Hi,

I am trying to get an Avermedia dvb-t 777 going on Knoppmyth R5B4, there has been a patch created for v4l-dvb to support the 777 but the current version of Knoppmyth does not appear to have it yet.
I am trying to update v4l-dvb, I have install Mercurial and cloned the v4l-dvb source. When I go into the v4l-dvb directory (logged in as root) an do a 'make' I get the following error:

root@mythtv:/usr/src/v4l-dvb# make
make -C /usr/src/v4l-dvb/v4l
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/v4l-dvb/v4l'
creating symbolic links...
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.13.2-chw-3/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/v4l-dvb/v4l modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.13.2-chw-3/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: Entering an unknown directorymake: Leaving an unknown directorymake[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/v4l-dvb/v4l'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Looking in the /usr/src directory I have a directory called:
kernel-source-2.6.15-chw-2

I don't know why the make is looking for 2.6.13.2-chw-3, can anyone help please?

I am new to linux so if I am on the wrong track please let me know.

Thankyou for Knoppmyth, its great!

regards

Lee McLaren

I have gone through the Makefiles etc and I am still at a loss as to why it is looking for the wrong version, as far as I can tell it is using uname to find the version and when I run uname I get the correct result.
I am realy stuck here, am I on the right track?

regards

Lee McLaren

I am please to announce that I managed to compile and install the latest version of v4l-dvb and more importantly I got the Avermedia DVB-T 777 working on KnoppMyth.

It appears that the clone I done with Mercurial (hg) was flawed, I deleted the directory and recloned, the make worked and installed v4l-dvb fine, when I rebooted I did a dmesg and seen the 777 correctly detected, then went into mythtv-setup and added a card, it appears as a zarlink under dvb.

I have been waiting 6 months for this so I am very happy!!

regards

Lee McLaren

Well done Lee, it has been awhile for the ol 777 card, I still have mine in a box at home collecting dust.. I ended up buying the 771 card and never look back. I think I most definately will give this a go with the new .19 beta knoppmyth been released, and build another mythbox (can never have enough!) and most definately cannot afford to take one down once it's working, the wife be most displeased.

Thanks for the info.

I started with a 771 and when I went to buy a second card the only one I could get was the 777, I thought it would not be a problem...
That was nearly 12 months ago.

Looking good now though, the install is very painless and works on R5B7 as well.

regards

Lee McLaren

Detailed Instructions:

To start with do a 'dmesg' and check the output. If you dont have the following then follow the instructions below. The important bit is that the system knows its a 'AverTV DVB-T 777' if unknown follow the instructions.

saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0b.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
saa7134[0]: found at 0000:02:0b.0, rev: 1, irq: 17, latency: 64, mmio: 0xfeaff400
saa7134[0]: subsystem: 1461:2c05, board: AverTV DVB-T 777 [card=85,autodetected]
saa7134[0]: board init: gpio is 22c00
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 61 14 05 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 10: 00 ff 82 0e ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 02 02 03 03 01 08 ff 00 a8 ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff 32 00 c0 86 1e ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7134[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7134[0]: registered device vbi0


Instructions:
Install Mercurial if you don't have it, instructions are on the web but the short version is:
download the tarball
cd mercurial*
perl setup.py install

It does not take long to install, I did it in /usr/src but I am a linux noob so I may be wrong.

After Mercurial is installed I changed to the /usr/src dir and

hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb

this will bring down the source for v4l-dvb latest ver.

change to the v4l-dvb dir and then
make
make install

next edit /etc/modules and add 'saa7134_dvb' near the end.

do a reboot and dmesg again, if you see the 777 detected correctly then you are almost there.

do a mythtv-setup and add a card, type is dvb and it will appear as a zarlink.

enjoy.

Lee McLaren

Thanks for the info Lee. Worked straight away. Clean install, up and running in no time.
Anyone else doing this, get mercurial by typing

apt-get install mercurial

Anyone got LIRC working with this card?

Cheers,

Keith

I didn't try the 777, I use my remote via the 771 that is in the same system, there is a good artical on this forum for thte 771, maybe it will apply?

regards

Lee

Hello,

I am having trouble loading a working driver for this Avermedia 777 card - plugged into an intel i945P chipset motherboard ... here is the story ... and ideas ?

I have installed a knoppmyth R5B7 disk ...
downloaded v4l-dvb ...
downloaded using 'hg' to a gateway ... then used scp to copy to the knoppmyth box.
all good ...

had to un-bzip2 and un-tar the file 'kernel-source-2.6.15-chw-2.tar.bz2'

then cd v4l-dvb

make
make install
make reload

dmesg ...

saa7133[0]: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 209, irq: 21, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe3004000
saa7133[0]: subsystem: 1461:2c05, board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC [card=0,autodetected]
saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 23600
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 61 14 05 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: 00 ff 82 0e ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 02 02 03 03 01 08 ff 00 a8 ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff 32 00 c0 86 1e ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0
saa7134 ALSA driver for DMA sound loaded
saa7133[0]/alsa: saa7133[0] at 0xe3004000 irq 21 registered as card -1

Works for me in a similar setup.

do

lsmod|grep saa7134_dvb

to see if the module has loaded. If not, do

modprobe saa7134_dvb

and check dmesg to see if that loads OK.

Regarding the remote, it appears it's not currently supported. It's different enough from the 771 that this won't work (it uses the saa7134 instead of the bt8xx).

I'm working on getting this support into the saa7134 driver, but it's a bit of an uphill slog. If I'm successful I'll let you know.

Cheers,

Keith

Hi Flatmax,

Are you sure you have an Avermedia DVB-T 777? you log shows a "saa7133" where the DVB-T 777 is a saa7134.


regards

Lee

Hi,

absolutely ... I read this from the label on the tuner card :
Avermedia
AverTV DVB-T 777

The model is something like 'P(7/8M)'

Do you think perhaps this is a new model ?
I bought it last week.

Hi,

I have successfully edited 'saa7134-cards.c' to get this working now ... check here for the original reference ... look for moomoosupercow's advice
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... v+dvbt+777

my file now looks like - I am worried that this may break the SAA7134 cards with the same subvendor and subdevice ???
},{
.vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_PHILIPS,
.device = PCI_DEVICE_ID_PHILIPS_SAA7133, /* SAA 7131E */
.subvendor = 0x1461,
.subdevice = 0x2c05,
.driver_data = SAA7134_BOARD_AVERMEDIA_777,
},{
.vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_PHILIPS,
.device = PCI_DEVICE_ID_PHILIPS_SAA7134,
.subvendor = 0x1461,
.subdevice = 0x2c05,
.driver_data = SAA7134_BOARD_AVERMEDIA_777,
},{



I havn't tested it yet, but at least it appears to be recognised :

saa7133[0]: found at 0000:04:01.0, rev: 209, irq: 20, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe6004000
saa7133[0]: subsystem: 1461:2c05, board: AverTV DVB-T 777 [card=85,autodetected]
saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 600
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 61 14 05 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: 00 ff 82 0e ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 02 02 03 03 01 08 ff 00 a8 ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff 32 00 c0 86 1e ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0
saa7133[0]: avertv 777 dvb setup
DVB: registering new adapter (saa7133[0]).
DVB: registering frontend 0 (Zarlink MT352 DVB-T)...

The thread you link was an old thread before v4l-dvb supported the Avermedia 777, With a original r5b7 install all you have to do is what is mentioned at the top of THIS thread. If what you have works then I wouldn't worry but if not then give the instructions above a go.
It is strange that yours thinks that the card is a 7133 instead of a 7134.


good luck

Lee