Set up DVB/T viewing with a USB Stick on Linux
From Linuxintro
Please review this article, it has not yet been tested on a clean system.
In Ubuntu 8.10 with a WinTV Nova-T USB Stick. As viewer we will use vlc for a test, later you can move to more sophisticated front-ends like mythtv
- install the software
sudo apt-get install dvb-utils vlc
- download the firmware
wget http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/linux-dvb-firmware/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw
- Note
- There is new firmware available but it has some issues. Feel free to try it.
Info: http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500#Firmware Firmware: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/files/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw
- Copy the firmware to the right location
sudo cp dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw /lib/firmware
plug in the device, it should then be visible via "ls /dev/dvb/adapter0"
- potentially: in /etc/modprobe.d/options (sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options)
- Add: options dvb-usb-dib0700 force_lna_activation=1
- scan for channels and save results in ~/channels.conf, please adjust the region accordingly, in the example its de-Frankfurt:
scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/de-Frankfurt -o zap | tee ~/channels.conf
- start vlc, Media|open file, select all files and open the ~/channels.conf
- you should now be able to tune to different channels using your playlist (Wiedergabeliste)
