Ubuntu Wiki

Original Website

• http://mcentral.de/wiki/index.php/Em2880

Roadmap

Officially the [http://www.empiatech.com.tw/pro_em2880.htm em2880] is em2840 + DVB_T (Analogue/DVB-T Hybrid USB Tuner)

• Analog TV implemented, Xceive xc3028 tuner reverse engineered

• [http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Em2880/remote Remote control] supported

• VBI (Teletext) supported with zapping
• DVB-T supported tested with xine, kaffeine and mplayer

Installation

Alternative howtos (if you want to write an howto, always refer to this site since things might change, please state that out explicitly at the beginning too!) Note: The firmware installation became easier now, these links aren't uptodate yet. Feel free to contact the writers of outdated howtos.

• [http://treboada.net/caligari/node/50 Click here for a spanish howto] (outdated)

• [http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=323215#p323215 Click here for a french installation thread] (just a forum, last posts are usually more uptodate)

• [http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/24001/ Click here for a german installation thread] (just a forum, last posts are usually more up-to-date)

• [http://konstantin.filtschew.de/blog/?p=68 German how-to] (Updated 25. Jan. 2007)

• [http://www.marcushellberg.com/pages/projects/digital-tv-in-linux.php Another english one] (outdated)

• [http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/terratec-cinergy-xs French how-to] (probably outdated)

• [http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/em28xx german Ubuntu howto] (Updated 13. Feb. 2007)

• [http://lunapark6.com/?p=2682 English Ubuntu Edgy Eft & Fedora Core 6 how-to for Hauppage WinTV-HVR-950] (Updated 08. Jan. 2007)

• [http://www.marcushellberg.com/pages/projects/digital-tv-in-linux.php Setting up the remote] (remote only installation outdated)

• [http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/pctv_usb_stick_remote French remote how-to]

• (feel free to add alternative how-tos here)

Original installation description starts here:

• Firmware

If you have one of the following devices you need to get a copy of the xceive firmware.

Mirror 1: http://konstantin.filtschew.de/v4l-firmware/

Mirror 2: http://www.tuxamito.com.es/em2880/

$ sha1sum filename
0bddf428ef4e8b532002d5a7ba7bddfdeb99085b  firmware.tgz
caa44ded1e1d6cf3a9a9e530caca840a92d6920f  firmware_v2.tgz
792193b3e073c27d1d2eccebc72ec9ad1b6950a6  firmware_v3.tgz
134d3b77b40d1b1298a91bb32c44544cebf77e64  firmware_v4.tgz

Following devices might need firmware.tgz (if analogue doesn't work out try firmware_v2.tgz or firmware_v3.tgz and please report it to me (MailTo(mrechberger_at_gmail.com)). It's very likely that some of these devices require firmware_v3 to get audio work):

• Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T XS (french edition)
• Terratec Cinergy T XS
• DNT DA2 Hybrid
• Kworld 350U

$ cd /lib/firmware 
$ sudo wget http://konstantin.filtschew.de/v4l-firmware/firmware.tgz 
$ sudo tar xvzf firmware.tgz

These devices require firmware_v2:

• MSI DigiVox A/D

• Kworld 310U
• Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T XS (USB ID=0ccd:005e)

$ cd /lib/firmware 
$ sudo wget http://konstantin.filtschew.de/v4l-firmware/firmware_v2.tgz
$ sudo tar xvzf firmware_v2.tgz

These devices require firmware_v3:

• HVR 900 B2C0(sticker on the dev.)

• HVR 900 A1C0

• Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T XS
• Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Pro
• Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick (320e) (USB ID=eb1a:2881)

$ cd /lib/firmware
$ sudo wget http://konstantin.filtschew.de/v4l-firmware/firmware_v3.tgz
$ sudo tar xvzf firmware_v3.tgz

These devices require firmware_v4:

• Pinnacle HD Pro Stick (North American version, NTSC/ATSC)

$ cd /lib/firmware
$ sudo wget http://konstantin.filtschew.de/v4l-firmware/firmware_v4.tgz
$ sudo tar xvzf firmware_v4.tgz

The firmware is a piece of software which is needed by your device and gets uploaded by the linux driver, it's not stored on the device itself so you won't change the behavior of that device in Windows.

• Requirements: Hg from [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/]. You can install Mercurial in Ubuntu with:

  •    sudo apt-get install mercurial

• The linux kernel sources for your kernel. 2.6.15+ kernels are well tested, everything below might cause problems with the usbaudio support. Install sources for you current kernel with this command:

  •    sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` linux-source

Check out the source code (do not use the web frontend for downloading the repository):

Stable:

$ hg clone http://mcentral.de/hg/~mrec/v4l-dvb-kernel

If this repository is down you can try my mirror:

$ hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mrechberger/v4l-dvb-kernel

Thanks to Nima Paknejad for providing the web space and the domain

Build the source:

$ cd v4l-dvb-kernel
$ make
$ sudo make install

Before posting any error messages, reboot your machine here.

Now load the drivers:

$ sudo modprobe em28xx

To verify that your setup was correct you might compare your dmesg output with ones on following wiki site: [http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Em2880/dmesg] If you device isn't listed there please help to complete the list and add your device there too.

Scanning for channels for xine (dvbscan is called scan in Debian) (replace de-Muenchen with your frequency file)

$ dvbscan -n -o zap -p de-Muenchen > ~/.xine/channels.conf

For Ubuntu 6.06 (and maybe others?) try something like this (replace de-Koeln-Bonn with your frequency file)

$ scan -n -o zap -p /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/de-Koeln-Bonn
>>> tune to: 754000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
0x0000 0x0022: pmt_pid 0x0220 BR -- Bayerisches FS (running)
0x0000 0x0023: pmt_pid 0x0230 BR -- BR-alpha (running)
0x0000 0x00e1: pmt_pid 0x0e10 BR -- SÜDWEST BW (running)
0x0000 0x0041: pmt_pid 0x0410 BR -- hr-fernsehen (running)

I'll add support for other applications by time when I have DVB-T around again. But for now only dvbscan, xine and kaffeine are well tested and supported.

If you have any problems with the installation have a look at this site: [http://mcentral.de/wiki/index.php/Talk:Em2880]. It contains some frequently asked questions, you're invited to extend that site!