Re: ASUS U3100 Mini

[Oliver Schinagl <oliver+list@schinagl.nl>]

That makes a lot of sense. I had the same issue initially with the plus, 
where I would only receive signals if the antenna was near the window.

On 04/15/12 10:26, Jan Prunk wrote:
> The trick was with bad reception indoors.
> I went testing to the balcony and framedrop dissapeared,
> and I get a clear picture.
> It seems that the Antenna is too weak in my apartment
> to have a clear signal.
>
> Kind regards,
> Jan
>
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Jan Prunk<janprunk@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hello Oliver,
>>
>> Thank you for your hint.
>>
>> I have written up a WIKI page for this device, which hasn't been
>> written earlier.
>> I am willing to test the device further, if any of the devs can give
>> me further hints
>> for that. It's still not in a full working mode. I mean video is
>> somehow partially visible
>> with VLC, but I am no expert in fine-tuning the device.
>>
>> The wiki page is located at
>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ASUS_My_Cinema-U3100_Mini
>>
>> I will update the information there, if I will receive any further hints.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Jan
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Oliver Schinagl
>> <oliver+list@schinagl.nl>  wrote:
>>> Unfortunatly I am not familiar with the dib0700 device, so not sure if you
>>> need firmware (I assume so, check linuxtv wiki on any dib0700 device.
>>>
>>> To test the device in its most basic level, I think w_scan is the best bet,
>>> as it works without any other extra files.
>>>
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07-04-12 23:32Hello , Jan Prunk wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Oliver !
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your quick response.
>>>>
>>>> I assume that mine is a non-plus version.
>>>> Do you know how I could proceed tuning the channel list,
>>>> which I could then use in the combination with MPlayer ?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Jan
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Oliver Schinagl<oliverlist@schinagl.nl>
>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jan,
>>>>>
>>>>> That page is probably not supported by linux-media and shows support
>>>>> (currently not working afaik) forthe U3100 mini PLUS. yes, minor
>>>>> difference
>>>>> in name, huge difference inside. The non-plus is a dib0700 based device,
>>>>> whereas the Plus is a af9035 based device. The non-plus should work out
>>>>> of
>>>>> the box on most distro's.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oliver
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07-04-12 20:21, Jan Prunk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have ASUS U3100 Mini USB Dongle and I would like to watch DVB-T
>>>>>> TV streams with it on Debian. The dongle when its plugged in lights with
>>>>>> the green light. Performing "(dvb)scan" segfaults.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I (partially) followed these guides:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Asus_U3100_Mini_plus_DVB-T
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using debian testing and it seems the device gets somehow
>>>>>> recognised:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [15120.976095] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
>>>>>> [15124.716041] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using
>>>>>> ehci_hcd
>>>>>> [15124.848958] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05,
>>>>>> idProduct=173f
>>>>>> [15124.848964] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
>>>>>> SerialNumber=3
>>>>>> [15124.848970] usb 1-3: Product: ASUS DVBT Tuner
>>>>>> [15124.848974] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: ASUSTeK
>>>>>> [15124.848977] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 8500500875
>>>>>> [15125.344564] IR NEC protocol handler initialized
>>>>>> [15125.370992] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized
>>>>>> [15125.409376] dib0700: loaded with support for 21 different
>>>>>> device-types
>>>>>> [15125.409588] dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3100 Mini DVBT Tuner'
>>>>>> in cold state, will try to load a firmware
>>>>>> [15125.412893] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
>>>>>> [15125.440888] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
>>>>>> [15125.463698] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file
>>>>>> 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw'
>>>>>> [15125.465236] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
>>>>>> [15125.468745] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized
>>>>>> [15125.473597] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249
>>>>>> [15125.474883] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
>>>>>> [15125.671203] dib0700: firmware started successfully.
>>>>>> [15126.172240] dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3100 Mini DVBT Tuner'
>>>>>> in warm state.
>>>>>> [15126.172346] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream
>>>>>> to the software demuxer.
>>>>>> [15126.172902] DVB: registering new adapter (ASUS My Cinema U3100 Mini
>>>>>> DVBT Tuner)
>>>>>> [15126.390206] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
>>>>>> [15126.607078] DiB0070: successfully identified
>>>>>> [15126.708031] Registered IR keymap rc-dib0700-rc5
>>>>>> [15126.708271] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as
>>>>>> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3/rc/rc0/input12
>>>>>> [15126.709054] rc0: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as
>>>>>> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3/rc/rc0
>>>>>> [15126.710265] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.
>>>>>> [15126.710273] dvb-usb: ASUS My Cinema U3100 Mini DVBT Tuner
>>>>>> successfully initialized and connected.
>>>>>> [15126.710492] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700
>>>>>> [15557.359129] scan[3798]: segfault at 3 ip b7620aa6 sp bfc268ac error
>>>>>> 4 in libc-2.13.so[b75e2000+156000]
>>>>>> [15650.161033] scan[3836]: segfault at 3 ip b766faa6 sp bf9974dc error
>>>>>> 4 in libc-2.13.so[b7631000+156000]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After this I used the guide at:
>>>>>> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Testing_your_DVB_device
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which resulted into:
>>>>>> yang@vaio:~$ scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/si-Ljubljana>
>>>>>>   ~/.tzap/channels.conf
>>>>>> scanning /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/si-Ljubljana
>>>>>> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
>>>>>> initial transponder 602000000 0 2 9 3 1 3 0
>>>>>> initial transponder 514000000 0 2 9 3 1 2 0
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> tune to:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 602000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WARNING:>>>      tuning failed!!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> tune to:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 602000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>>>>> (tuning failed)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WARNING:>>>      tuning failed!!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> tune to:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 514000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WARNING:>>>      tuning failed!!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> tune to:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 514000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>>>>> (tuning failed)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WARNING:>>>      tuning failed!!!
>>>>>> ERROR: initial tuning failed
>>>>>> dumping lists (0 services)
>>>>>> Done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I seem to be stuck here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I please for some guidance here, thank you !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>> Jan Prunk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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