diff -ru alevt-1.6.1/vbi.c alevt/vbi.c
--- alevt-1.6.1/vbi.c	2001-03-03 19:14:03.000000000 +0100
+++ alevt/vbi.c	2005-08-09 00:32:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -41,15 +41,17 @@
 struct v4l2_format
 {
     u32	type;			/* V4L2_BUF_TYPE_* */
+
     union
     {
+        double dummy_to_force_correct_64_bit_alignment;
 	struct v4l2_vbi_format vbi;	/*  VBI data  */
 	u8 raw_data[200];		/* user-defined */
     } fmt;
 };
 
 #define V4L2_VBI_SF_UBYTE	1
-#define V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI       0x00000009
+#define V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI_CAPTURE       0x00000004
 #define VIDIOC_G_FMT		_IOWR('V',  4, struct v4l2_format)
 
 /***** end of api definitions *****/
@@ -468,7 +470,7 @@
     int soc, eoc;	// start/end of clock run-in
     int bpl;		// bytes per line
 
-    if (p->sample_format != V4L2_VBI_SF_UBYTE)
+    if (0 && p->sample_format != V4L2_VBI_SF_UBYTE)
     {
 	error("v4l2: unsupported vbi data format");
 	return -1;
@@ -526,8 +528,9 @@
     struct v4l2_format v4l2_format[1];
     struct v4l2_vbi_format *vbifmt = &v4l2_format->fmt.vbi;
 
+    v4l2_format[0].type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI_CAPTURE;
     if (ioctl(vbi->fd, VIDIOC_G_FMT, v4l2_format) == -1
-	|| v4l2_format->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI)
+	|| v4l2_format->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI_CAPTURE)
     {
 	// not a v4l2 device.  assume bttv and create a standard fmt-struct.
 	int size;