Stream USB DVB-T stick from Arch ARM

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Stream USB DVB-T stick from Arch ARM

Postby skivablug » Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:37 pm

Hello,
I have a Sheevaplug and I've installed Arch Linux ARM on it. I have a AF9015 -based USB DVB-T receiver and I would like to connect it to my Sheevaplug and be able to watch DVB-T on other devices in my network. I think it should be possible to do it, the Sheevaplug wouldn't have to do the decoding/encoding. If it is possible to save the stream (not reencode) to a USB hard disk, it could be useful but I don't require it.

When I plug the receiver to the USB port I get the following messages to dmesg:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'usb 1-1: new high speed USB device number 12 using orion-ehci
Afatech DVB-T 2: Fixing fullspeed to highspeed interval: 16 -> 8
input: Afatech DVB-T 2 as /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.1/input/input1
generic-usb 0003:15A4:9016.0001: input: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [Afatech DVB-T 2] on usb-orion-ehci.0-1/input1
IR NEC protocol handler initialized
IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized
IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
IR JVC protocol handler initialized
IR Sony protocol handler initialized
lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 252
IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
dvb-usb: found a 'Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file. (dvb-usb-af9015.fw) Please see linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more details on firmware-problems. (-2)
dvb_usb_af9015: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -2
usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_af9015')

The "dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file." is worrying me, I would like to avoid compiling because I wouldn't like to setup a build environment. Or if compiling really is required then I just have to do it.

Can someone tell me how to continue? I have kernel 2.6.39.2, maybe there is a newer one but I don't know how to upgrade on the sheevaplug, so maybe I can use it. I have seen that some people use MythTV or VDR for this, but is there something else required?
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Re: Stream USB DVB-T stick from Arch ARM

Postby hydro » Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:30 pm

Google finds missing firmware here. I don't know which version you need. Copy it to /usr/lib/firmware/ (or /lib/firmware if /lib is a directory and not a symlink to /usr/lib) and reattach the DVB-Stick.
VDR on DockStar / Pogoplug E02: http://linux.bplaced.net/
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