[Official] DVB-T2 USB/PCI-E/PCI TV Tuner Thread

[zoneguard]

Happy to report Mygica T230 works when paired with Raspberry PI 2 running OpenELEC 6.0 out of the box. The tvheadend service and PVR client all run from the RPI but you need to enable OpenELEC unofficial addons repository to enable the PVR service.

I was setting it up for my dad using DVB-C. Tried DVB-T2 at first but his place isn't in the Mediacorp official indoor reception area yet and had some channels without sound - maybe it was the antenna. Gave up and switched to DVB-C off Starhub's and that worked without issue.

 

[batuchka]

Happy to report Mygica T230 works when paired with Raspberry PI 2 running OpenELEC 6.0 out of the box. The tvheadend service and PVR client all run from the RPI but you need to enable OpenELEC unofficial addons repository to enable the PVR service.

I was setting it up for my dad using DVB-C. Tried DVB-T2 at first but his place isn't in the Mediacorp official indoor reception area yet and had some channels without sound - maybe it was the antenna. Gave up and switched to DVB-C off Starhub's and that worked without issue.

Managed to get HD5 via DVB-C in OpenELEC?

 

[zoneguard]

Managed to get HD5 via DVB-C in OpenELEC?

Yup, 10 char

 

[liangtam]

New Astrometa dongle that can do Analogue TV / DVB-T2 / FM Radio and AV in

Is cheapest US$30, more expensive than the Geniatech T230 but at least has working BDA drivers.

 

[batuchka]

New Astrometa dongle that can do Analogue TV / DVB-T2 / FM Radio and AV in

Is cheapest US$30, more expensive than the Geniatech T230 but at least has working BDA drivers.

Wow good to know bro - so what were your findings? Working with local FTA DVB-T2 in Windows 10 or not?

 

[DARTHNERD]

did anyone managed to get Indonesia or Malaysia Digital TV signals in Singapore?

if so, can post how to do it. Thanks!

 

[Kiwi8]

New Astrometa dongle that can do Analogue TV / DVB-T2 / FM Radio and AV in

Is cheapest US$30, more expensive than the Geniatech T230 but at least has working BDA drivers.

Hi didi, long time no see!.
Where can I buy this? So the AV also works ah?

 

[albertlee]

Me also interested to know more about the Astrometa TV stick.

Should be this one selling at USD29.61 with free shipping over at Aliexpress.

 

[liangtam]

Me also interested to know more about the Astrometa TV stick.

Should be this one selling at USD29.61 with free shipping over at Aliexpress.

Yup, I bought from this seller.

 

[liangtam]

Wow good to know bro - so what were your findings? Working with local FTA DVB-T2 in Windows 10 or not?

Windows 10.

Astrometa TVR app on ntv7 analogue

Too bad I lost my Blaze HDTV v4 installer file which can do both, don't really like the TVR except you need it for FM and AV also.

Hi didi, long time no see!.
Where can I buy this? So the AV also works ah?

Hi kiwi korkor
OT: Huai chiur new singtel classic plan cheaper than mine.

 

[albertlee]

@liangtam, are you using the provided antenna as source?

 

[Kiwi8]

Windows 10.

Astrometa TVR app on ntv7 analogue

Too bad I lost my Blaze HDTV v4 installer file which can do both, don't really like the TVR except you need it for FM and AV also.

Hi kiwi korkor
OT: Huai chiur new singtel classic plan cheaper than mine.

So the AV cannot work using other BDA-compliant software like NextPVR ah?

On the SingTel Classic plan thingy, I really dunno wor.

 

[liangtam]

Also bought a Mstar7T01 based box for US$21.
The mini antenna is used for both earlier screenshots.

 

[liangtam]

So the AV cannot work using other BDA-compliant software like NextPVR ah?

On the SingTel Classic plan thingy, I really dunno wor.

Never try NextPVR.
The AV in audio think has some slight distortion though.

OT: CIS plan?

 

[Kiwi8]

Never try NextPVR.
The AV in audio think has some slight distortion though.

OT: CIS plan?

Not CIS plan, just normal subscriber plan just that I had it for more than a decade liao. Anyway let's discuss this in the thread I created.

As for the AV, what about the Component (the three-cable video cable) AV capture USB device I found on AliExpress? Does that work better?

 

[liangtam]

Not CIS plan, just normal subscriber plan just that I had it for more than a decade liao. Anyway let's discuss this in the thread I created.

As for the AV, what about the Component (the three-cable video cable) AV capture USB device I found on AliExpress? Does that work better?

Astrometa cannot do component in. There is an s-video option in TVR app but no cable provided.
So composite = 480/576i max.

 

[Kiwi8]

Astrometa cannot do component in. There is an s-video option in TVR app but no cable provided.
So composite = 480/576i max.

I meant this one:

Or alternatively, any HDMI capture card to recommend? Preferably something that has a passthru so that I can connect the output from the StarHub HDMI port to the card, then from the card to the TV.

 

[zoneguard]

New Astrometa dongle that can do Analogue TV / DVB-T2 / FM Radio and AV in

Is cheapest US$30, more expensive than the Geniatech T230 but at least has working BDA drivers.

Looks like there are 3 versions of Astrometa:

1. Version 1: http://blog.palosaari.fi/2013/10/naked-hardware-14-dvb-t2-usb-tv-stick.html
2. Version 2: http://blog.palosaari.fi/2014/09/naked-hardware-18-astrometa-amdvb-t2-v2.html
3. Yours is version 3.

BDA drivers: http://www.astrometa.com.tw/integrated_en.html

 

[albertlee]

Looks like there are 3 versions of Astrometa:

1. Version 1: http://blog.palosaari.fi/2013/10/naked-hardware-14-dvb-t2-usb-tv-stick.html
2. Version 2: http://blog.palosaari.fi/2014/09/naked-hardware-18-astrometa-amdvb-t2-v2.html
3. Yours is version 3.

BDA drivers: http://www.astrometa.com.tw/integrated_en.html

Thanks for the confirmation, came across these links when searching for product info but wasn't sure it's the same as these doesn't have AV output.

 

[liangtam]

Or alternatively, any HDMI capture card to recommend? Preferably something that has a passthru so that I can connect the output from the StarHub HDMI port to the card, then from the card to the TV.

Nothing recommend. HDMI capture expensive

Looks like there are 3 versions of Astrometa:

1. Version 1: http://blog.palosaari.fi/2013/10/naked-hardware-14-dvb-t2-usb-tv-stick.html
2. Version 2: http://blog.palosaari.fi/2014/09/naked-hardware-18-astrometa-amdvb-t2-v2.html
3. Yours is version 3.

BDA drivers: http://www.astrometa.com.tw/integrated_en.html

This one based on Conexant, but driver on CD is newer than Astrometa website. Maybe I should pry open mine.