Problems with Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid tuner

Problems with Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid tuner

[H. Cristiano Alves Machado]

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Hello.

I have an Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid tuner connected in

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0b05:1736 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.


The modules associated with this device in the current linux kernel are:
Module Used by
rc_dib0700_rc5 12508 0
tuner_xc2028 31235 1
dvb_usb_dib0700 149125 0
dib0090 39179 1 dvb_usb_dib0700
dib7000p 43270 2 dvb_usb_dib0700
dib7000m 23489 1 dvb_usb_dib0700
dib0070 18511 1 dvb_usb_dib0700
dvb_usb 24540 1 dvb_usb_dib0700
dib8000 53374 1 dvb_usb_dib0700
dvb_core 111077 3 dib7000p,dvb_usb,dib8000
dib3000mc 23378 1 dvb_usb_dib0700
rc_core 26422 4 rc_dib0700_rc5,dvb_usb_dib0700,dvb_usb
dibx000_common 18810 5 dvb_usb_dib0700,dib7000p,dib7000m,dib8000,dib3000mc

issuing:

$ uname -a

I get

Linux crisr-Satellite-A300 3.5.0-4-generic #4-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 10
04:58:52 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

everytime I try to play dvb-t the image gets distortions and
pixelizations as well as the sound and image lag more than acceptable.


Attached  are readings from dmesg (at connection time first, and then
while using the device)

The second part of the file asus.log refers to the process of checking
the tuning quality parameters at that moment with dvb_apps utility
tzap.

Its readings (tzap's) go below too:


~$ tzap "RTP 1"
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
reading channels from file '/home/crisr/.tzap/channels.conf'
tuning to 754000000 Hz
video pid 0x0100, audio pid 0x0101
status 1f | signal a92a | snr 00bd | ber 001fffff | unc 00000014 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a83a | snr 00b6 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a872 | snr 00b0 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a876 | snr 00b1 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a8a6 | snr 00b6 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a8bd | snr 00b2 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a8d0 | snr 00b5 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a8e9 | snr 00b3 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a903 | snr 00b7 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a916 | snr 00b5 | ber 00000020 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a90f | snr 00b3 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a927 | snr 00b2 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a937 | snr 00b6 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a93f | snr 00b6 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a940 | snr 00af | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a95d | snr 00b7 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a971 | snr 00b3 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a977 | snr 00b9 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a984 | snr 00af | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a980 | snr 00b7 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a991 | snr 00b2 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a998 | snr 00b0 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9ad | snr 00b1 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9c2 | snr 00b2 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9b8 | snr 00b8 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9de | snr 00b2 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000022 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9cb | snr 00b4 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9d5 | snr 00b5 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000015 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9b4 | snr 00b3 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9e2 | snr 00b1 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9d7 | snr 00b2 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9cc | snr 00b1 | ber 00001450 | unc 0000004b | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9ec | snr 00b3 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9e2 | snr 00b4 | ber 00001a80 | unc 0000001d | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal aa0d | snr 00b3 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000016 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a9fc | snr 00b2 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal aa05 | snr 00b4 | ber 00001650 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal aa13 | snr 00b0 | ber 00000ca0 | unc 00000020 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal aa19 | snr 00b5 | ber 00000250 | unc 00000033 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal aa38 | snr 00b2 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
^C
~$

Hope there can be any solution to these problems.

Finally I would like to say that with the same set up, in windows
there are no such problems.

I am trying a long time now to set this system up here in linux and I
have strong reasons to do so:

Besides becoming more and more fond of linux, I could also get to the
point of its ability to use dvblast from vlc and therefore stream
dvb-t channels in the local area network.

Can anybody help?

Best regards!

