That was the most important and critical security issue I have ever had! :-) I wanted to see the big jump, the Red Bull Stratos, but I was on the way home. I have tried to watch it on the road with my linux mint laptop.
I have already had a Geniatech DVB-T TV Stick and this works under Linux.
1. The current Linux Mint Version (13 Maya) does not have the driver for my dvb-t drive.
There is a web site for all DVB-T USB Devices supported under Linux:
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices
1. Here i have found the firmware I need for my stick. I had to download it and copy it to the required folder:
sudo cp ./Downloads/dvb-usb-af9015.fw /lib/firmware/ |
2. install dvb-apps and w_scan from your repository of your distribution.
3. connect your card.
after connecting the usb driver I had the following logs:
[19462.038468] dvb-usb: found a 'Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [19462.079037] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-af9015.fw' [19462.147132] dvb-usb: found a 'Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick' in warm state. [19462.147688] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [19462.148249] DVB: registering new adapter (Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick) [19462.165111] af9013: firmware version:4.95.0.0 [19462.170737] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Afatech AF9013 DVB-T)... [19462.189604] Quantek QT1010 successfully identified. [19462.189614] Registered IR keymap rc-empty [19462.189701] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb1/1-3/rc/rc0/input18 [19462.190178] rc0: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb1/1-3/rc/rc0 [19462.190181] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 500 msecs. [19462.190185] dvb-usb: Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick successfully initialized and connected. [19462.198886] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_af9015 |
or you can check the modules loaded:
trinity@getawayfromhere ~ $ lsmod | grep dvb dvb_usb_af9015 22397 0 dvb_usb 23826 1 dvb_usb_af9015 dvb_core 94814 1 dvb_usb rc_core 21263 10 ir_lirc_codec,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,dvb_usb_af9015,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,dvb_usb |
4. scan for the channels (I tried it in Germany in the near from München)
(its time to go outside, the antenna should be on the open air!)
sudo scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/de-Bayern -o zap | tee ~/channels.conf |
or
in Hungary: w_scan -c HU -X > ~/channels.conf in Austria: w_scan -c AT -X > ~/channels.conf in Slovakia: w_scan -c SK -X > ~/channels.conf in Germany: w_scan -c DE -X > ~/channels.conf |
4. Open the channels.conf file with vlc and enjoy.
itsecworks 
Posted on November 1, 2012
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