TBS Open Source Wiki

Thanks to Luis help, now TBS has the first version of Linux Open Source driver. Welcome you to download for testing. If there is any question, you can send email to our support#tbsdtv.com . Your comments and advice will be highly appreciated.

Currently supported cards:

DVB-S/S2	Cards
PCI-E
	TBS6922
	TBS6922SE
	TBS6902
	TBS6980
	TBS6981
	TBS6982
	TBS6983
	TBS6984
	TBS6985
	TBS6904
	TBS6905
	TBS6908
	TBS6909
	TBS6991SE
	TBS6910
USB
	TBS5920
	TBS5922
	TBS5922SE
	TBS5980

DVB-T/T2/C	Cards
PCI-E
	TBS6280
	TBS6281
	TBS6281SE
	TBS6284
	TBS6285
	TBS6290SE
	TBS6205
USB
	TBS5880
	TBS5280

Multi-Standard	Cards
PCI-E
	TBS6522
	TBS6528
	TBS6590
USB
	TBS5520

Downloading and building

git clone https://github.com/tbsdtv/media_build.git
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media.git -b latest ./media
cd media_build
make dir DIR=../media
make distclean
make -j4
make install
restart

Upgrading sources and re-installing

~ $ cd media
~/media $ git remote update
~/media $ git pull
~/media $ cd ../media_build
~/media_build $ git remote update
~/media_build $ git pull
~/media_build $ make
~/media_build $ sudo make install
(now you can reboot or unload/reload modules manually:)
~/media_build $ sudo make rmmod
~/media_build $ sudo modprobe ...

FAQ:

1./bin/sh: 1: lsdiff: not found
sudo apt-get install patchutils

2.you may need to install the Proc::ProcessTable module
sudo apt-get install libproc-processtable-perl

3.fatal error: drx39xyj/drx39xxj.h: No such file or directory
mkdir -p v4l/drx39xyj
cp v4l/drx39xxj.h v4l/drx39xyj/

4.Can not find the 6909 firmware
wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/linux/dvb-fe-mxl5xx.fw
cp dvb-fe-mxl5xx.fw /lib/firmware/