Any ideas for Linux drivers for this USB TV tuner?

lak611

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Feb 9, 2012, 1:05:11 AM2/9/12

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I have an msi Digivox ATSC USB TV tuner. http://www.msi.com/product/mm/DIGIVOX-ATSC.html

It works great in Windows, but I would like to use it in Linux. Does
anyone have any ideas how I could get drivers?

Thanks a lot.

--Laura A Knotek

David Egts

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Feb 9, 2012, 8:29:12 AM2/9/12

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On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:05 AM, lak611 <lak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an msi Digivox ATSC USB TV tuner. http://www.msi.com/product/mm/DIGIVOX-ATSC.html
>
> It works great in Windows, but I would like to use it in Linux. Does
> anyone have any ideas how I could get drivers?

The drivers may already be in the OS.

A quick Google search for "Digivox ATSC USB TV linux" points to this
page and the device may be the one listed under the Validated table as
EM2820_BOARD_MSI_VOX_USB_2...

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Em28xx_devices

On my RHEL 6 system for example, I did a quick "locate em28" in a
shell. Looks like em28xx is there, and the card appears to be listed
as #5 here...

/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.32/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx

Taking a step back, I've been burned enough in the past that I now
tend to figure out which devices work great on Linux before buying
them. Less headaches, rocket science, and disappointment that way! I
really hope it "just works" for you with minimal fuss!

Dave

admf...@gmail.com

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Feb 9, 2012, 10:41:33 AM2/9/12

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worst case use the ndiswrapper with the actual windows driver.

stevea

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Feb 10, 2012, 3:50:29 PM2/10/12

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Actually there are three drivers related to this group of devices,
em28xx.ko , em28xx-alsa.ko , em28xx-dvb.ko
Also someone reported your MSI device working under Debian
Lenny (w/o details).

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Em28xx_devices (needs your feedback)
The site says the em28xx parts don't need firmware, tho' the tuner might.

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices
http://www.marcushellberg.com/2009/12/23/digital-tv-in-linux/

Dave is correct about doing a selection selection of hardware based on
Linux drivers. However over the years, making my Hauppage PCTV work has
gone from a weekend science project to an out-of-the-box install -and-go
experience. ~2.5 year ago no USB vid devices were supported according
to the V4L developers; today there is a long list. Linux lags a bit on
these
end-user hardware devices.

-SteveA

lak611

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Feb 12, 2012, 11:35:18 PM2/12/12

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> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Deviceshttp://www.marcushellberg.com/2009/12/23/digital-tv-in-linux/

>
> Dave is correct about doing a selection selection of hardware based on
> Linux drivers. However over the years, making my Hauppage PCTV work has
> gone from a weekend science project to an out-of-the-box install -and-go
> experience. ~2.5 year ago no USB vid devices were supported according
> to the V4L developers; today there is a long list. Linux lags a bit on
> these
> end-user hardware devices.
>
> -SteveA

Thanks Dave and Steve.

Steve, do you have any specific recommendations re USB TV tuners that
work out of the box in Linux?

Bill Mayhew

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Feb 14, 2012, 8:59:10 AM2/14/12

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A good place to look is linuxtv.org. If you are in United States,
North America, ATSC interface devices would probably be most of
interest.

List of supported ATSC devices: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_Devices

lak611

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Feb 14, 2012, 11:33:30 PM2/14/12

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Thanks, Bill. I will check it out. :)

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