Does anyone know if the DiBcom DVB USB2 devices are supported by KnoppMyth? (these include the Hauppauge Nova-T USB2 and the AverTV DVB USB2.0 A800, which I have)

All I know is that they're supported by dvb-kernel (since March) and are listed here:
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB
http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettc ... te=dvb-usb

...but that's all I know! Anyone know more? Will KnoppMyth work with these devices?

Ok, I managed to install KnoppMyth, and in the /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware directory it lists the AverTV firmware, along with these (in case anyone needs to know!)



Only problem now is... how do I get Myth to see the DVB box? I can't work out how to do it... help!

Right, got an answer from the DVB driver guy, Patrick Boettcher. The problem is: USB support for the AverTV (and maybe other devices) was first added to the 2.6.13 kernel, so naturally the 2.6.11 kernel of KnoppMyth won't work...

Solution:

I updated the kernel to 2.6.13rc7 using a modified version of the script here:
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... 4780#24780

Care was taken to enable DVB module support in the kernel during the 'make config' stage.

Installed, fixed up lilo, rebooted... blue light on the box, and detected by KnoppMyth. Yay!

How to get remote working:

The key here is to download lirc and install it. wget (not apt-get) the latest version (0.7.2 I think) and extract somewhere. Then run ./setup.sh, tell it to use the 'Linux Input Layer' (this is what the DVB driver uses to communicate the IR data it recieves), and proceed to finish installation with make and make install (as instructed by the setup program).

This next bit took a while to work out...

Look in "/proc/bus/input/devices" for a section relating to the IR reciever. Mine looked like this:



Note the handler is event2 - this corresponds to "/dev/input/event2" (it might be a different number on other machines).

With this information, we can change "/etc/lirc/hardware.conf" such that it reads DRIVER="dev/input" and DEVICE="/dev/input/event2" (or whatever number it was on your system)

Finally, edit "/home/mythtv/.lircrc" to update your keymappings. In particular, remember to change things like 'Ch+' to 'ChannelUp' and 'Vol+' to 'VolumeUp', because 'Ch+' and so on aren't in "/etc/lirc/lircd.conf". You can look at the end of "/etc/lirc/lircd.conf" for details on what keycodes are available to assign.

Now restart your box ("/etc/init.d/lircd restart" should be enough, actually), and MythTV should start understanding your IR. Chances are you'll need to config .lircrc more to get it working as you want, but from then on its up to you.[/code]