As an answer to my earlier post, this: be VERY careful with Wand TV sticks they use the same case but put different gear inside my older WandTV tuners are based on EC168/EC100 chips – this allegedly works in Linux but I found some stability issues my newer WandTV tuners are based on AF9035/FC0011 chips (AF9035 is kinda sorta almost supported but the FC0011 is not) The one I got was based on the AF9035 chipset. Was able to get it to work, but it seemed no where as good as the MSI DigiVox device I also had. Best bet for Linux PVR seems to be stick with the supported (but more exxy) cards, rather than looking for something cheap.

Cheap sticks work fine with XP MCE, but its not exactly easy to get a copy of these days. Conflict Resolution And Prevention John Burton Pdf Writer here. Later Windows versions have had driver issues for me, especially if you go for a 64-bit edition. Must have been dreaming when I posted this. What I have is: Afa Technologies Inc. AF9035A USB Device. The cd that comes withit does have a linux driver but its kernel headers stop at 2.6.27 so when I try and compile I get errors. Anyone got one of these to work?

I am using Mythbuntu 10.04 with an AF9015 card (it's the PCI based Kworld DVB-TPC160-2T with these chips and a USB-PCI bridge chip). Install the package linux-firmware-nonfree and the latest firmware for these chips will install and it all works including the dual tuner function.

I googled around and this helped me -->I did the following, and it solved everything: Code: sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree. Here is what the Additional Drivers window. Download AfaTech Windows Drivers Free. Operating Systems >Linux/Unix. AF9015 BDA Device Driver (46) AfaTech DVB-T 9005 USB Dongle Driver.

MythTV has been using both tuners on this card for over a month now without a hitch. Get any *Buntu 10.04 (even if you just boot the LiveCD), install the package and see what happens. Once the firmware package is installed keep an eye on /var/log/messages too see what the kernel does with the dongle when you plug it in. You should see something like 'firmware 4.95 installed'.

Get any *Buntu 10.04 (even if you just boot the LiveCD), install the package and see what happens. Once the firmware package is installed keep an eye on /var/log/messages too see what the kernel does with the dongle when you plug it in. You should see something like 'firmware 4.95 installed'. Installed package linux-firmware-nonfree re-plugged-in the dongle and nothing happened. All I see in /var/log/message (dmesg) is that the device is inserted and is known as a AF9035A. Interestingly it is reported as a AF9015 by lsusb which must be why I got confused not to mention the fact that I am swapping between 9.10 and 10.04.

I still can't kick a goal with that WandTV af9035 recalcitrant. You'd think that the manufacturer would support it a little better as the insurgence against the major OS company is steadily growing. The Linux Mint splash screen says 'From freedom came elegance' is so true, I love it! I noticed that the price of the My Cinema U3100 TV stick was very good at the time of purchase. I bought 2 of them at $35.00 each, one for a mate who hasn't got an ebay account. Although the price has now gone back up, and now knowing how good it works, it's really worth the extra dollars if you want good quality HD TV reception on your machine.

Kaffeine (Linux's Media Center) is also so easy to use, easier than Media Center from the major OS system manufacturer. It's all exciting stuff I reckon!! Still have this yearning to be successful in getting the af9035 going under Linux though. I know everyone recommends the ASUS USB item but they don't seem to be that cheap, then you need a spliter etc. I've posted before here or somewhere else but the PS3 USB PlayTV addon is a good alternative.

They're dual tuner, single aerial input and connect via a USB cable if you don't want a dongle hanging off front/back of the backend server. Just need the firmware file from that site where they all are, nfi of the top of my head. Kernel: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 kernel: dib0700: loaded with support for 14 different device-types kernel: dvb-usb: found a 'Sony PlayTV' in cold state, will try to load a firmware kernel: usb 1-4: firmware: requesting dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw kernel: dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw' kernel: dib0700: firmware started successfully. Kernel: dvb-usb: found a 'Sony PlayTV' in warm state. Kernel: dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. Kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Sony PlayTV) kernel: DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC).

Kernel: DiB0070: successfully identified kernel: dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. Kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Sony PlayTV) kernel: DVB: registering adapter 2 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC). Kernel: DiB0070: successfully identified kernel: dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs. Kernel: dvb-usb: Sony PlayTV successfully initialized and connected.

Ford F150 Fuel Pump Driver Module Location. Kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700 They're only $130 full price at kmart etc, should be able to get one cheaper or buy one off a mate who like me though the PS3 could actually be a decent PVR haha. I know everyone recommends the ASUS USB item but they don't seem to be that cheap, then you need a spliter etc. Oh come on, decent splitters are cheap these days..

I've posted before here or somewhere else but the PS3 USB PlayTV addon is a good alternative. They're dual tuner, single aerial input and connect via a USB cable if you don't want a dongle hanging off front/back of the backend server. I extend my U3100's with short USB cables as well because the U3100's are too fat to be plugged in next to one another. They're only $130 full price at kmart etc Hahaha – then you may as well buy two U3100's for the same price! Oh come on, decent splitters are cheap these days.

You can pick up four-way splitters designed for digital TV from Tricky Dick for about $13. Yes but then be prepared to buy an amplifier.

Actually I picked up a Kingray 4 way splitter/amplifier (SA164F) for about 30 bucks plus postage the other day – that's some cool shit there Hahaha – then you may as well buy two U3100's for the same price! I bought 3 Artec T14BR's for about $120 + postage one has recently cooked itself to death but the other 2 have been going solid for almost a year now (although each time they get powered off it's a bit of a gamble that they may not recover immediately). I don't think I'm recommending them;).

The Asus fired up straight out of the box in Linux Mint Isadora I'm not sure what you mean by this – I bought the Asus U3100 and have Mint 9 Isadora. It doesn't do anything when I plug it in. Nor would I expect it to. Not even Windows would activate and play TV with this card without installing driver and application software. I installed MeTV, which is very crude but does give me a picture of sorts, though it's very clunky. I'm still trying to get it working with MythTV.

Not as painless as many posts on the web have said. Not even Windows would activate and play TV with this card without installing driver and application software. He means that when you plug it in, Ubuntu/Mint recognises the hardware right away and loads the driver/firmware for it immediately (causing the tuner to light up green). If you tail your /var/log/messages log, you can see if it's recognising and loading the driver for the U3100. What's left after that is of course to setup the relevant TV software to utilise the tuner. Me-TV is indeed very crude, but I look at it as a no-frills DVB app which is perfectly suited to testing, but I wouldn't use it day-to-day. That's what MythTV is there fore.

I picked up a the other day. It's, and seems to work well here in my brief testing.

I haven't tried the remote, but the IR controller seems to be recognised. I run Kubuntu 10.10 and installed a recent 2.6.37 kernel from the (latest is rc-2 at time of post) and the linux-firmware-nonfree package. It seems to have a built-in splitter such that despite being a dual-tuner stick, there is only one aerial plug.

I've successfully watched and recorded simultaneously using Kaffeine.