Sundtek TV tuner not working

TheJooomes · 01-05-2024, 03:35 PM

It's a "Sundtek MediaTV Mini PCIE" card, capable of "AnalogTV/FM/ATSC".

Code:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2659:1209 Sundtek MediaTV Analog/FM/ATSC MiniPCIe

I installed it earlier today, but I can't get any software to play broadcast TV. Wscan works just fine. It was able to generate a list of found channels in any way I wanted. It even generated a VLC xspf file that I tried to play.

VLC recognized the channels in the list, but just sits there like a bump on a log after buffering for a couple seconds.

I also tried Kaffeine (my go-to just works program). Interestingly, I get two device tabs in "Configure Television"; "Sundtek ATSC" and "LG Electronics LGDT3303 VSB/QAM Frontend". Both say "Device not connected".

The following outputs nothing.

Code:

sudo dmesg | grep -i dvb

And here's this.

Code:

~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i sundtek
[    4.326171] usb 1-2.2: Manufacturer: Sundtek
[   25.163300] input: Sundtek Remote Control as /devices/virtual/input/input12

I already installed the official driver from sundtek which finished successfully without error.

Any ideas?

sundtek · 01-06-2024, 07:29 AM

https://github.com/Me-TV/Me-TV

Can you have a look at me-tv?

TheJooomes · 01-06-2024, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sundtek

https://github.com/Me-TV/Me-TV

Can you have a look at me-tv?

I will look into this.

TheJooomes · 01-06-2024, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sundtek

https://github.com/Me-TV/Me-TV

Can you have a look at me-tv?

When trying to create a channels file in Me-TV, I'm guided to a window wanting to run dvbv5-scan for ATSC center frequencies. I accept and it gets stuck forever on a window saying "This may take a while". When running the command myself in a terminal, I get the following.

Code:

~$ dvbv5-scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB
WARNING  device dvb0.demux0 not found
Couldn't find demux device node

Specifying the demux device doesn't help.

Code:

~$ dvbv5-scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB -d /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
WARNING  device dvb-1.demux0 not found
Couldn't find demux device node

When the Me-TV scanning window appears, Me-TV outputs this in the bash shell I started it from.

Code:

~/git/Me-TV/target/release$ ./me-tv
Watch on /dev/ failed: Io(Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" })
Frontend Manager terminated.
thread '<unnamed>' panicked at 'Could not open channels file.: Os { code: 2, kind: NotFound, message: "No such file or directory" }', src/control_window.rs:281:38
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

This is the Me-TV output with the suggested `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` variable.

Code:

~/git/Me-TV/target/release$ env RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ./me-tv
Watch on /dev/ failed: Io(Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" })
Frontend Manager terminated.
thread '<unnamed>' panicked at 'Could not open channels file.: Os { code: 2, kind: NotFound, message: "No such file or directory" }', src/control_window.rs:281:38
stack backtrace:
   0: rust_begin_unwind
             at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/panicking.rs:584:5
   1: core::panicking::panic_fmt
             at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/core/src/panicking.rs:142:14
   2: core::result::unwrap_failed
             at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/core/src/result.rs:1805:5
note: Some details are omitted, run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=full` for a verbose backtrace.

And then with the suggested `RUST_BACKTRACE=full` variable.

Code:

~/git/Me-TV/target/release$ env RUST_BACKTRACE=full ./me-tv
Watch on /dev/ failed: Io(Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" })
Frontend Manager terminated.
thread '<unnamed>' panicked at 'Could not open channels file.: Os { code: 2, kind: NotFound, message: "No such file or directory" }', src/control_window.rs:281:38
stack backtrace:
   0:     0x55c70415b0fc - std::backtrace_rs::backtrace::libunwind::trace::he2ba3a4891b10ef3
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/../../backtrace/src/backtrace/libunwind.rs:93:5
   1:     0x55c70415b0fc - std::backtrace_rs::backtrace::trace_unsynchronized::ha0fda2e57da4b2a3
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/../../backtrace/src/backtrace/mod.rs:66:5
   2:     0x55c70415b0fc - std::sys_common::backtrace::_print_fmt::hbfe6e1f0cd4bb862
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:66:5
   3:     0x55c70415b0fc - <std::sys_common::backtrace::_print::DisplayBacktrace as core::fmt::Display>::fmt::h82b6828459151f7c
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:45:22
   4:     0x55c70416f11e - core::fmt::write::hafcd92e27b23e937
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/core/src/fmt/mod.rs:1197:17
   5:     0x55c704132891 - std::io::Write::write_fmt::hdb298d71c7af9b66
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/io/mod.rs:1672:15
   6:     0x55c70413e91e - std::sys_common::backtrace::_print::h9a164f1073e1bcc5
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:48:5
   7:     0x55c70413e91e - std::sys_common::backtrace::print::hb860acc8c631da42
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:35:9
   8:     0x55c70413e91e - std::panicking::default_hook::{{closure}}::h2c2be97328f88741
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/panicking.rs:295:22
   9:     0x55c70413e587 - std::panicking::default_hook::h44f9af4dc0ebff0f
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/panicking.rs:314:9
  10:     0x55c70413ee31 - std::panicking::rust_panic_with_hook::h57071e38e2bc223f
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/panicking.rs:698:17
  11:     0x55c70415bb27 - std::panicking::begin_panic_handler::{{closure}}::h7ff3a0ebbf1ba422
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/panicking.rs:588:13
  12:     0x55c70415b214 - std::sys_common::backtrace::__rust_end_short_backtrace::hc8542ca3b5dac53a
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:138:18
  13:     0x55c70413eae2 - rust_begin_unwind
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/panicking.rs:584:5
  14:     0x55c703f91cd3 - core::panicking::panic_fmt::h11223f0b8c31003a
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/core/src/panicking.rs:142:14
  15:     0x55c703f91db3 - core::result::unwrap_failed::h6cd0f84c7b939bcc
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/core/src/result.rs:1805:5
  16:     0x55c703fa3928 - std::sys_common::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::hb1cbc3a9475e6806
  17:     0x55c703f9ca89 - core::ops::function::FnOnce::call_once{{vtable.shim}}::h778fab87b7000938
  18:     0x55c704147703 - <alloc::boxed::Box<F,A> as core::ops::function::FnOnce<Args>>::call_once::hf85a8d964ad6b861
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/alloc/src/boxed.rs:1951:9
  19:     0x55c704147703 - <alloc::boxed::Box<F,A> as core::ops::function::FnOnce<Args>>::call_once::ha33be44d0848e316
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/alloc/src/boxed.rs:1951:9
  20:     0x55c704147703 - std::sys::unix::thread::Thread::new::thread_start::hee65e032a8d102e4
                               at /usr/src/rustc-1.63.0/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread.rs:108:17
  21:     0x7f1e6e12d044 - <unknown>
  22:     0x7f1e6e1ad61c - <unknown>
  23:                0x0 - <unknown>

TheJooomes · 01-06-2024, 04:05 PM

Update: Got FM reception working! Still working on digital TV reception.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0q6Jxt0rPs