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Astrometa DVB T2 Stick not working with VLC or Kaffeine

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debidant
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Astrometa DVB T2 Stick not working with VLC or Kaffeine

#1 Post by debidant »

Hi,

Debian Buster with VLC 2.2.7 and Kaffeine 2.0.13

I have an Astrometa DVB T2 Stick (firmware dvb-demod-nm88473-01.fw loaded) which finds channels with w_scan.

dmesg output:

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[265376.929575] usb 3-3.3: new high-speed USB device number 9 using ehci-pci
[265377.068384] usb 3-3.3: New USB device found, idVendor=15f4, idProduct=0131
[265377.068392] usb 3-3.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[265377.068397] usb 3-3.3: Product: dvbt2
[265377.068401] usb 3-3.3: Manufacturer: astrometadvbt2
[265377.075934] usb 3-3.3: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Astrometa DVB-T2' in warm state
[265377.154106] usb 3-3.3: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer
[265377.154131] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (Astrometa DVB-T2)
[265377.156947] i2c i2c-14: Added multiplexed i2c bus 15
[265377.156954] rtl2832 14-0010: Realtek RTL2832 successfully attached
[265377.163193] mn88473 14-0018: Panasonic MN88473 successfully identified
[265377.163209] usb 3-3.3: DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T))...
[265377.163367] usb 3-3.3: DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 1 (Panasonic MN88473)...
[265377.163451] r820t 15-003a: creating new instance
[265377.170738] r820t 15-003a: Rafael Micro r820t successfully identified
[265377.170751] r820t 15-003a: attaching existing instance
[265377.175866] r820t 15-003a: Rafael Micro r820t successfully identified
[265377.177915] rtl2832_sdr rtl2832_sdr.0.auto: Registered as swradio0
So far so good. But with kaffeine the channel scan doesn't find any channels.

If I create an .xspf file for VLC with w_scan and open it in VLC I get the errors

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Digital broadcasting:
The selected digital tuner does not support the specified parameters.
Please check the preferences.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb-t2://frequency=474000000'. Check the log for details.
for every station.

Error log from VLC

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core debug: processing request item: dvb-t2://frequency=474000000, node: Playlist, skip: 0
core debug: resyncing on dvb-t2://frequency=474000000
core debug: dvb-t2://frequency=474000000 is at 4
core debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
core debug: resyncing on dvb-t2://frequency=474000000
core debug: dvb-t2://frequency=474000000 is at 4
core debug: creating new input thread
core debug: Creating an input for 'dvb-t2://frequency=474000000'
core debug: requesting art for dvb-t2://frequency=474000000
core debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path '/tmp'
core debug: `dvb-t2://frequency=474000000' gives access `dvb-t2' demux `' path `frequency=474000000'
core debug: specified demux `any'
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
core debug: creating demux: access='dvb-t2' demux='any' location='frequency=474000000' file='(null)'
core debug: looking for access_demux module matching "dvb-t2": 16 candidates
core debug: no access_demux modules matched
core debug: creating access 'dvb-t2' location='frequency=474000000', path='(null)'
core debug: looking for access module matching "dvb-t2": 25 candidates
dtv debug: CA interface with 1 slot(s)
dtv debug: CI link layer level interface type
dtv debug: 0 available descrambler(s) (keys)
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/mb/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher/tvrage.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher/tvrage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
core debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
core debug: searching art for 0005. WDR HD Köln
core debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/mb/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/art
core debug: no art finder modules matched
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/mb/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher/tvrage.luac
core debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
core debug: removing module "lua"
core debug: searching art for 0005. WDR HD Köln
core debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/mb/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/art
core debug: no art finder modules matched
core debug: art not found for dvb-t2://frequency=474000000
dtv debug: setting property 2 to 0
dtv debug: setting property 17 to 16
dtv debug: setting property 3 to 474000000
dtv debug: setting property 4 to 6
dtv debug: setting property 9 to 9
dtv debug: setting property 5 to 8000000
dtv debug: setting property 39 to 6
dtv debug: setting property 38 to 6
dtv debug: setting property 42 to 0
dtv error: cannot set frontend tuning parameters: Invalid argument
dtv error: tuning to 474000000 Hz failed
core debug: no access modules matched
core error: open of `dvb-t2://frequency=474000000' failed
core debug: dead input
core debug: changing item without a request (current 4/5)
core debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
pulse debug: changing sink 1: alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.0.analog-stereo (EMU20k2 [Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Series] (SB1270 [SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD]) Analog Stereo)
pulse debug: changing sink 1: alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.0.analog-stereo (EMU20k2 [Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Series] (SB1270 [SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD]) Analog Stereo)
Any ideas?

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Re: Astrometa DVB T2 Stick not working with VLC or Kaffeine

#2 Post by Cyborg »

Make sure the dvb modules are not blacklisted. I have a file called no-rtl.conf in etc/modprobe.d/ that does this because I use my DVB stick as a software defined radio device.

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Re: Astrometa DVB T2 Stick not working with VLC or Kaffeine

#3 Post by debidant »

Just checked. There aren't any modules blacklisted at all.

Any ideas?

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Re: Astrometa DVB T2 Stick not working with VLC or Kaffeine

#4 Post by Cyborg »

Sorry that you haven't been able to solve your issue.
I'll be keeping an eye on this topic because I've never managed to use my DVB stick to watch TV, only to listen to the radio.

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