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AverMedia AVerTV DVB-T 771
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1 33551 09-07-2006
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Description: First of all, I would like to give this an enormous recomendation on the basis that AverMedia actually label this as "Linux Compatible"! I don't own this card myself, so I can't say how true that claim is, but the website - www.averm.co.uk - has a fairly detailed tutorial for getting this card up and running on a Linux system. Hey, I'm liking them already!

OK, specs. From the aforementioned website:
--- "MAJOR FEATURES" ---
* Watch digital terrestrial TV and listen digital radio on your PC
-> Support EPG/Teletext Functions (DVB Standard)
-> Enhanced 16:9 wide-format display
-> Auto Channel Scan and Automatic Channel Name Recognition [may be a software feature - unclear]
* Additional AV/S Input, be able to connect other video sources (DVD/VCD/VHS/Camcorder)
* Support Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP and Linux
* Fully Functional Infrared Remote Control

--- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ---
* IBM compatible PC
* Pentium III 800, 256M RAM or above
* PCI 2.1 compatible slot

--- SPECIFICATIONS ---
* Input Signal:
-> 75 Ohm (UHF/VHF) TV Antenna Input
-> Composite Video/Audio
-> S-Video
* Hardware Dimension 64.41mm x 165.00mm

[TUNER]
* Receiving frequency:
-> VHF: 174~230MHz tuning range
-> UHF: 470~862MHz tuning range
* Input level: -78.5dBm~ -20dBm

[DEMODULATOR & FEC]
* OFDM Mod : 2K , 8K
* Guard Interval: 1/4 , 1/8 , 1/16 , 1/32
* Constellation QPSK , QAM16 , QAM64
* Viterbi decoding: 1/2, 2/3,3/4,5/6,7/8
* Bandwidth: 6, 7/8 MHz

--- BOX CONTENTS ---
* AVerTV DVB-T 771 PCI Card
* Remote Control
* Infrared Sensor Cable
* Installation CD (incl. User's Manual in PDF format)
* Quick Installation Guide
* S-Video to Composite adapter

www.linuxtv.org (at the time of writing) doesn't have very much to say about this card - apparently it works, and uses the dvb_bt8xx driver.

The help text for that driver in my kernel (2.6.14-gentoo-r4) says that it relies on the CPU to do all the MPEG2 decoding, meaning that watching TV with this thing is likely to slow your box down a little, unless it's very fast to begin with. Hauppauge actually use off-board decoding as a selling point on their boards, saying it makes them cheaper. I imagine the same applies here, but AverMedia aren't quite cheeky enough to sell their products on the basis of less advanced hardware!

I haven't read much about the functionality of the IR control - maybe somebody owning this piece of kit can supply that information.

As I don't own this card myself, I can only regurgitate the contents of other websites. If anyone with this card spots any errors, please do correct me - it can only help other people!
Keywords: DVB-T digital tv decoder card aver avermedia avertv dvb freeview
Chipset: Fusion 878A, according to www.linuxtv.org
Connection Type: PCI; UHF/VHF, Composite, S-Video


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Old 09-07-2006, 04:34 PM   #1
ubuntu_darklord
 
Registered: Sep 2006
Posts: 0

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.15-26-amd64-k8
Distribution: Ubuntu LTS



This dvb card works well under linux and is very simple to get working under Ubuntu.

To do this

Do the following at the shell
sudo apt-get install nano
sudo nano -w /etc/modules

Add the following three line
#remark the following modules required for avermedia 771
dvb-bt8xx
mt352

then restart your computer.

I personal use kaffiene

Hint (xine engine enabled)

as this will tune the card for you, all it requires is the location of the nearest digital tranmistter.

To view the tv stream you may need a codec installed. I personnel use
Hint
easyubuntu to install media codecs for me.

Job done.

Station names are indeed picked up by tuneing the card. No teletext as far as I know.

Im about to check to see if i can veiw a video stream via the Svideo input I let you know if this can be done.
 




  



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