Most TBS digital TV tuner cards/boxes have very good up to date Linux driver support, Although TBS provides read me doc in the Linux driver package, still many people could have question about how to install TBS6981 on Linux Ubuntu. Here is a simple ‘how to’ for you – follows these step-by-step guide you should be able to install up to 10 TBS6981 Dual Tuner cards in one PC easily.
Required:
TV Tuner: TBS6981, it’s the best DVB-S/S2 PCI-E dual tuner card in the TBS market with full linux support.
- Check your kernel version: uname -a. Link the build folder.Go to this folder such as: cd /lib/modules/3.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x8664/ ln -sf /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-327.
- DVBViewer is proprietary, commercial software for viewing & recording of DVB TV & Radio using a TV tuner card or box and a Media Center for viewing Music, Video and Pictures.
- Had this for a long time and always used it on Windows but since I've also been using Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 atm) for a few years I thought why not try to install the drivers for it under Linux? I've not done this sort of thing before mostly used Linux for browsing and for anything else I've used the Ubuntu Software store. I went to the TBS website and downloaded the opensource drivers and after.
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Install Environment: Linux Ubuntu 11.04(Kernel 2.6.38-8)
HowTo: Installing TBS DVB-S2 Driver under Linux - Git Version How To install TBS DVB-S2 PCIe Cards (for example TBS6909) under Linux with GIT Supported Cards: DVB-S/S2 Cards PCI-E TBS6922 TBS6922SE TBS6902 TBS6980 TBS6981 TBS6982 TBS6983 TBS6984 TBS6985 TBS6904 TBS6905 TBS6908 TBS6909 TBS6991SE TBS6910 USB TBS5920 TBS5922 TBS5922SE TBS5925 TBS5980.
Installation steps:
1. Ensure that you have installed following packages:
* Kernel Sources
* gcc
* rar
* tar
* gzip
2. Download the latest driver from: https://shop.tbsdtv.com/download_center.html
3. Create an empty folder of TBS6981
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mkdir TBS6981
4. Change path to the new directory
cd TBS6981
5. Unrar the driver
unrar e /path/to/driver/linux-s2api-tbs6981-#_#######.rar
where ##### means the version of the driver.
6. Unzip the base driver
tar xjvf linux-s2api-tbs6981_1.tar.bz2
7. Change directory to the driver path
cd linux-s2api-tbs6981_1/v4l
8. Based in your OS architecture do one of these:
On x86 (32 bit):
ln -s tbs6981ctrl.o.x86 tbs6981ctrl.o
ln -s tbs6981fe_driver.o.x86 tbs6981fe_driver.o
On x86_64/AMD64 (64 bit):
ln -s tbs6981ctrl.o.x86_64 tbs6981ctrl.o
ln -s tbs6981fe_driver.o.x86_64 tbs6981fe_driver.o
9. To use more than 4 cards edit following files:
On dvbdev.h file, change DVB_MAX_ADAPTERS to 16
On config-compat.h file, change CONFIG_DVB_MAX_ADAPTERS to 64
10. Compile the driver and install it
cd .; make; make install
11. Install the firmware
cd /path/to/driver/
cp v4l-cx23885-######.fw /lib/firmware
Where ###### is defined as a brand and version
12. Reboot to load the driver reboot
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13. After reboot you must have installed up to 2 * CardNumber adapters in /dev/dvb ls /dev/dvb
So far you have finished your installing of TBS6981, now you can enjoy satellite TV programs on your linux computer!
This article is contributed by Peter Mitrell.
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