Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:08:36 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@bitfrost.no> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-multimedia@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ITE Technologies, Inc. DVB-T TV Stick Message-ID: <521D93E4.5070606@bitfrost.no> In-Reply-To: <20130827230542.4b443eaf@zeta.dino.sk> References: <20130827230542.4b443eaf@zeta.dino.sk>
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On 08/27/13 23:05, Milan Obuch wrote: > Hi, > > today I got ITE Technologies, Inc. DVB-T TV Stick and would like to use > it under FreeBSD. As I did not try anything like this before, I would > like some help here. First what I did... > > Some product info is on http://www.notonlytv.net/p_lv52t.html - not > much, as usual. > > Device presents itself in dmesg/console after connecting like this: > > ugen4.3: <ITE Technologies, Inc.> at usbus4 > uhid0: <ITE Technologies, Inc. DVB-T TV Stick, class 0/0, rev > 2.00/2.00, addr 3> on usbus4 > > usbconfig dump_device_desc for ugen4.3 writes > > ugen4.3: <DVB-T TV Stick ITE Technologies, Inc.> at usbus4, cfg=0 > md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA) > > bLength = 0x0012 > bDescriptorType = 0x0001 > bcdUSB = 0x0200 > bDeviceClass = 0x0000 > bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 > bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 > bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 > idVendor = 0x048d > idProduct = 0x9006 > bcdDevice = 0x0200 > iManufacturer = 0x0001 <ITE Technologies, Inc.> > iProduct = 0x0002 <DVB-T TV Stick> > iSerialNumber = 0x0000 <no string> > bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 > > so I googled for vendor 048d and product 9006. I found some interesting > pages, first one is https://linuxtv.org/patch/8794/ - which told me the > device is known and could be used, at least in linux. Then I came to > http://www.abclinuxu.cz/poradna/hardware/show/351331 - in Czech, > interesting link there points to some source somehow dug from producer - > http://www.abclinuxu.cz/data/prilohy/1/0/183701-it9135_src-tar-8535350393703910459.bz2 > - I have no idea what to do with this, but maybe someone has. Page > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ITE_IT9135 show how to get > firmware for this device. It will be used later. > > As I already have webcamd installed, I just tried run webcamd and got > it: > > # kldload cuse4bd > # webcamd > Attached to ugen4.3[0] > Loading firmware at '/boot/modules/dvb-usb-it9135-01.fw', f=7 > Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 > Creating /dev/dvb/adapter1/demux0 > Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > Creating /dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0 > Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 > Creating /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0 > > Firmware obtained before was put into /boot/modules and some devices > were presented. Now the question is, how could I use it. Some time ago > I did some test with simple webcam, where I could use pwcview to see > image from camera, however it is of no use here, I got just > > % pwcview -d /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 > Failed to get current picture info: Device not configured > % pwcview -d /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 > Failed to get current picture info: Invalid argument > % pwcview -d /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > Failed to get current picture info: Invalid argument Hi, Looks like your device is detected and ready to use! pwcview is not suitable for DVB devices. Try using vlc compiled with DVB/V4L support instead. It should first scan all the channels, and then you will get a channel list which you can tune to. Else also try w_scan from ports. --HPS > > so something else should be used. > > And here comes the question - are those devices presented via webcamd > enough or do I need something more? Which application is the simplest > one for first test? I think I need some player application to watch > video and something to select stream to watch. Also there is a > remote, /dev/uhid0 is created when connected to USB port so it should > be usable too. > > I am trying to get some info from https://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat > even if this device is not (yet) mentioned here, and > https://wiki.freebsd.org/VDR too, maybe this is not the simplest > application but nevertheless... > > Any help here is appreciated. > > Regards, > Milan
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