HOWTO: Watch digital TV (Freeview)

**bayvista** · February 14th, 2009

I seem to be getting close. I have now upgraded to Intrepid 8.10 and now have the TV in Kaffeine. It will tune but does not record any stations. Also, I could not load the following:

pam@hp-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe cx88-dvb
[sudo] password for pam:
FATAL: Error inserting cx88_dvb (/lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-dvb.ko): No such device

Maybe this is what I need

**tom56** · February 14th, 2009

Originally Posted by bayvista

I seem to be getting close. I have now upgraded to Intrepid 8.10 and now have the TV in Kaffeine. It will tune but does not record any stations. Also, I could not load the following:

pam@hp-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe cx88-dvb
[sudo] password for pam:
FATAL: Error inserting cx88_dvb (/lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-dvb.ko): No such device

Maybe this is what I need

You probably don't need to do the modprobe bit, Ubuntu should take care of that itself. If you can watch TV using Kaffeine it's working. Not being able to record is, I expect, a separate problem. Check the Kaffeine settings, and whether you have enough free disk space.

**dtmpower** · February 25th, 2009

dmesg|tail
[ 201.626002] usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
[ 201.758567] usb 5-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 201.758705] dvb-usb: found a 'WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom)' in warm state.
[ 201.758839] dvb-usb: will use the device's hardware PID filter (table count: 15).
[ 201.759820] DVB: registering new adapter (WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom))
[ 201.759971] DVB: registering frontend 0 (WideView USB DVB-T)...
[ 201.760656] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-3/input/input8
[ 201.809651] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 300 msecs.
[ 201.809663] dvb-usb: WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom) successfully initialized and connected.
[ 204.099408] dvb-usb: recv bulk message failed: -110

This is the message I get using a Freecom USB DVB-T stick.... it appears ok in Kaffeine - but the channel scan brings up nothing ,but both the strength and SNR meters flick up and down as it scans.... can anyone help me ?

John

**coldmack** · May 27th, 2009

I have the Pinnacle PCTV usb stick that came out like in 2007(windows version, but with the pinnacle Mac software works with macs also) and it not working on my hardy machine. All I get with the kaffeine is cannot bind info socket, nothing else. MeTV says there is no drivers or something. What do you suggest I do?

In terminal when I typed lsusb this is the output.
Bus 005 Device 006: ID 05dc:a720 Lexar Media, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 058f:6335 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 10f1:1a08
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0411:00be MelCo., Inc.
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 2304:0227 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. [hex]
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

**unclejac** · May 27th, 2009

hello

Started following this thread, I figure I may as well get some use out of this Xmas present that someone gave me hehe.

Followed the guide, but Kaffine is not detecting the usb stick.

Code:

betai@BETA:~$ dmesg|tail
[ 1849.763811] cx88/2: registering cx8802 driver, type: dvb access: shared
[ 1875.351281] bttv: driver version 0.9.17 loaded
[ 1875.351287] bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
[ 1875.370919] bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
[ 1877.955295] usb 1-8: USB disconnect, address 5
[ 1882.333050] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[ 1882.472767] usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2471.662450] usb 1-8: USB disconnect, address 6
[ 2478.985058] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
[ 2479.127459] usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

I see bayvista posted a similar output to what I have below:

Code:

betai@BETA:~$ sudo modprobe cx88-dvb
FATAL: Error inserting cx88_dvb (/lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-dvb.ko): No such device

Where can I get this module?

Am using 9.04 with a Hauppauge HVR-H006

Thanks in advance if anyone has time to help

**Fry-kun** · July 17th, 2010

The webpage at http://www.2nrds.com/digital-tv-in-l...em28xx-devices no longer exists. Does anyone have a backup of it?
I have a WinTV-HVR 950 (kernel says 980, a.k.a. em2882/em2883) and it wants firmware xc3028-v27.fw ... no idea where to get it.