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 Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:29 am Post subject: Usb WinTV dvb-t support [unsolved] |
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I just got a WinTV dvb-t usb to watch digital tv on my gentoo linux computer. When I connect the WinTV into the usb port all I get is this. This is not the hvr version of the usb tv cards that WinTV makes.
| Code: | usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:39 am Post subject: |
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grab the mercurial branch of v4l-dvb from linuxtv.org, compile, install, (hopefully) watch tv.
Also... is that really the name of the card? nothing more specific? how about lsusb numbers?
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jonfr
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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lsusb gives this.
| Code: | lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 2040:7070 Hauppauge |
The box says WinTV-nova-t stick model 353.
I wonder if there are any digital tv program in Gentoo linux. I don't know if kdetv can handle digital. |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| jonfr wrote: | lsusb gives this.
| Code: | lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 2040:7070 Hauppauge |
The box says WinTV-nova-t stick model 353.
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again, grab the v4l-dvb branch, build and install. | Quote: |
I wonder if there are any digital tv program in Gentoo linux. I don't know if kdetv can handle digital. |
kaffeine does digital, mplayer, xine, and others do digital.
Look for the package dvb-tools as well.
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jonfr
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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When trying to emerge the firmware driver I get this error.
| Code: | >>> Downloading 'http://www.avermedia.com/software/Dvbt1.3.57.6.zip'
--2008-08-15 18:03:39-- http://www.avermedia.com/software/Dvbt1.3.57.6.zip
Resolving www.avermedia.com... 219.87.67.6
Connecting to www.avermedia.com|219.87.67.6|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2008-08-15 18:03:49 ERROR 404: Not Found.
!!! Couldn't download 'Dvbt1.3.57.6.zip'. Aborting.
* Fetch failed for 'media-tv/linuxtv-dvb-firmware-2006.11.13'
!!! can't process invalid log file: merge.ERROR
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Which is why I suggested just grabbing the specific firmware needed. |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| But it is some other firmware that appears to be missing, not necessary the firmware for the wintv dvb-t usb stick. |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| jonfr wrote: | | But it is some other firmware that appears to be missing, not necessary the firmware for the wintv dvb-t usb stick. |
.... So why do you need it? |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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It is part of the ebuild that I was trying to emerge. The one you did suggest that I did emerge.
| Code: | | emerge linuxtv-dvb-firmware |
This error is nothing but a bug in the ebuild.  |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I said I wasn't sure if the latest firmware was in it, so I suggested just downloading the required firmware.. |
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bump
I also got a WinTv USB H900 that is both analog and dvb-t. What is the best way for me to run it on ? |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| jonfr wrote: | bump
I also got a WinTv USB H900 that is both analog and dvb-t. What is the best way for me to run it on ? |
is this new one the hvr-900?
that uses the em28xx drivers - same v4l-dvb-hg branch.
As for firmware, use dmesg, look to see what firmware files it is complaining about missing, and google for the filename.
the hvr-900 (if it's similar to the hvr-950, which I have) gets its firmware from the windows drivers (extracted using a script which is in the main kernel tree under Documentation somewhere)
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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I did buy this wintv hvr-900 in August, so it is new in that sense. I am going to check the wintv output in dmesg when I go back to campus, where my usb tv card currently is.
I am still trying to figure out how to make my other usb tv card to work. |
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| jonfr wrote: | I did buy this wintv hvr-900 in August, so it is new in that sense. I am going to check the wintv output in dmesg when I go back to campus, where my usb tv card currently is.
I am still trying to figure out how to make my other usb tv card to work. |
same deal - google for whatever files are said to be missing through dmesg.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| jonfr wrote: | When trying to emerge the firmware driver I get this error.
| Code: | >>> Downloading 'http://www.avermedia.com/software/Dvbt1.3.57.6.zip'
--2008-08-15 18:03:39-- http://www.avermedia.com/software/Dvbt1.3.57.6.zip
Resolving www.avermedia.com... 219.87.67.6
Connecting to www.avermedia.com|219.87.67.6|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2008-08-15 18:03:49 ERROR 404: Not Found.
