TV Technology - Part 3 - Linux DVB-T Adapter Install

This video shows the procedure of installing a DVB-T adapter on a Linux host. This works for desktop Linux, as well as the Raspberry Pi.
Devices used in this video:
ID 07ca:3835 AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. AVerTV Volar Green HD (A835B)
ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T

[@osmifer7622]

Master 100 Point for you. Thank You for your informative Video.❤

[@crisvangeel]

Love how you use the CLI for your stuff.. it's exactly how I prefer to work with Linux too..

[@bencikusz]

Hi! Thank you for the video. It was a big help for me, to install a built-in DVB-t adapter to a laptop. It works well with your "channels.conf" method, I just want to share my experience with you. You can use VLC to make a channel list. If you use the "capture device" page in VLC you can chose the DVB-t adapter and it scans all the avaible cannels which are avaible in your location.

[@andrewjohnston359]

10 years ago I was doing this and had to work out all out from various different not so easy to understand sites... You've done a great job of making it simple for new Linux users to understand

[@TallPaulTech]

Mate, I know your pain! I was doing it back then too. I remember having to compile clients myself to get them to run right. It's much easier nowadays.

[@-someone-.]

@@TallPaulTech I’m watching this tv playlist of yours. So easy to understand, and you don’t muck around. 👍

[@mforrest85]

I'm loving this series you are doing. Looking forward to seeing the next video.

[@TallPaulTech]

Coming soon to a bunch of electrons near you

[@AxelWerner]

i never got my terratec dvb-c usb receiver working under linux so far. until today. thanks to you i got some inspiration back and finally found the missing tools, firmware and apps to get things started. still somewhat a pain. since i had a hard time to find a compatible initial tuning file or at least a tool to create one. the w_scan tool was the solution eventually.

[@TallPaulTech]

I haven't checked comments on here for a while, but when I see a Commodore logo I check that comment first :)

[@aussiejace8572]

Mate all i can say Thank You....... I have been wrecking my brain trying to get my avermedia tv card working on linux. Finally your video told me what to do. So a big Thanks. Only thing is to go abit slower and maybe put some of the termal codes you used in the description to cut and paste. But a bit Thanks Mate.

[@herpy2925]

Very informative. I will keep that in mind incase my tablo dvr breaks.

[@dkoxperiakoziukov3808]

As a gratitude for all the teachings you're giving I gonna share some information to you. If you're expereincing power grid shutdowns you don't have to equip your house with the wind or solar powerplant. All you have to do is to assemble a charger for the Li-on accums with 6-7Ah capacity My network equipment consumes about 350 mAmps a hour. It includes my router, where the OS is running and the mediaconverter for the passive optic transmission technology that's not dependent on power losses. So It's enough for 10-15 hours of IPTV system work. I don't know what's your consumption because of DVB equipment, but I know fo sure you're always able to increase your accums capacity. Take into considerations DC only Thanks. Take care

[@Berryservices]

Wow that was very informative, thanks!

[@farticus01]

This is awesome

[@aurelf3158]

thank you

[@maniherarameka4619]

Awesome series so far. Looking forward to next part this data bitstream sounds interesting. Im assuming this will all be the same for here in NZ just different channel allocations?

[@TallPaulTech]

I just had a quick look at a scanlist from NZ, and it seems you use 8MHz channels over there. The process is the same though, as shown in the video. Just use the scanlist for your area.

[@ssaguiar]

I thank you for your videos. I am learning a lot. If possible, I wish to know where I can buy the Avermedia usb adapters because I can't find them here in Brazil. Thank you a lot for your help and congratulations for the excellent videos and tutorials.

[@elgrinch1665]

Weeks i was looking for that. After trying all sort of complex instalation - that forced me to finally reinstall completely ubuntu after all the mess created by thes "advices"- you managed to explain clearly and in few minutes what is THE solution to make it work! thanks!

[@killertomate1000]

What dvb-t !adapter works the best to do the same pi-dvb combo you did?

[@linorics]

Can you tell me models are you using maybe I missed it. Anyone know what you should look for when buying one of these USB adapters?

