I’m not an expert but perhaps the signal from the aerial is not strong enough to pick up any stations? I have to say that after several months of trying, with new set-ups and different hardware I’m still experiencing poor performance from a Raspi 2 set up with tvheadend. Typical issues I am experiencing on a regular basis are
Timeshifting doesn’t work
Video and audio trying to keep up with each other makes the output sound like an old stretched tape (if you are old enough to remember this sound)!
EPG issues,
Timer issues (won’t allow me to set a timer to record a program)
occasional lock-ups
I have spent several days trying to track down the issues with no luck, so when you get around this issue you may be faced with many more! Good luck anyway!
@Slartibartfast: Thank you for your reply!
For those who face similar problems or are interested in my issues, I contacted the tech support from DVBSky sending them also my dmesg | grep -i dvb which looks like this:
osmc@osmcRaspberryPi1:~$ uname -a
Linux osmcRaspberryPi1 4.3.3-3-osmc #1 PREEMPT Sat Jan 2 00:55:57 UTC 2016 armv6l GNU/Linux
osmc@osmcRaspberryPi1:~$ dmesg | grep -i dvb
[ 2.758236] usb 1-1.5: Product: DVB-T2/C USB-Stick
[ 7.957459] usb 1-1.5: dvb_usb_v2: found a ‘DVBSky T330’ in warm state
[ 7.957785] usb 1-1.5: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer
[ 7.957859] DVB: registering new adapter (DVBSky T330)
[ 7.959235] usb 1-1.5: dvb_usb_v2: MAC address: 00:cc:10:a5:33:0c
[ 8.030950] usb 1-1.5: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Silicon Labs Si2168)…
[ 8.097186] Registered IR keymap rc-dvbsky
[ 8.097855] input: DVBSky T330 as /devices/platform/soc/20980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/rc/rc0/input0
[ 8.097897] rc0: DVBSky T330 as /devices/platform/soc/20980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/rc/rc0
[ 8.097927] usb 1-1.5: dvb_usb_v2: schedule remote query interval to 300 msecs
[ 8.097954] usb 1-1.5: dvb_usb_v2: ‘DVBSky T330’ successfully initialized and connected
[ 8.098183] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dvbsky [ 29.830582] si2168 3-0064: Direct firmware load for dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw failed with error -2 [ 29.830804] si2168 3-0064: Direct firmware load for dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw failed with error -2 [ 29.830837] si2168 3-0064: firmware file ‘dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw’ not found
[ 29.901024] usb 1-1.5: DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (55000000…862000000) [ 29.925862] si2168 3-0064: Direct firmware load for dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw failed with error -2
[ 29.925928] si2168 3-0064: Direct firmware load for dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw failed with error -2
[ 29.925948] si2168 3-0064: firmware file ‘dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw’ not found
[ 160.579104] usb 1-1.5: DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (55000000…862000000)
So, it seems the drivers were NOT installed correctly and I loaded the dvbsky-firmware. But after several restarts nothing changed.
I’m waiting for the reply from DVBSky and I will try it on another antenna tomorrow to check if it’s the weak signal.
The antenna would (most likely) need to be a full outdoor roof mounted thingy! I tried with the tiny whip antenna’s delivered with these USB tuners and all I could get was 1 or 2 very poor stations when I was outdoors or near an open window! (I live in a city on top of a hill and tv reception from the roof is good). Also, beware of antenna splitters, every 2:1 joint and you loose 50% of the signal!
from here: Index of /linux/v4l-dvb/firmware/Si2168 and copied them into /lib/firmware I tried the second cable plug (no antenna) and used a powered USB-hub. Now I get the channels under services!
What a procedure. Now I will determine which constellation caused the problem and which issues the Pi will have on the long term. I will keep you informed.
Hi,
I am trying to set Live TV on my RasPi. I have followed the instructions but in the end when i look into TVheadend, there´s no device under TV Adapter tab. When i checked with lsusb command it shows me this device - Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT9135 BDA Afatech DVB-T HDTV Dongle. So i have downloaded IT9135 firmware (dvb-usb-it9135-01.fw and dvb-usb-it9135-02.fw appeared in /lib/firmware) restarted RasPi but still no success.
I bought a Vero 4K and the DVB dongle from the store, do I need to follow all these steps also? I was under the assumption that I’d be able to set things up using just the Vero itself, that I didn’t need to do it on my desktop PC.
No you don’t need to follow all these steps as most is already taken care of. But you would need to install tvheadend server (from app store) and then to configure the channels you would need a browser (pc, smartphone, tablet,…)