Amlogic / Wetek Play 2 supported USB DVB T2 devices

WP2_Matt_EIRE13 · May 8, 2017 at 3:29 PM

Hello,

I just got a PCTV Triplestick 292e that does not work on my Wetek Play 2, most likely due to the kernel version 3.14 if I am correct, even though the FW files are present in /lib/firmwares.
I searched on the forum and on other websites such as linuxtv.org and it seems there are no workarounds to use this tuner on this device.

I would like to know if the kernel used for Wetek Play 2 and Amlogic devices will soon be updated to 3.16+?
If that is unlikely to happen any time soon, has anyone got a solution or a workaround?

I could also return the tuner, however, I found it difficult to clearly understand which USB tuner would work properly for DVB-T2, the geniatek for instance was several time reported as not being capable to do more than T1... And the availability of different brands of tuners in Ireland is very limited, even on Amazon for example...

Maybe we could try to consolidate a list of USB tuners that will work with the current kernel version and fw provided?

Having the embedded DVB-S2 tuner and a working USB DVB-T2 tuner would make my system complete.

Your help and advice will be greatly appreciated,

Thanks,
WP2_Matt

PS: Excellent work from kszaq, raybuntu and the libreelec team, I'm impressed.

**kszaq** · May 8, 2017 at 6:20 PM

You can try running one of my builds to see if your USB tuner is supported by media_build drivers:
thread-2156.html

Internal tuner won't work in my build but you should be able to tell if there's hope to add support to your device.

WP2_Matt_EIRE13 · May 8, 2017 at 11:13 PM

Quote from kszaq

You can try running one of my builds to see if your USB tuner is supported by media_build drivers:
thread-2156.html

Internal tuner won't work in my build but you should be able to tell if there's hope to add support to your device.

The tuner is detected with your build!!

Code

[  682.885606@0] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using dwc_otg
[  682.885788@0] dwc_otg: Indeed it is in host mode hprt0 = 00001101
[  683.086750@0] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=025f
[  683.086795@0] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[  683.086824@0] usb 2-1: Product: PCTV 292e
[  683.086851@0] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: PCTV
[  683.086877@0] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0013887676
[  683.149213@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: New device PCTV PCTV 292e @ 480 Mbps (2013:025f, interface 0, class 0)
[  683.149227@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: DVB interface 0 found: isoc
[  683.149370@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: chip ID is em28178
[  685.143914@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: EEPROM ID = 26 00 01 00, EEPROM hash = 0xb40df604
[  685.143936@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: EEPROM info:
[  685.143951@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: microcode start address = 0x0004, boot configuration = 0x01
[  685.150494@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: AC97 audio (5 sample rates)
[  685.150516@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: 500mA max power
[  685.150533@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: Table at offset 0x27, strings=0x146a, 0x1888, 0x0a7e
[  685.152157@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: Identified as PCTV tripleStick (292e) (card=94)
[  685.152178@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: dvb set to isoc mode.
[  685.160971@2] usbcore: registered new interface driver em28xx
[  685.166650@0] WARNING: You are using an experimental version of the media stack.
[  685.166650@0] As the driver is backported to an older kernel, it doesn't offer
[  685.166650@0] enough quality for its usage in production.
[  685.166650@0] Use it with care.
[  685.166650@0] Latest git patches (needed if you report a bug to linux-media@vger.kernel.org):
[  685.166650@0] a83dbc951051ded0ec728f65cc918b7320600b55 Remove unused stv6120 headers.
[  685.171634@0] em28xx 2-1:1.0: Binding DVB extension
[  685.198382@1] i2c i2c-3: Added multiplexed i2c bus 4
[  685.198410@1] si2168 3-0064: Silicon Labs Si2168-B40 successfully identified
[  685.198426@1] si2168 3-0064: firmware version: B 4.0.2
[  685.210546@1] si2157 4-0060: Silicon Labs Si2147/2148/2157/2158 successfully attached
[  685.210595@1] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (2-1:1.0)
[  685.210618@1] em28xx 2-1:1.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Silicon Labs Si2168)...
[  685.210644@1] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'Silicon Labs Si2168' registered.
[  685.217292@0] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'dvb-demux' registered.
[  685.219189@2] si2168 3-0064: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw'
[  685.233860@0] em28xx 2-1:1.0: DVB extension successfully initialized
[  685.233887@0] em28xx: Registered (Em28xx dvb Extension) extension
[  685.249822@0] WARNING: You are using an experimental version of the media stack.
[  685.249822@0] As the driver is backported to an older kernel, it doesn't offer
[  685.249822@0] enough quality for its usage in production.
[  685.249822@0] Use it with care.
[  685.249822@0] Latest git patches (needed if you report a bug to linux-media@vger.kernel.org):
[  685.249822@0] a83dbc951051ded0ec728f65cc918b7320600b55 Remove unused stv6120 headers.
[  685.251424@0] em28xx 2-1:1.0: Registering input extension
[  685.261698@0] rc rc0: 2-1:1.0 IR as /devices/dwc2_a/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/rc/rc0
[  685.295493@0] Registered IR keymap rc-pinnacle-pctv-hd
[  685.307875@0] input: 2-1:1.0 IR as /devices/dwc2_a/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/rc/rc0/input5
[  685.308358@0] em28xx 2-1:1.0: Input extension successfully initalized
[  685.308366@0] em28xx: Registered (Em28xx Input Extension) extension
[  685.418698@0] si2168 3-0064: firmware version: B 4.0.11
[  685.423173@0] si2157 4-0060: found a 'Silicon Labs Si2157-A30'
[  685.471132@0] si2157 4-0060: firmware version: 3.0.5
[  685.471192@3] em28xx 2-1:1.0: DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (42000000..870000000)


[   18.991445@3] si2168 3-0064: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw'
[   19.184830@3] si2168 3-0064: firmware version: B 4.0.11
[   19.189464@3] si2157 4-0060: found a 'Silicon Labs Si2157-A30'
[   19.237331@3] si2157 4-0060: firmware version: 3.0.5
[   19.237403@1] em28xx 2-1:1.0: DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (42000000..870000000)

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And it is working in TVHeadend.

**kszaq** · May 8, 2017 at 11:16 PM

Glad to hear. Now you need to wait for a media_build version of WP2 DVB driver, we still hope it's possible. As far as I know Codesnake is working on it.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

WP2_Matt_EIRE13 · May 9, 2017 at 2:06 PM

Will it then be ported to the official LE release to support all the different DVB?

WP2_Matt_EIRE13 · August 21, 2018 at 12:24 PM

Resurrecting this thread not to create a duplicate one.
I have re-installed official LE 8.2.5 for Wetek play 2, I see all the .fw files in /lib/firmware required as described here https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/pinnacle_pctv_triplestick_t2_(292e) but the device is not created in /dev/dvb/adapterx.
My understanding was that since 8.2.0 the usb DVB drivers were included.
Did I get the wrong idea and need to stay on the community builds?

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