--
Heberto Cristiano Machado

heberto.machado@gmail.com



--
Heberto Cristiano Machado

heberto.machado@gmail.com

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[ 2411.712311] usb 2-3: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 2412.130142] dvb-usb: found a 'Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[ 2412.207604] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw'
[ 2412.413391] dib0700: firmware started successfully.
[ 2412.916369] dvb-usb: found a 'Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid' in warm state.
[ 2412.917566] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[ 2412.917691] DVB: registering new adapter (Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid)
[ 2413.189622] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
[ 2413.223429] xc2028 6-0061: creating new instance
[ 2413.223439] xc2028 6-0061: type set to XCeive xc2028/xc3028 tuner
[ 2413.272082] Registered IR keymap rc-dib0700-rc5
[ 2413.272759] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-3/rc/rc0/input11
[ 2413.272986] rc0: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-3/rc/rc0
[ 2413.273217] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.
[ 2413.273225] dvb-usb: Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid successfully initialized and connected.
[ 2413.275550] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700














[ 3594.105236] xc2028 6-0061: Loading 80 firmware images from xc3028-v27.fw, type: xc2028 firmware, ver 2.7
[ 3594.129997] xc2028 6-0061: Loading firmware for type=BASE F8MHZ (3), id 0000000000000000.
[ 3595.521616] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.521616] 
[ 3595.525789] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.525789] 
[ 3595.529917] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.529917] 
[ 3595.534034] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.534034] 
[ 3595.538909] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.538909] 
[ 3595.645498] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.645498] 
[ 3595.650413] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.650413] 
[ 3595.655281] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.655281] 
[ 3595.660376] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.660376] 
[ 3595.665544] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.665544] 
[ 3595.670418] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.670418] 
[ 3595.675291] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.675291] 
[ 3595.680167] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3595.680167] 






[ 3600.359519] 
[ 3600.363644] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.363644] 
[ 3600.363656] xc2028 6-0061: Loading firmware for type=D2620 DTV8 (208), id 0000000000000000.
[ 3600.368539] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.368539] 
[ 3600.373678] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.373678] 
[ 3600.377786] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.377786] 
[ 3600.385997] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.385997] 
[ 3600.394298] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.394298] 
[ 3600.403371] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.403371] 
[ 3600.407521] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.407521] 
[ 3600.411645] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.411645] 
[ 3600.419661] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.419661] 
[ 3600.423763] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.423763] 
[ 3600.429910] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.429910] 
[ 3600.434038] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.434038] 
[ 3600.442042] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.442042] 
[ 3600.446145] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.446145] 
[ 3600.450269] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.450269] 
[ 3600.457164] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.457164] 
[ 3600.461539] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.461539] 
[ 3600.465643] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.465643] 
[ 3600.469769] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.469769] 
[ 3600.474645] dib0700: stk7700ph_xc3028_callback: unknown command 2, arg 0
[ 3600.474645] 
[ 3600.474654] xc2028 6-0061: Loading SCODE for type=DTV7 DTV78 DTV8 DIBCOM52 CHINA SCODE HAS_IF_5400 (65000380), id 0000000000000000.
[ 3641.530239] dib0700: could not acquire lock
[ 3641.530250] dvb-usb: error while stopping stream.

Re: Problems with Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid tuner

[Oliver Schinagl]

I take it you've tried one of the distro's that currently supports this 
USB tuner? Ubuntu should/could have support for it, I don't know.

On 19-07-12 13:58, Heberto Cristiano Alves Machado wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> Can anybody help?
>>
>> Best regards!
>>
>> --
>> Heberto Cristiano Machado
>>
>> heberto.machado <at> gmail.com
>
>
> Hello world!
>
> How can I get help in here?
>
> I am willing to learn whatever is needed to put the card rolling!
>
> Can't anyone show a bit sympathy?
>
> Comparing to the skills you folks show-up in here maybe I am utterly ignorant.
>
> (Perhaps even more as to think that I might find "solace" here in the quest to
> solve this puzzle :) ).
>
> I must stress that my knowledge is very rudimentary. So this otherwise
> insignificant problem may be... meaningless to this community... Nevertheless I
> tried... Worse than this I wouldn't be (or would I?).
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
> H. Cristiano Alves Machado <heberto.machado <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
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Re: Problems with Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid tuner

[Heberto Cristiano Alves Machado]

>
> Hello.
> 
> Can anybody help?
> 
> Best regards!
> 
> --
> Heberto Cristiano Machado
> 
> heberto.machado <at> gmail.com



Hello world!

How can I get help in here?

I am willing to learn whatever is needed to put the card rolling!

Can't anyone show a bit sympathy?

Comparing to the skills you folks show-up in here maybe I am utterly ignorant.

