[mythtv-users] DVB-S2 IP tuner

[Tim Draper]

 ---- On Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:57:05 +0000 Andy Harvey <Andy at harvs.net> wrote ----
 > On 03/01/2020 17:45, Tim Draper wrote:
 > > back with hell on centos8 ... discovered that my TBS 6981 card really isnt liking the platform, despite running on 4.x kernels in the past and the current 5.4.7 on centos7. Centos8 ships with 4.18 and dvb support and attempts over christmas with '8 and a 5.x kernel were also unfruitful.
 > > While i'm still looking into finding a solution that wont involve money, it's been a growing wish in the last few years for an IP tuner as a replacement for the 6981 PCIe card when the time came.
 > >
 > > TBS have EOL'd the card and last driver pack for 6981 was 2017. Seems 6981 hardware is also around 9years old.
 > >
 > > While i haven't looked much yet, does anyone have experience and recommendations for a DVB-S2 IP box? minimum of 2ch and multiplex advantageous. 4ch also desirable but i think will exceed the cost vs benefit threshold.
 > > the DVB-T2 signal in my area isn't the best so not really an option. I'm UK based should that matter.
 > >
 > > thanks
 > > Tim
 > 
 > On Fedora I've been using the open source driver for a while for a TBS 
 > 6982 card. You have to rebuild the modules whenever the kernel changes, 
 > though it's best to wait a while after a new kernel comes out.  I'm 
 > currently on 5.3.16 and it's running fine. I followed the instructions 
 > at https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TBS_driver_installation for 
 > Building TBS' forked driver.
 > 
 > I don't use the remote control which may not be supported.
 > 
 > Andy

never had to compile the 6981 drivers since the 3.x  days. every distro i ran (and i'm sure fedora before moving to centos) just worked once .fw file was dropped in /lib/firmware/.
i'll give compiling a go if i can get an hour or so with mythtv being offline.