I'm wondering if it's missing some firmware or something? I remember devices in the past I've used that looked they were present, but were non-functional until I added some additional firmware files.
I installed the firmware and w-scan works. I tried tvheaded out of frustration which also works very well. Thank you for your fast answers and trying to help me. Apologies for switching to another product for now :/ It really seems to be a libdvbv5 issue.