This library provides support for the Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter.
+You can find a list of frequently asked questions on the following page:
+ http://libcec.pulse-eight.com/faq
+
===============================================================================
- === Linux ===
+ === Linux & BSD ===
===============================================================================
libCEC needs the following dependencies in order to work correctly:
To compile libCEC on Linux, you'll need the following dependencies:
* autoconf 2.13 or later
* automake 1.11 or later
-* pkg-config
* libtool
-* udev development headers v151 or later
* gcc 4.2 or later
* liblockdev 1.0 development headers
+The following dependencies are recommended. Without them, the adapter can not
+be auto-detected.
+* pkg-config
+* udev development headers v151 or later
+
To compile, execute the following commands:
-# autoreconf -vif
+# ./bootstrap
# ./configure
# make
# sudo make install
* pkg-config
* xcode 3.2.6 or later
-To compile, execute the following commands (TODO: please verify):
-# autoreconf -vif
+To compile, execute the following command:
+# ./bootstrap
# ./configure
# make
# sudo make install
=== Windows ===
===============================================================================
-To compile libCEC on Windows, you'll need Visual C++ 2010 or Visual Studio 2010
-The installer needs the Windows DDK (Driver Development Kit) and Nullsoft's
-NSIS.
+To compile libCEC on Windows, you'll need Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio
+or Visual C++ 2008. The latter is needed to build LibCecSharp for .Net
+Framework 2.0.
-To compile LibCecSharp on Windows, you'll need Visual C++ 2008 or Visual Studio
-2008, because it is compiled against .NET 2.0.
+The adapter detection code needs the Windows DDK (Driver Development Kit).
+
+To create an installer, you'll need Nullsoft's NSIS.
To compile libCEC, follow these instructions:
-* open /project/libcec.sln with Visual C++ 2010 or Visual Studio 2010.
+* open /project/libcec.sln with Visual Studio 2012.
* build the project.
To build an installer on Windows:
* go to /project and execute create-installer.bat to create the installer.
* the installer is stored as /build/libCEC-installer.exe
-You will need both Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 to build the
-installer from the command line. To build with Visual C++ 2008 and 2010,
-you will need to manually build libcec with Visual C++ 2010 and then
-build LibCecSharp.sln with Visual Studio 2008. See create-installer.bat
-for the required steps.
+===============================================================================
+ === Raspberry Pi ===
+===============================================================================
+
+We've included a script that builds libCEC with support for the Raspberry Pi
+in /project/RPi/build.sh. This script pulls in the latest toolchain and
+firmware, builds the necessary dependencies, and finally builds libCEC. The
+result will be a softfp build.
+
+To build libCEc on your development machine, follow these instructions:
+* run '/project/RPi/build.sh /desired/destination/path/for/binaries'
+* run 'make install'
+
+To build libCEC on the Pi itself, just follow the instructions for Linux.
+The configure script automatically checks whether the required headers and
+libraries can be found.
+
+To specify the path of the Raspberry Pi's development headers, use the
+following option for 'configure':
+--with-rpi-include-path="/path/to/opt/vc/include"
+
+To specify the path of the Raspberry Pi's libraries, use the following option
+for 'configure':
+--with-rpi-lib-path="/path/to/libbcm_host.so"
+
+===============================================================================
+ === CuBox / TDA995x ===
+===============================================================================
+
+Solid-Run's CuBox uses a combined HDMI tranceiver / CEC controller by NXP. The
+device driver for it is based on an SDK by the chip vendor and is compiled into
+the Linux kernel. The following options for 'configure' have been introduced:
+
+To enable support for the CuBox / TDA995x:
+--enable-tda995x
+
+To specify the path to the SDK part of the kernel driver:
+--with-tda995x-toolkit-path='path/to/linux/drivers/video/dovefb/nxp_hdmi'
+
+If the toolkit path is not specified, it is assumed that a directory named
+'nxp_hdmi' (or a link to it) exists in the top level of the source tree.
===============================================================================
=== Debugging / Testing ===
===============================================================================
+To compile libCEC with extensive debugging output, pass the following argument
+to configure on Linux/OS-X/BSD:
+--enable-debug
+
We provide a test client, named cec-client, to debug the device.
To check whether the device can be detected, execute the following command:
* cec-client -l
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