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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+======================================
+Avermedia DVB-T on BT878 Release Notes
+======================================
+
+February 14th 2006
+
+.. note::
+
+   Several other Avermedia devices are supported. For a more
+   broader and updated content about that, please check:
+
+   https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerMedia
+
+The Avermedia DVB-T
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The Avermedia DVB-T is a budget PCI DVB card. It has 3 inputs:
+
+* RF Tuner Input
+* Composite Video Input (RCA Jack)
+* SVIDEO Input (Mini-DIN)
+
+The  RF  Tuner  Input  is the input to the tuner module of the
+card.  The  Tuner  is  otherwise known as the "Frontend" . The
+Frontend of the Avermedia DVB-T is a Microtune 7202D. A timely
+post  to  the  linux-dvb  mailing  list  ascertained  that the
+Microtune  7202D  is  supported  by the sp887x driver which is
+found in the dvb-hw CVS module.
+
+The  DVB-T card is based around the BT878 chip which is a very
+common multimedia bridge and often found on Analogue TV cards.
+There is no on-board MPEG2 decoder, which means that all MPEG2
+decoding  must  be done in software, or if you have one, on an
+MPEG2 hardware decoding card or chipset.
+
+
+Getting the card going
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+At  this  stage,  it  has  not  been  able  to  ascertain  the
+functionality  of the remaining device nodes in respect of the
+Avermedia  DVBT.  However,  full  functionality  in respect of
+tuning,  receiving  and  supplying  the  MPEG2  data stream is
+possible  with the currently available versions of the driver.
+It  may be possible that additional functionality is available
+from  the  card  (i.e.  viewing the additional analogue inputs
+that  the card presents), but this has not been tested yet. If
+I get around to this, I'll update the document with whatever I
+find.
+
+To  power  up  the  card,  load  the  following modules in the
+following order:
+
+* modprobe bttv (normally loaded automatically)
+* modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules)
+
+Insertion  of  these  modules  into  the  running  kernel will
+activate the appropriate DVB device nodes. It is then possible
+to start accessing the card with utilities such as scan, tzap,
+dvbstream etc.
+
+The frontend module sp887x.o, requires an external   firmware.
+Please use  the  command "get_dvb_firmware sp887x" to download
+it. Then copy it to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware or /lib/firmware/
+(depending on configuration of firmware hotplug).
+
+Known Limitations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+At  present  I can say with confidence that the frontend tunes
+via /dev/dvb/adapter{x}/frontend0 and supplies an MPEG2 stream
+via   /dev/dvb/adapter{x}/dvr0.   I   have   not   tested  the
+functionality  of any other part of the card yet. I will do so
+over time and update this document.
+
+There  are some limitations in the i2c layer due to a returned
+error message inconsistency. Although this generates errors in
+dmesg  and  the  system logs, it does not appear to affect the
+ability of the frontend to function correctly.
+
+Further Update
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+dvbstream  and  VideoLAN  Client on windows works a treat with
+DVB,  in  fact  this  is  currently  serving as my main way of
+viewing  DVB-T  at  the  moment.  Additionally, VLC is happily
+decoding  HDTV  signals,  although  the PC is dropping the odd
+frame here and there - I assume due to processing capability -
+as all the decoding is being done under windows in software.
+
+Many  thanks to Nigel Pearson for the updates to this document
+since the recent revision of the driver.