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4 Avermedia DVB-T on BT878 Release Notes
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7 February 14th 2006
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9 .. note::
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11 Several other Avermedia devices are support
12 broader and updated content about that, ple
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14 https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerMedi
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16 The Avermedia DVB-T
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19 The Avermedia DVB-T is a budget PCI DVB card.
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21 * RF Tuner Input
22 * Composite Video Input (RCA Jack)
23 * SVIDEO Input (Mini-DIN)
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25 The RF Tuner Input is the input to the tun
26 card. The Tuner is otherwise known as the
27 Frontend of the Avermedia DVB-T is a Microtune
28 post to the linux-dvb mailing list ascer
29 Microtune 7202D is supported by the sp887x
30 found in the dvb-hw CVS module.
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32 The DVB-T card is based around the BT878 chip
33 common multimedia bridge and often found on An
34 There is no on-board MPEG2 decoder, which mean
35 decoding must be done in software, or if you
36 MPEG2 hardware decoding card or chipset.
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39 Getting the card going
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42 At this stage, it has not been able to
43 functionality of the remaining device nodes i
44 Avermedia DVBT. However, full functionalit
45 tuning, receiving and supplying the MPEG2
46 possible with the currently available version
47 It may be possible that additional functional
48 from the card (i.e. viewing the additional
49 that the card presents), but this has not bee
50 I get around to this, I'll update the document
51 find.
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53 To power up the card, load the followin
54 following order:
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56 * modprobe bttv (normally loaded automatically
57 * modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or place dvb-bt8xx in /e
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59 Insertion of these modules into the runn
60 activate the appropriate DVB device nodes. It
61 to start accessing the card with utilities suc
62 dvbstream etc.
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64 The frontend module sp887x.o, requires an exte
65 Please use the command "get_dvb_firmware sp8
66 it. Then copy it to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware
67 (depending on configuration of firmware hotplu
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69 Known Limitations
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72 At present I can say with confidence that th
73 via /dev/dvb/adapter{x}/frontend0 and supplies
74 via /dev/dvb/adapter{x}/dvr0. I have n
75 functionality of any other part of the card y
76 over time and update this document.
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78 There are some limitations in the i2c layer d
79 error message inconsistency. Although this gen
80 dmesg and the system logs, it does not appe
81 ability of the frontend to function correctly.
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83 Further Update
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86 dvbstream and VideoLAN Client on windows wo
87 DVB, in fact this is currently serving a
88 viewing DVB-T at the moment. Additionally
89 decoding HDTV signals, although the PC is
90 frame here and there - I assume due to process
91 as all the decoding is being done under window
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93 Many thanks to Nigel Pearson for the updates
94 since the recent revision of the driver.
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