[plug] TV/DVB Linux Grief

[Michael Collard]

On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 13:51, Trevor Phillips wrote:
> I picked up a TV Tuner card yesterday; AVerMedia DVB-T. (It's not
> fancy, but it's cheap! ^_^)
> 
> Previous Googling showed this card should work fine under Linux.
> However, wouldn't you know it, the day I get the card,
> http://www.linuxtv.org/ seems to die! Gah!!
> 
> Now, trying to work out the finer details, I've been rummaging through
> cached Google pages, trying to get the damn thing working. However,
> most leads end up requiring more references to linuxtv.org.
> 
> I'm using Kernel 2.6.8.1, and various things detect & load fine.
> However, from my reading, I'm missing a module "mt352", which othe
> AVer DVB-T owners load. I can't find this in the base kernel, so I'm
> guessing there's a patch I need - from www.linuxtv.org!!
> 
> Does anyone have an archive of the files I might need from this site?
> Sorry to be vague - but I don't really know exactly what I need. ^_^
> 
> And on a related topic, where can I find Channel info for Perth DVB-T
> Broadcasters? (The technical nitty-gritty required by the Linux
> software...)

Although this doesn't really help you right now, why didn't you buy a
VisionPlus DVB card? They're cheaper and have Linux support :D

Regards
Michael Collard