[@leandrodemelocordeiro7228]

Hello, I have been accompanying your videos, and they are very good, I would like to put it into practice, but I am having difficulty finding these DVB-T adapters here in Brazil.

[@daviddavidsonn3578]

get one from aliexpress

[@davidec1990]

Anyone knows where the information about the current streaming program are being sent? E.g. for a tv guide embedded in the smart tv

[@david443]

Great work on this digital TV series. Enjoying every video. Please forgive me if this a stupid question or if it has been asked somewhere else. Can all of what you are doing be done here in the USA with an avermedia ATSC tuner?

[@TallPaulTech]

I can't be sure as I haven't done it. I would like to know though. How do you see your adapter in Linux? (as in the /dev directory)

[@david443]

@@TallPaulTech [ 3.682977] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg [ 3.776497] systemd[1]: System time before build time, advancing clock. [ 3.824420] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=07ca, idProduct=4826 [ 3.842435] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 3.860508] usb 1-1.4: Product: AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX [ 3.876453] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: AVerMedia [ 3.891503] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber: XXXXXXXXXX [ 4.013985] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg [ 4.033957] NET: Registered protocol family 10

[@TallPaulTech]

But what gets added in the /dev dir?

[@david443]

@@TallPaulTech -. There is no dvb folder, not sure what else I would be looking for. Some quick research online isn't promising for my adapter. Doesn't seem to be supported in Linux.

[@TallPaulTech]

I would actually like to see how it's done in America, but I just haven't touched that system so can't really help I'm afraid.

[@ShahImranSumon]

Could you please mention the Desktop Linux name that you are using? I'm trying to setup using AverTV Volar Hybrid Q, but not succeeded yet. I used Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Puppy Linux, but no distro can recognize the TV Card.

[@CamStansell]

Is the aerial cable just a split off you house antenna ? and an adaptor to that small type that screws into the usb device? i never have much success with the poxy antennas that come with the usb dvb's.

[@TallPaulTech]

Exactly. Funny you should mention the antenna they come with... I did a test with that...

[@patrickmclaughlin6013]

does this work the same for north American ATSC channels and any way to point me to where to find a stick that will work with linux? Thank You!

[@koningbolo4700]

In general: How can one get firmware for USB TV tuners please? And: Is there a family of TV tuners (USB) which have the same chips inside which are out of the box recognised by linux ??

[@elvinmucaj9664]

what about dvb-t2 from raspberry pi, like astrometa dvb-t2 ?

[@darrengreen7906]

Old linux laptop, Check. Old AverMedia usb DVB-t, Check. High Gain antenna, Check. VLC, Check...Know what to do, nope...now I do. TY Question??? Can you use the USB DVB-t with an adaptor for use on a mobile device esp android with the small antennas that came with usb stick???? Would be extremely useful for when bike packing or camping instead of using a service that EATS ALL your data like it is going out of fashion :D

[@magnets1000]

You can, check the app: Aerial tv

[@eengamerjensYTTW]

can I use dvb-t2 for this project?

[@TrollDecker]

Not sure what I'm missing but I don't have a /dev/dvb/ or anything in dmesg about a warm state (even trying to grep it) when I plug in my SDR stick (Not a NooElec branded one but still the same case and chipset). The stick is still detected though, and I can still use it in the likes of gqrx.

[@TallPaulTech]

If it's being used for SDR then you might have disabled DVB use when you set it up for SDR. I use one of those for an SDR server too, and when rtl_tcp is running there is no DVB adapter shown, but when it's stopped, the DVB device comes up. You have have installed it as SDR in such a way that it doesn't recognise it as DVB anymore. Might have to play around with that.

[@TrollDecker]

@@TallPaulTech Aaaaaah, that's probably what I was missing, thanks. 😅

[@Lcova76]

If i dont know what channels are used in my region.. How can i scan ALL the frecuencies to find if there are any stations?

[@TallPaulTech]

You can use the auto-Australia (7MHz) or auto-Default (8MHz) to scan all possible frequencies.

[@juansonoro7533]

hello can you help me with a dvb 1f4d:a681 G-Tek Electronics Group i do not what is the correct firmware.

[@TallPaulTech]

What did the logs say?

[@CptMishMashVonRandom]

First!