Problems with August Freeview DVB-T202 and Raspberry Pi 3

    Hi,

    I've bought the August Freeview DVB-T202 receiver for my Raspberry Pi model 3, and I have a strange problem with TVHeadend and LibreELEC 9.2.8 (I'm using this version because it is the latest stable).

    The DVB-T receiver works flawlessly, I can get all the services, map them, watch TV... all is correct until I have to reboot or shutdown the Pi. When powering it on again, the TVHeadend Server says there's no adapter available. I thought it was being disabled but it doesn't show into the adapters list. When I disconnect and connect the adapter from the Raspberry it starts working immediately until I power off or reboot.

    The strange thing is that when I reboot the Pi, even if TVHeadend says there's no adapter, the lsusb command shows the following:

    Code
    Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1997:2433
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 048d:9006 Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT9135 BDA Afatech DVB-T HDTV Dongle
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0781:5590 SanDisk Corp. Ultra Dual
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    As you can see, the second device is the DVB-T receiver. I tried making a "systemctl stop service.tvheadend42" followed by a "systemctl start service.tvheadend42" with same result.

    I tried with the different DVB module drivers but same result. Until now, the only solution I've found is unplug and plug the DVB-T receiver everytime I have to reboot/shut down the Pi, and this is a bit tedious.

    Is there any solution available?

    Thanks!

    The last time I tried tvheadend with my TBS 5520SE I had exactly the same issue.

    Try VDR/VNSI instead of tvheadend. That's what I use with no such issues.