!!! Couldn't download 'Dvbt1.3.57.6.zip'. Aborting.
* Fetch failed for 'media-tv/linuxtv-dvb-firmware-2006.11.13'
!!! can't process invalid log file: merge.ERROR
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The correct way to download the specific dvb driver would be to add this line
| Code: | | DVB_CARDS="dvb_cards_usb-dib0700" |
to /etc/make.conf.
Assuming that is the specific firmware you require, this would only pull in the firmware you specify and avoid the linuxtv-dvb-firmware package from failing. |
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I don't see the need for v4l-dvb-hg branch.
Why stray from portage? Seems like the firmware and any drivers are available.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| jcat wrote: | I don't see the need for v4l-dvb-hg branch.
Why stray from portage? Seems like the firmware and any drivers are available. |
My dislike for portage on this matter stems from the time not too long ago when I couldn't use portage to get my drivers or firmware correct.
BTW, if emerge can't download a file, google for that package, and put it into /usr/portage/distfiles.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Solved? If not, test the ebuild in bug 225047:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225047
Test the 2008.06.09 ebuild with kernels up to 2.6.27 and 2009.04.26 ebuild for kernel 2.6.28 or newer. The two ebuild differ on firmware version installed.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | emerge linuxtv-dvb-firmware |
did not work, also the ebuilds in https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225047 did not work. So I gave up and copied manually the firmware from http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/files/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw to my /lib/firmware
To /etc/make.conf I added: | Code: | | DVB_CARDS="dvb_cards_usb-dib0700" |
and then I did | Code: | emerge v4l-dvb-hg
modprobe dvb-usb-dib0700 |
/dev/dvb/adapter0 got created. I started kaffeine. It found the card and could tune in to some channels.
Now I need just a better antenna since the Hauppauge WinTV Nova-t USB receiver seems not to be sensitive enough for where I am.
v4l-dvb-hg brings a lot of other drivers, one is dvb-usb-nova-t-usb2 that looks promising to be used with Hauppauge WinTV Nova-t USB, I don't know what it does. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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In /etc/make.conf has to be
DVB_CARDS="usb-dib0700"
and not
DVB_CARDS="dvb_cards_usb-dib0700"
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the hint, I modified /etc/make.conf
portato tells me that linuxtv-dvb-firmware is using DVB_CARDS
I sucessfully emerged now linuxtv-dvb-firmware-2006.11.13 and got /lib/firmware/dvd-usb-dib0700-01.fw 
Unfortunately dmesg tells me, that the driver wants the newer firmware version, dvd-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw 
linuxtv-dvb-firmware-2007.04.13 also does not deliver it. I tried to use the linuxtv-dvb-firmware-2009.04.26.ebuild in my local portage overlay, but it fails when I try to create the manifest file, due to a missing avermedia link.
Now I have to stay with my manually copied dvd-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw. However thanks, I know now how linuxtv-dvb-firmware works  |
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I tried the new ebuild 2009-07-23 posted in https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225047
The good news first. When I try to create the manifest file I get the right firmware version | Code: | >>> Downloading 'http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/files/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw'
--2009-07-25 21:45:26-- http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/files/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw
Resolving www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de... 194.95.44.33
Connecting to www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de|194.95.44.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 33768 (33K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `/usr/portage/distfiles/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw'
100%[====================================================================================================>] 33,768 106K/s in 0.3s
2009-07-25 21:45:27 (106 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw' saved [33768/33768]
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The bad news, later it fails with | Code: | >>> Downloading 'http://www.lifeview.com.tw/drivers/pci_card/FlyDVB-T/Drv_2.11.02.zip'
--2009-07-25 22:10:33-- http://www.lifeview.com.tw/drivers/pci_card/FlyDVB-T/Drv_2.11.02.zip
Resolving www.lifeview.com.tw... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `www.lifeview.com.tw'
!!! Couldn't download 'Drv_2.11.02.zip'. Aborting.
!!! Fetch failed for Drv_2.11.02.zip, can't update Manifest
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www.lifeview.com.tw seems to be no more valid. Maybe their web site is down today. Something going on in Taiwan? |
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