Sv: Terratec Cinergy HTC USB XS HD for DVB-C

[lurendrejer]

The windows machine is an iMac, it doesn't do fancy stuff like usb booting and bios updates.

There are no new bios for either of my OE systems.
I'll check the logfiles and reply with an attachment.

[lurendrejer]

Here are the logfiles.
I have more or less given up.

I've already taken too much of your time - i know. But;
I am likely to look for a DUAL tuner PCI-e card for my living room OE box. Are there anything recomendable that "just works"?
h.264 is a must since we only mpeg4 in Denmark.
dual dvb-c tuners would be nice.

I've dismissed buying the HDHomerun because I can't get straight facts about EPG and if it works or not.
A LAN based tuner would be neat, but XML-tv solutions are putting me off.

again, thank you for your time.

[jenkins]

yes... but it should work, thats whats so strange...
it could also be signal related but it your H5 works... :-

however on DVB adapters that works good the sundtek adapters are the best...
http://sundtek.com/shop/Digital-TV-Stick...VB-CT.html
they officially support linux and OE too :-)
buy 2 of those!
I wouldn't recommend buying anything else...
there only weakness is they don't support DVB-T2 witch is standard in Sweden now... :-
but they are working on new once with DVB-T2 support...

Edit: joust to check again did you use DVB-C or DVB-T
Edit2: maybe you should try to have it replaced... it could be broken.

[lurendrejer]

I'll look into the sundtek tuners, although I don't really understand the h264 support. Is that purely software since it isn't mentioned at all in their site, but terratec makes a big fuss about it on some of their products?

I tried both C and T, both giving different errors in dmesg.
I've been thinking about replacing the unit - but it could end up costing me half a sundtek unit if they don't think it is broken. If I take the service fee and shipping into consideration I might as well just throw it in the toilet. Thats Denmark at its best.
(Edit: I checked the service fee, it will cost me more than the original stick did, great..)

Thank you for you help, and i'll report back if I find something new or get the unit replaced.

thank you.

[jenkins]

yes... the h264 or HD thing is only software... :-)

[lurendrejer]

Follow up.
Well.
I got a replacement for the Cinergy. I wrote a long and complicated error description which i guess just made them throw it away. As a replacement they sent me a Terratec H5 (yay) rev.3 (nay)....
I'm looking at this thread: http://openelec.tv/forum/81-dvb-c-suppor...nd?start=6 and I'll try to get it running.

[lurendrejer]

Follow up 2.
It is a good day....
I use the build jenkins supplied in this thread: http://openelec.tv/forum/81-dvb-c-suppor...mitstart=0
And everything is working wonderfully.

Thank you, once again.

[Getting2Old4this]

Getting Hybrid USB TV Adapters to work with tvheadend

If you're using a hybrid adapter with tvheadend, this might be all you need.

I eventually discovered that tvheadend could not use the Terratec H5 (Hybrid) DVB adapter from a cold start because it wasn't set into DVB-T mode. Although the adapter was recognized and had the right firmware, tvheadend couldn't use it.
After running w_scan the adapter always worked, because w_scan would set it into the correct mode, and it would stay that way until powered down.
I created a script in my scripts folder that does the initialization for me after every cold start.
It executes when called from rc.local every time the system starts up.

If you haven't already got a scripts folder, create one as follows
mkdir ~/scripts
cd ~/scripts

Then create the script using your favourite editor (or nano)
I called it Terratec-H5-Initialize.sh

and it contains

#!/bin/bash
# Script to enable the Digital mode of a Hybrid DVB stick
# E.g. Terratec H5, Terratec Cinergy HTC
# WIN-TVR-900, WIN-TVR-950
#
# First stop tvheadend if it's already running
sudo service tvheadend stop
sleep 5
#
# Then run w_scan for a few seconds to switch the tuner
# into the correct mode for digital terrestrial (DVB-T)
timeout 5 w_scan -ft -cGB
sleep 6
#
# Then restart tvheadend
sudo service tvheadend start
#
# The end

Then to make it work at start time, add the following lines to /etc/rc.local
# The following script will initialize the DVB-T adapter
/home/pi/scripts/Terratec-H5-Initialize.sh

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