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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/avermedia.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/avermedia.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..93ff74002d20 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/avermedia.rst @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================================== +Avermedia DVB-T on BT878 Release Notes +====================================== + +February 14th 2006 + +.. note:: + + Several other Avermedia devices are supported. For a more + broader and updated content about that, please check: + + https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerMedia + +The Avermedia DVB-T +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The Avermedia DVB-T is a budget PCI DVB card. It has 3 inputs: + +* RF Tuner Input +* Composite Video Input (RCA Jack) +* SVIDEO Input (Mini-DIN) + +The RF Tuner Input is the input to the tuner module of the +card. The Tuner is otherwise known as the "Frontend" . The +Frontend of the Avermedia DVB-T is a Microtune 7202D. A timely +post to the linux-dvb mailing list ascertained that the +Microtune 7202D is supported by the sp887x driver which is +found in the dvb-hw CVS module. + +The DVB-T card is based around the BT878 chip which is a very +common multimedia bridge and often found on Analogue TV cards. +There is no on-board MPEG2 decoder, which means that all MPEG2 +decoding must be done in software, or if you have one, on an +MPEG2 hardware decoding card or chipset. + + +Getting the card going +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +At this stage, it has not been able to ascertain the +functionality of the remaining device nodes in respect of the +Avermedia DVBT. However, full functionality in respect of +tuning, receiving and supplying the MPEG2 data stream is +possible with the currently available versions of the driver. +It may be possible that additional functionality is available +from the card (i.e. viewing the additional analogue inputs +that the card presents), but this has not been tested yet. If +I get around to this, I'll update the document with whatever I +find. + +To power up the card, load the following modules in the +following order: + +* modprobe bttv (normally loaded automatically) +* modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules) + +Insertion of these modules into the running kernel will +activate the appropriate DVB device nodes. It is then possible +to start accessing the card with utilities such as scan, tzap, +dvbstream etc. + +The frontend module sp887x.o, requires an external firmware. +Please use the command "get_dvb_firmware sp887x" to download +it. Then copy it to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware or /lib/firmware/ +(depending on configuration of firmware hotplug). + +Known Limitations +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +At present I can say with confidence that the frontend tunes +via /dev/dvb/adapter{x}/frontend0 and supplies an MPEG2 stream +via /dev/dvb/adapter{x}/dvr0. I have not tested the +functionality of any other part of the card yet. I will do so +over time and update this document. + +There are some limitations in the i2c layer due to a returned +error message inconsistency. Although this generates errors in +dmesg and the system logs, it does not appear to affect the +ability of the frontend to function correctly. + +Further Update +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +dvbstream and VideoLAN Client on windows works a treat with +DVB, in fact this is currently serving as my main way of +viewing DVB-T at the moment. Additionally, VLC is happily +decoding HDTV signals, although the PC is dropping the odd +frame here and there - I assume due to processing capability - +as all the decoding is being done under windows in software. + +Many thanks to Nigel Pearson for the updates to this document +since the recent revision of the driver. |