Does anyone have any clues about how to get Hauppage TV tuner firmware working on Linux?
I've spent many hours on this and haven't made much progress. See description below...
I've installed Linux Mint and the Linux version of NextPVR. It detects all the DVB-T TV capture 'devices' showing them as adapterN/frontend0 (SiliconLabs Si2168) (where N is numbered 0 to 3).
However, Scan channels shows nothing in the dropdown box and clicking the Scan button does nothing.
It appears I am having trouble with the firmware for the hauppage firmware.
Running sudo dmesg in Terminal returns a lot, including:
tveeprom: Hauppauge model 166101, rev B4I6, serial# 4036145726
tveeprom: tuner model is SiLabs Si2157 (idx 186, type 4)
si2168 11-0064: Silicon Labs Si2168-B40 successfully identified
si2168 11-0064: firmware version: B 4.0.2
si2168 11-0066: Silicon Labs Si2168-B40 successfully identified
si2168 11-0066: firmware version: B 4.0.2
si2157 12-0062: Silicon Labs Si2157 successfully attached
and 12 repeats of these two lines:
Direct firmware load for dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw failed with error -2 firmware file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw' not found
From: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=65785, mvallevand suggested running sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-hauppauge in Terminal. This advice is repeated on https://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/...linux.html, but running it returns:
E: Unable to locate package linux-firmware-hauppauge
From: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux...-hauppauge, I downloaded: http://ppa.launchpad.net/b-rad/kernel+me...cal.tar.gz
Drilling into that, I discovered the archive contains the needed dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw firmware file. Being a Linux newbie, I had no idea what to do about it or where to put the file.
At: https://www.techtimejourney.net/usb-tv-t...#more-5227 I found an instruction on how to copy firmware files to the correct location: sudo cp ./Downloads/dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw /lib/firmware/dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw
Couldn't get that to work, so I had to open the lib/firmware folder as root user and copied and pasted this manually
Rerunning sudo dmesg in Terminal still returns 12 repeats of these two lines:
Direct firmware load for dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw failed with error -2 firmware file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw' not found
Returning to the Hauppage support page, I followed instructions to run: 1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:b-rad/kernel+mediatree+hauppauge 2. sudo apt-get update
assuming Linux Mint is not HWE (I didn't know how to discover that) 3. sudo apt-get install linux-mediatree but that returns:
E: Unable to locate package linux-mediatree
That's where I've ended up.
I will be grateful for any advice!
Yes, I should have more space available. But when I don't, I have these issues.
The NextPvr service is hung, or ffprobe is hung. I have to manually stop them. Services -- Restart NextPvr or Task Manager - find the right ffprobe or ffmpeg and kill them.
Live buffer - when the disk is full, playback stops. No notice, just dead.
Frequently, the error message is "transcoder" errored something.
I would recommend some sort of ring buffer for live playback, maybe allocate 1/4 of the free space on the target disk and swap files 1-4 as needed. If I'm low on space, that's on me. I have whatever time covers 3/4 of my storage.
But it should not stop. There is no excuse for live TV to stop.
When I hit a commercial, I F5 and have to click/click to allow media playback.
Regarding disk space, I agree with requests to alert on space issues, but I would say that I should not have to restart the service to recover from low space.
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It also runs docker with a few images, including Cloudflare tunnel which I use for remote access to NPVR - config, not streaming.
I wondered about migrating to Linux as I can then use host networking for HomeAssistant which is pretty much required in order to use discovery.
2 questions:
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How easy is it to migrate the config? I'm aware I could just add my recordings again, but that's extra effort and I'm already wondering if I can be bothered I'm on my third or fourth Windows NPVR install and migrating in Win is easy as it gets
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Searching the Internet, I cannot find any user manual or details of any software that might be needed for the USB receiver (Drivers?).
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I hope someone else here is familiar with IPTVBoss. I've been using it a few months with NextPVR.
In a nutshell - it's a playlist editor, allows creation / modification of custom EPG groups, moving channels, and individualised EPG sources for different channels. Then your customized EPG layout etc is uploaded to a Dropbox location you setup, and the Dropbox URLs to the EPG and M3U are what you point to for an IPTV device in NextPVR.
This works great, except for one question: if I make changes in IPTVBoss to EPG layout or even source for a channel, NextPVR never pulls these. It continues to pull updates to EPG guide data, but not the "layout" changes. The only way I've been able to get this to work is via deletion and recreation of the IPTV device, which is not a big deal if I wait for a window with no current recordings.
But is there a way I can do it without deleting / recreating the IPTV device?
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