[ILUG] Re: TV reciver on Komplette

[Frank Duignan]

I mentioned I would report back on the usb dvb-t card
http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZPR_08OND/16_TVTUNER/productdetails/10020501/PCTV_Hybrid_Pro_Stick_340E_DVB-T_receiver_/22282/default.aspx
Anyway, to cut a long story short:
It works but its not easy.  I'm running this on Ubuntu 10.04
Here are my notes on the procedure:
Best of luck
f.


get http://kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/pctv-340e-2-927fd2a915c4.tar.gz
unpack
make clean
make
Errors involving the dvb-class stucture start to crop up.
My kernel version 2.6.32-21
an "ifdef" in code checks for kernel versions greater that 2.6.31
(Was there a regression that removed an expected field in the dvb-class
structure called node name?)
Anyway, changed ifdef as follows (The greater than/equal switched to 'equal
to')
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE == KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31)
Same error in dabusb.c
Next error dmxdev.c
Need to include add include line as follows:
#include <linux/sched.h>
as the TASK_UNITERRUPTIBLE constant is not defined.
This error presumably arises as a result of changes to the kernel source
tree structure.
Same for dvb_demux.c, dvbnet.c, cpia.c, meye.c, videobuf-core.c
Disabled firedtv modules in v4l .config as follows
CONFIG_DVB_FIREDTV=n
did a make clean, make after this
had to do this too!
CONFIG_VIDEOBUF_DMA_SG=N
CONFIG_VIDEOBUF_DMA_CONTIG=N

Get the firmware wget
http://kernellabs.com/firmware/xc4000/dvb-fe-xc4000-1.4.1.fw
and copy to /lib/firmware

PLUG THE DEVICE IN!

The directories in /dev are not as expected so you need to do this (at each
boot!)
sudo mkdir -p /dev/dvb/adapter0
sudo ln -s /dev/dvb0.frontend0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
sudo ln -s /dev/dvb0.demux0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
sudo ln -s /dev/dvb0.dvr0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
sudo ln -s /dev/dvb0.net0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0


create a .xine directory in your home directory (if it isn't already there)
Create/edit a file called channels.conf and past the following in (between
the ###'d lines)
#################################################################################
RTE1:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:1101:1201:1101
RTE2:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:1102:1202:1102
RTENL
1:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:1103:1229:1103
TG4:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:1104:1204:1104
RTENewsNow:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:1105:1205:1105
RTENL
2:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:1106:1228:1106
RTERadio1:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:1226:1226
RTE2FM:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:1227:1227
RTELyricFM:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:1228:1228
RTERaidionaGaeltachta:738000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_AUTO:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:1229:1229
##############################################################################


rune xine and pick dvb button
>From my house I require a signal booster to get the signal
Have not tried analog capture yet.