Enable the IT9135 (WandTv) DVB Usb stick

Do you have Rasbian? If so, open a terminal window and try the command with the DVB plugged in:

lsusb

The output will tell me what drivers you need.

Thanks,

Clem

Dear Clem,

It tells me that the command is not found...

https://dl.pushbulletusercontent.com/xfC6gK7snCboSPdHfQp2Sq3LhnplSnSK/20150416_222201.jpg

"dmesg" for the messages will provide the same information. But warning it may be a lot. "lsusb" in lowercase did not work? try "uname -a".

Clem

Dear Clem,

I did dmesg and have it on a text file here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fi5bgmvee7yyw42/clem.txt?dl=0

Unfortunately isusb did not work (I reinstalled raspbian)

p.s. I know that the WandTv use the IT9135 chip.

I also know that there are Linux drivers (on the installation CD) but I don't know how to make it work on OSMC or Xbian.

Thank you,

Ilan.

http://forum.osmc.tv/printthread.php?tid=2912

http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ITE_IT9135

Try these first:

3. The device manager udev will "automagically" create appropriate device nodes on /dev:
(a) For a DVB device, you should now have a non-empty /dev/dvb directory. You can check on whether this is true for you with the following command:

ls -l /dev/dvb/

(alternatively, you can browse your directory structure with the graphical file manager of your choice). If you have a single DVB device installed in your system, then the output of the above command should reveal that /dev/dvb/ is populated by adapter0. Digging further,

ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0

reveals the character devices associated with adapter0 for which the drivers have control. If you have more then one DVB device, you can see the same for all with

ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter*

(b) For a V4L device, you should now have a non-empty /dev/v4l directory. You can check on whether this is true for you with the following command:

ls -l /dev/v4l

Digging further,

ls -l /dev/v4l/by-path

reveals the symbolic links to the character devices associated with your V4L adapter for which the drivers have control. The most typical of which is /dev/video0. If you have more then one V4L device, you can see the same for all with

ls -l /dev/video*

By the messages, I believe the following will help you install the drivers if needed.

How to Obtain, Build and Install V4L-DVB Device Drivers - LinuxTVWiki

Let me know if this helps by marking this entry as correct, otherwise drop more information...

Clem

Dear Dimitrios,

The post you sent me is from 2012.

After reading, even on the second link, it says that on the new kernels, there is no need to do that procedure.

Maybe I miss something?

Dear Clem,

Thank you for your answer.

The problem is that this is a bit complicated to me to compile drivers in Ubuntu (or maybe Raspian).

I'm sure that many users do use some kind of DVB stick with any kind of Kodi with Raspberry.

Isn't a simple solution for that, with simple steps for Raspberry?

Thank you again!

Dear friends,

Now I am completely lost!

I tried to follow the tutorial of Dimitrios on

[HowTo] Raspbmc PVR TinyUSB2 DVB-T & TVHeadend All-in-one - Printable Version

Now, after I did this step:

sudo -s

cd /

wget http://goo.gl/jFh9x -O rootfs.tar.gz

tar -xzf rootfs.tar.gz

cd /boot

wget http://goo.gl/Xj3IR -O vfat.tar.gz

tar -xzf vfat.tar.gz

reboot

My Raspberry Pi2 won't turn on.

What can I do now?

Thank you.

Although many "howto's" from 2012 are still valid, some of them are not. Late 2014 the raspberry pi 2 was introduced. As it has a different CPU, the firmware needed to be updated. So if you download and install firmware from 2012, it will not boot on your PI 2.

I'm not sure where the "goo.gl" links point to, but if that hasn't been upgaded since that was written, your firmware is too old.

To get it to boot again: Download NOOBS or something like that and start over.

Although many "howto's" from 2012 are still valid, some of them are not. Late 2014 the raspberry pi 2 was introduced. As it has a different CPU, the firmware needed to be updated. So if you download and install firmware from 2012, it will not boot on your PI 2.

I'm not sure where the "goo.gl" links point to, but if that hasn't been upgaded since that was written, your firmware is too old.

To get it to boot again: Download NOOBS or something like that and start over.

Dear Roger,

The problem is that the device won't power up...

I have NOOBS but the device cannot show anything.

Do you have any advice?

The problem is that this is a bit complicated to me to compile drivers in Ubuntu (or maybe Raspian).

 

I'm sure that many users do use some kind of DVB stick with any kind of Kodi with Raspberry.

 

Isn't a simple solution for that, with simple steps for Raspberry?

 

ilan5555,

     I am sorry for your troubles. First I realize you did not account for the new Raspberry Pi 2 and the old Raspberry Pi... Therefore the statement above is true for the OLD Pi and false for the NEW Pi. Please look at first comment in

http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi2/blog/2015/03/19/see-my-new-pi-2-next-what-should-we-do for a good download of for KODI. Since I know you have driver issues, I will try to build the driver on my Pi 2 after I free it from my current project. That may occur this weekend. I can build it, but not test it since I do not have your device. Let me know when the PI 2 is back to square one.

Hang in there,

Clem

Dear Clem,

Now my Raspberry simple won't boot.

I cannot see nothing from the HDMI.

Do you have any idea how to make it boot or did I killed my unit?

Thank you,

Ilan.

The hardware is fine. The software is the problem. Take a deep breathe! What I would like you do is reload the software part. If you have a new card handy, best to use that. If not, the partitions need to be wiped clean. Let me know if you want to reuse the old card and I will have instructions to clean it.

Clem

Dear Clem,

I have 2 micro sd.

One with OSMC and the other with NOOBS and OpenELEC.

I tried to boot from both but the HDMI show nothing.

I have no problem doing whatever you tell me to do.

Well,

I reinstalled NOOBS to the SD card and the unit works!!

Now, back to the old question, is it possible to use the card with any kodi variation for Raspberry?

1. Please take the one with NOOBS, I am going to show you a better version http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot. Take your time and read it,. I believe you will find it easier to use.
2. If your on a Windows machine launch cmd (aka command line). You will need to launch as administrator if Windows 7 or later.
3. Enter: diskpart
4. list disk (enter)
5. select disk (type the disk number for the SD card not HD. Please double check) (enter)
6. clean (enter that will delete all the partitions that you have on your card)
7. then to create a new partition type for FAT
   create partition primary and hit enter
8. Exit and do a format as FAT.
9. Download link Berryboot for the quad-core Raspberry Pi 2:berryboot-20150401-pi2-only.zip
   sha1sum: bc7223fde1c54f7047a74534d11dca6900bec60d
10. Unzip contents to FAT directory
11. reboot Pi with this SD card.
12. Look for openelec and wait for it to download. You may need to reconfigure for wireless/wired access.
13. Here is a picture:

Clem

Dear Clem,

What's the difference between this and NOOBS?

On both we have OpenElec, no?

This is better for many reasons not the least being better support and open source. I have tried all the choices and found little trouble.

Clem

PS I will be around for a while longer should you run into any questions.

Dear Clem,

I will try and do that.

My questions is if this OpenElec will have an option to use the DVB-T stick?

I can use OpenElec or OSMC or Xbian, all the same to play some videos and music.

My issue is that I need to configure it for live tv.