UBUNTU-2.10-HOWTO

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Ubuntu HD-5500 card HOWTO: For Ubuntu 2.10 download the generic Driver (5/22/06) from our downloads page. The following was tested on a fresh install with the 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP kernel.

download driver (5/22/06) from the downloads page at pcHDTV.com save it and it will be saved in ~/Desktop/v4l-dvb-HD-5500-driver.tar.gz)

 [ ]# cd ~
 [ ]# mv ~/Desktop/v4l-dvb-HD-5500-driver.tar.gz .
 [ ]# tar xvfz v4l-dvb-HD-5500-driver.tar.gz
 [ ]# cd v4l-dvb
 [ ]# make
 [ ]# sudo make install

For simplicity reboot the system rather then reinstalling the driver modules

 [ ]# sudo reboot

Now be sure you have the development packages installed otherwise you'll get a bunch of header file not found errors. If not install with the following command. This was needed on a fresh install of Ubuntu.

[ ]# sudo apt-get install build-essential

Download dvb-atsc-tools-1.0.4 from the downloads page at pcHDTV.com it will be saved in ~/Desktop

[ ]# cd ~
[ ]# mv ~/Desktop/dvb-atsc-tools-1.0.4.tar.gz .
[ ]# tar xvfz dvb-atsc-tools-1.0.4.tar.gz
[ ]# cd dvb-atsc-tools-1.0.4
[ ]# make
[ ]# sudo make install
[ ]# ./dtvsignal 44

Channel 44 is used as an example use a digital channel in your area. You should get a signal strength greater than 60.

For installing xine or MythTV you may need to add extra repositories to the package manager. Go to http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_add_extra_repositories extra_repositories] to learn how to.

For xine get xine-ui and create a channels.conf file

[ ]# cd ~
[ ]# sudo apt-get xine-ui
[ ]# dtvscan >~/.xine/channels.conf
[ ]# xine

Now click DVB and you should see a station. If you get a no input plugin available to handle 'dvb://' error edit the channels.conf file to be sure only valid channels that are in your area are in the file.

For Setting up MythTV in UBUNTU see the UBUNTU-2.10-MythTV HOWTO.