How can I get a driver to make my Avermedia AverTV Volar Green HD work ?
Now solved. See below:
from this source, note that this solution is simpler than on 12.04
$ cd /lib/firmware/
$ sudo wget http://xgazza.altervista.org/Linux/DVB/dvb-usb-af9035-01.fw
$ sudo wget http://xgazza.altervista.org/Linux/DVB/dvb-usb-af9035-02.fw
$ sudo apt-get install git
$ sudo apt-get install libproc-processtable-perl
from the wiki How to Obtain, Build and Install V4L-DVB Device Drivers:
$ git clone --depth=1 git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git
$ cd media_build
$ ./build
$ sudo reboot
$ uname -r
3.2.0-39-generic-pae
You can check that it is correctly plug in with lsusb
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07ca:a835 AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
Note that this driver should work with:
- Avermedia AVerTV A835 HD (ID 07ca:b835)
- Avermedia AVerTV A835 HD PRO (ID 07ca:a835)
- Avermedia AverTV A835 Green HD (ID 07ca:a835)
- TerraTec Cinergy T Stick (ID 0ccd:0093)
- TerraTec Cinergy T Stick 2 (ID 0ccd:00aa)
- Avermedia AverTV A825 (ID 07ca:0825)
$ git clone git://github.com/xgazza/DVB-AF9035_kernel-3.2.0.git
$ cd DVB-AF9035_kernel-3.2.0
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd /lib/firmware/
$ sudo wget http://xgazza.altervista.org/Linux/DVB/dvb-usb-af9035-01.fw
$ sudo wget http://xgazza.altervista.org/Linux/DVB/dvb-usb-af9035-02.fw
I downloaded these 2 firmwares, I do not know which one is used.
$ sudo reboot
sudo checkinstall
however installation of Debian package fails due an already present package (please find log message here: pastebin.com/w4AKVwcr). Is it possible to exclude offending package or shall I just wait for a repo update? :(
$ ls /dev/dvb
adapter0
If this command returns something like adapter0
=> good
If it returns nothing => not good
I personally use Kaffeine .
In tab Television
| Configure TV
, I get a new tab called Peripherique 1
.
Note that for French TV, it is necessary to set the source with a shift of 167khz.
This process no longer makes the Volar Green functional in Ubuntu 14.04. The firmware has been re-mapped to dvb-usb-it9135-02 firmware instead of the dvb-usb-af9035 firmware which has completely broken my 4 tuner system. Used to work with 14.04 doesn't now.
I think the dvb-usb-it9135 is the correct firmware for the Volar Black and it has been assumed that it is also correct for the Volar Green.
The Green and the Black are different chips - simples!!!! ask any meerkat.