(Perhaps even more as to think that I might find "solace" here in the quest to 
solve this puzzle :) ).

I must stress that my knowledge is very rudimentary. So this otherwise 
insignificant problem may be... meaningless to this community... Nevertheless I 
tried... Worse than this I wouldn't be (or would I?).

Regards.



H. Cristiano Alves Machado <heberto.machado <at> gmail.com> writes:

Re: Problems with Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid tuner

[Heberto Cristiano Alves Machado]

Oliver Schinagl <oliver+list <at> schinagl.nl> writes:

> 
> I take it you've tried one of the distro's that currently supports this 
> USB tuner? Ubuntu should/could have support for it, I don't know.
> 
> On 19-07-12 13:58, Heberto Cristiano Alves Machado wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> Can anybody help?
> >>
> >> Best regards!
> >>

I've posted in ubuntu forums
--->
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12115667#post12115667
and I've searched all over. It's odd there's just me with 
this problem.

That is why I am trying to actively seek help.
Until now I have only searched by 
myself.
I have tried several approaches but none has worked.

What seems surprising is that at the beginning (say the first half a minute)
the image and sound are fairly good. But as the time moves on (and the card 
heats up) image and sound get poorer.

I appreciate your gesture, Oliver.

Regards

Re: Problems with Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid tuner

[Oliver Schinagl]

You really should supply a LOT more info. Dmesg output etc. Did you try 
changing USB output? What motherboard etc do you have. 'It does not 
work' doesn't help really :)

On 07/19/12 21:10, Heberto Cristiano Alves Machado wrote:
> Oliver Schinagl<oliver+list<at>  schinagl.nl>  writes:
>
>>
>> I take it you've tried one of the distro's that currently supports this
>> USB tuner? Ubuntu should/could have support for it, I don't know.
>>
>> On 19-07-12 13:58, Heberto Cristiano Alves Machado wrote:
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody help?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards!
>>>>
>
> I've posted in ubuntu forums
> --->
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12115667#post12115667
> and I've searched all over. It's odd there's just me with
> this problem.
>
> That is why I am trying to actively seek help.
> Until now I have only searched by
> myself.
> I have tried several approaches but none has worked.
>
> What seems surprising is that at the beginning (say the first half a minute)
> the image and sound are fairly good. But as the time moves on (and the card
> heats up) image and sound get poorer.
>
> I appreciate your gesture, Oliver.
>
> Regards
>
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
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Re: Problems with Asus My Cinema-U3000Hybrid tuner

[Oliver Schinagl]

On 20-07-12 11:01, H. Cristiano Alves Machado wrote:
> 2012/7/20 Oliver Schinagl <oliver+list@schinagl.nl>:
>> I did do see those already. Well if you have never seen it properly work in
>> Linux, there may be a few things to try. The easiest is an older version of
>> ubuntu for example. DIB7000 based devices are supported for quite some time.
>> 10.04 was an LTS release, best start with that one to test. The only other
>> thing I could think of, is that maybe your firmware is different. It
>> currently loads 1.20; Maybe try extracting the firmware from your windows
>> driver and try that first.
>>
>> Other then that, I really have no idea :(
> Hi Oliver and thanks for the care you've shown up until now! I really
> appreciate that.
>
> I will try to follow your suggestions.
>
> I will try to install previous version of ubuntu (10.04 LTS first) and
> then the second way, adapt windows'.
I found that on October 13th 2008 Mauro commited support for the Asus My 
Cinema U3000 Hybrid. Mauro is currently on vacation  so your best bet 
would have been him. I also see that Albert Comera and Patrick Boettcher 
signed off on this too, so they should know the details on why it's not 
working.

I've noticed that my PCI DVB-T card works quite some better in kaffeine 
then in VDR. Also me-tv works reasonably well (when not using a CAM). 
Try various applications in your testing enviroment, it may be 
application related.

Unfortunately I can not help you anymore then that.
>
> I have some doubts about extracting windows drivers and applying them here.
>
> How can I go about doing that?
>
> If you (or someone else can give some pointers I will try to follow them)
>
> Besides I will also look (google) around to see how that can be done.
>
> Best regards!