Posts by mood indigo

Quote from chewitt

• NB: These days I think TBS is a reference for "The BS" that customers need to go through to have a card work. Our general advice is to shift the DVB card and e.g. Tvheadend server to a box that runs a conventional distro where you can (re)compile modules for each kernel bump you choose to make (hint: you don't need to do it too often) using whatever instructions or garbage kernel the card vendor dictates: as long as it "works" you don't care. Then use an RPi5 to run pvr.hts as a simple/dumb client-only playback device elsewhere in the network.

I prefer to have just one entertainment box on the TV console.

Quote from smp

I attached a kernel patch that should allow you to build LE image with TBS 5230 driver.

Thank you for the patch.

I have several questions before I go with a custom LE image approach:

1. Would the custom image work normally, just like the official image downloaded from the LE website? -- Install add-ons from Kodi and LE repositories, auto-update, scraping, subtitles downloading, etc.
2. When the LE team releases a new version, I believe I can apply the same patch to the git branch and rebuild a new custom image.
   1. Can I update my LE box to the new custom image? I did not do a manual update from 12.0.1 to 12.0.2. So I don't know if the manual process would allow me to specify the location of the image.
   2. Would the updating preserve my library and add-ons? I don't want to repeat the setup.

Thanks.

Hi,

I have managed to build the TBS5230 driver on EndeavourOS (ArchLinux derivative) based on instructions given in https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki

Now I don't know what to do. Which directory on my LE12.0.2 box can I place copies of dvb-usb-tbs5230.ko and cxd2878.ko. I would appreciate any advice.

I have tried copying them into /lib/modules/6.6.71, but they disappear after a reboot because that directory is mounted in tmpfs.

I also tried copying them to

• /storage/.cache/kernel-overlays
• /storage/.cache/kernel-overlays/lib/modules/6.6.71/kernel/drivers/media .../dvb-frontends/cxd2878.ko and .../usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-tbs5230.ko
• /storage/.cache/kernel-overlays/lib/modules/6.6.71/base/kernel/drivers/media .../dvb-frontends/cxd2878.ko and .../usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-tbs5230.ko

all without joy.

Thanks.

I need help in getting the driver for the TBS5230 device for my LE box. I can only detect the device with lsusb:

Bus 003 Device 003: ID 734c:5230 TBS Technologies China

My /etc/os-release is

NAME="LibreELEC"
VERSION="12.0.1"
ID="libreelec"
VERSION_ID="12.0"
PRETTY_NAME="LibreELEC (official): 12.0.1"
HOME_URL="https://libreelec.tv"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv"
BUILD_ID="7e0b15d49ae7beb086bd2fd00fbf5d107aa9f251"
LIBREELEC_ARCH="Generic.x86_64"
LIBREELEC_BUILD="official"
LIBREELEC_PROJECT="Generic"
LIBREELEC_DEVICE="Generic"

I would appreciate it very much if someone can build the driver for me. Many thanks in advance.