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DVB-T Realtek 2831U on Debian

How to install the device driver for a TDT receiver based on the chipset DVB-T Realtek. In my case, it’s the Zaapa ZT- DVBTSTUSB

Lets see the device identification:

# lsusb
[...]
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:2831 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 2831U Device
[...]

Enter the next commands in a console:

$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) mercurial
$ hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jhoogenraad/rtl2831-r2
$  cd rtl2831-r2/
$ make
[...incomprehensible long long compilation output...]
$ sudo make install
[...linux things...]

Ready! When you plug the receiver you should see something like that in the /var/log/sys.log:

kernel: [  952.777025] usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
kernel: [  952.910355] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
kernel: [  952.910716] usb 5-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=2831
kernel: [  952.910716] usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
kernel: [  952.910716] usb 5-1: Product: RTL2831U
kernel: [  952.910716] usb 5-1: Manufacturer: Generic
kernel: [  952.910716] usb 5-1: SerialNumber: 77771111153705700
kernel: [  953.032908] dvb-usb: found a 'RTL2831U DVB-T USB2.0 DEVICE' in warm state.
kernel: [  953.032908] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
kernel: [  953.032908] DVB: registering new adapter (RTL2831U DVB-T USB2.0 DEVICE)
kernel: [  953.032908] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Realtek RTL2831 DVB-T)…
kernel: [  953.032908] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /class/input/input10
kernel: [  953.040575] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 300 msecs.
kernel: [  953.040585] dvb-usb: RTL2831U DVB-T USB2.0 DEVICE successfully initialized and connected.
kernel: [  953.040615] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_rtd2831u

Read the recipe Televisión digital terrestre (TDT) en GNU/Linux to see how to use the receiver with KDE and Gnome.

Comments

Thanks to oscarah.

PS:Yes, an english recipe is always a small recipe :-)

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