.6.24.x including ivtv, but MPlayer won't build against it. See this link for more information and the origin of the patch: http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20080201.201454.1047775e.en.html Thanks to Robby Workman for pointing me to this one. diff -Nur MPlayer-1.0rc2.orig/configure MPlayer-1.0rc2/configure --- MPlayer-1.0rc2.orig/configure 2007-10-07 21:49:33.000000000 +0200 +++ MPlayer-1.0rc2/configure 2008-03-10 10:27:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -4920,7 +4920,7 @@ echores "$_dxr3" -echocheck "IVTV TV-Out" +echocheck "IVTV TV-Out (pre linux-2.6.24)" if test "$_ivtv" = auto ; then cat > $TMPC << EOF #include <stdlib.h> @@ -4928,7 +4928,13 @@ #include <linux/types.h> #include <linux/videodev2.h> #include <linux/ivtv.h> -int main(void) { return 0; } +#include <sys/ioctl.h> +int main(void) { +struct ivtv_cfg_stop_decode sd; +struct ivtv_cfg_start_decode sd1; +ioctl (0, IVTV_IOC_START_DECODE, &sd1); +ioctl (0, IVTV_IOC_STOP_DECODE, &sd); +return 0; } EOF _ivtv=no cc_check && _ivtv=yes