[mythtv-users] Best tuner for Myth/ATSC? WinTV-dualHD TV Tuner not found.

[A. F. Cano]

Thanks for replying.  Based on your recommendations and that from other
respondents (thank you to all!) I have ordered a HDHR Connect, out of
stock so I still don't have it, and a WinTV-dualHD TV Tuner.  This one
I have already received, but...

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 09:31:45AM -0600, Curtis Gedak wrote:
> ...
> B)  WinTV-dualHD TV Tuner
> http://hauppauge.com/site/products/data_dualhd.html
> 
> If you are open to upgrading your GNU/Linux and MythTV installation,
> then this USB option provides 2 ATCS tuners.

One tuner was quite limiting, so I decided to go with this one.
> 
> Note that the Hauppauge site indicates that they support the above two
> tuners via a Personal Package Archive (PPA) for *ubuntu 16.04 and 17.04.
> 
> http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/linux.html
> ...

The above notwithstanding, I'm having difficulties.

Is anyone using the Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD (lsusb says it's a 955D)
with MythTV, under Debian)?  under Ubuntu?

I've done everything they say in the above page, both under Debian 8
and Debian 9 and the packages don't seem to be available any more.

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:b-rad/kernel+mediatree+hauppauge
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install linux-image-mediatree
  sudo apt-get install linux-headers-mediatree

The update fails with the following messages and thus the subsequent
installs also fail.

Debian 8 (jessie):

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/b-rad/kernel+mediatree+hauppauge/ubuntu/dists/jessie/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

Debian 9 (stretch)

W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/b-rad/kernel+mediatree+hauppauge/ubuntu artful Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: GPG error: http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 5C808C2B65558117
W: The repository 'http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch InRelease' is not signed.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/b-rad/kernel+mediatree+hauppauge/ubuntu/dists/artful/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

In other parts of the above page, it mentions patching kernels, but there is
mention of kernel 3.16 (which is what's on Debian 8) and 4.4 (Debian 9 has
4.9) so there should be support already built-in.

lsusb recognizes the device in both jessie and stretch.  Myth 0.27 that was
working fine with the old OnAir Creator, doesn't see it.  I deleted the old
tuner and created a new one, but mythtv-setup doesn't seem to find the tuner.

I have tried to compile myth 0.29 on Debian 9 and after many tries I'm stuck
with errors on the zeromq module.  See a separate posting with title:
 
Mythtv 0.29 compilation on Debian 9 fails.

for the details.  So, at this point I can't do more with 0.29.

General questions:

Is a driver specific to this tuner needed? one that supports multiple
Mauppauge tuners? where could such a driver be found? (I couldn't find
it at the above page), or is the support for all Hauppauge tuners
already built-in in kernels 4.4 and later, like the linux support page
seems to imply?

Should Myth find this tuner just based on the usb info that the system knows
already (per the lsusb command)? if so, what specific commands/data do I need
to enter into mythtv-setup?

Thanks for any help.

Autustine.