AVerMedia

AVerMedia is a Taiwanese manufacturer of TV devices for personal computers. Some AVerMedia devices are well supported under Linux via drivers from the LinuxTV project. AVerMedia, themselves, do not provide direct support for their devices under Linux but for one exception (which itself is a case that is quite limited in scope). A dialogue with George Chen, AVerMedia Technologies S.L. director, outlines the company's current position in regards to Linux (Spanish).

AVerMedia is occasionally explicitly Linux friendly, though most support has been written without their input and we cannot count on their help in resolving problems. Most of their cards are well supported under Linux.

Analog devices

AVerMedia's bttv cards are well supported and work out of the box. See Bttv devices (bt848, bt878).

Several of AVerMedia's saa713x cards are also well supported. See Saa713x devices.

Model name	Model number	Standards	Interface	Supported	Comments
A169	A169	Dual analog FM	PCI	? Unknown	Versions B and B1 are listed as card numbers 91 and 92 in CARDLIST.saa7134.
DVD EZMaker 7	C039	S-Video, composite	USB 2.0	✘ No	Conexant CX23102 chipset
AVerTV Speedy PCI-E	H788	Analog TV, FM	PCIe	✘ No

Digital devices

Model name	Model number	Standards	Interface	Supported	Comments
AVerTV DVB-T 777	A16AR	DVB-T	PCI	✔ Yes
AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI	A16AR	DVB-T	PCI	✔ Yes
AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI	A16D	DVB-T	PCI	✔ Yes
AVerTV Duo Hybrid PCI-E	A177	Dual DVB-T, analog TV, FM	PCIe	✘ No
AVerTVHD MCE	A180	ATSC	PCI	✔ Yes
AVerTV Duo Hybrid PCI-E II	A188	Dual DVB-T, analog TV, FM	PCIe	? Unknown
AVerTVHD Duet	A188	Dual ATSC, ClearQAM	PCIe	✘ No	No Linux drivers
A301	A301	DVB-T, PAL, ATSC, NTSC	Mini PCIe (Minicard)	~ Partial	DVB-T works with the beta driver for the AVerTV Hybrid+FM Volar A828.
A306	A306	DVB-T, PAL, NTSC	Mini PCIe (Minicard)	? Unknown	Seems to be similar to A301 but A306 includes S-Video connector. Some hardware components: Xceive Silicon Tuner, Afatech DVB-T Demodulator, Conexant video and broadcast audio decoder and PCIe bridge.
AVerMedia A312 (ATSC)	A312	ATSC	Mini PCIe (Minicard)	✘ No
A316	A316	DVB-T, PAL, NTSC	Mini PCIe (Minicard)	✘ No	Seems that some of drivers exist but modules are not loaded automatically. Linux drivers for A827 or A828 doesn't work here. Hardware components are Afatech and NXP.
MiniCard Dual DVB-T	A373	Dual DVB-T	PCIe (Minicard)	✘ No	Uses ITS IT9135 tuner. PCIe Minicard but reports as USB. Shipped in Acer Revo RL70.
AVerTV Hybrid Express	A577	DVB-T, analog TV, FM digital radio	ExpressCard	✘ No	Many features and very compact
AVerTV DVB-S Pro	A700	DVB-S	PCI	✘ No	Experimental support exists
AVerTV DVB-S Hybrid+FM	A700	DVB-S	PCI	✘ No	Experimental support exists
AVerTV Satellite Trinity	A707	DVB-T, DVB-S, analog TV, FM	PCIe	✘ No
AVerTV Nova T2	A757	DVB-T, DVB-T2	PCIe	? Unknown
AVerTV DVB-T	A761	DVB-T	PCI	✔ Yes
AVerTV DVB-T 771	A771	DVB-T	PCI	✔ Yes
AVerTV DVB-T USB 2.0	A800	DVB-T	USB 2.0	✔ Yes	Comes with a tiny antenna; has a Linux compatible label on the product site and is fully supported via the Open Source DiBUSB Linux driver.
AVerTV Digi Volar EX	A815	DVB-T	USB 2.0	✔ Yes
AverTV Hybrid Volar HX	A827	DVB-T, analog TV, FM	USB 2.0	~ Partial	Works on Fedora 11, 12, 13, RHEL-Workstation-6.0-beta, with 0.07 beta - 0.10 beta drivers from Avermedia. Tested/working on ArchLinux(i386) with 2.6.33 kernel and 0.10 beta driver. AVerMedia stopped maintaining their driver; it is unusable with kernel-2.6.35. Driver needed for newer kernels!
AVerTV Hybrid+FM Volar	A828	DVB-T, analog TV, FM	USB 2.0	? Unknown
AVerTV Volar Green HD	A835	DVB-T	USB 2.0	✔ Yes	Since kernel 3.5 and firmware update
AVerTV Volar Black HD	A850	DVB-T	USB 2.0	✔ Yes
AVerTV Volar Red HD+	A850T	DVB-T	USB 2.0	✔ Yes
AVerTV Volar	A868R	ATSC	USB 2.0	✔ Yes	Supported since 2.6.27
AVerTV HD Express	A918R	DVB-T	ExpressCard	✘ No	af9035.c + dvb-usb-ids.h source files to be updated. Couldn't get any working frequency/transponder (even with 100% signal strength).
AVerTV Hybrid+FM Cardbus	E506R	DVB-T, NTSC/PAL/SECAM, FM	Cardbus	✘ No	Experimental support exists
AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E	H788	ATSC, NTSC, FM	PCIe	✘ No
AVerTV Hybrid Speedy PCI-E	H788R	DVB-T, ATSC, PAL, FM digital radio	PCIe	~ Partial
AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX	H826	ATSC, NTSC	PCIe	✘ No	US market only
AVerTV Hybrid Volar HD	H830	DVB-T, analog TV, FM	USB	~ Partial	Official driver supports neither FM nor remote control. Tested on Ubuntu 10.04. Successfully installed on Debian with appropriate kernel
AVerTV HD PRO	H868R	SBTVD (ISTB-t for Brazil), hybrid RCA/S-Video inputs	USB 2.0	? Unknown	Testing some kernel modules
AVerTV Hybrid Express Slim	HC81R	DVB-T, ATSC, PAL, FM digital radio	ExpressCard	✘ No	Many features and very compact, but gets extremely hot
AVerTV Hybrid NanoExpress	HC82		ExpressCard	~ Partial
AVerTV DVB-T Super 007	M135C	DVB-T	PCI
AVerTV DVB-T Super 007	M135D	DVB-T	PCI	✔ Yes	saa7134
AVerTV Hybrid Super 007	M135R	DVB-T, NTSC, PAL, SECAM	PCI	✘ No
Hybrid PCI-E	M779	DVB-T, PAL, SECAM	PCIe	✘ No	Card shipped by Dell
AVerTV Combo PCIe	M780	ATSC	PCIe	✘ No
PCIe Combo (OEM)	M791	ATSC	PCIe	✘ No
PCIe Combo (OEM)	M792	ATSC	PCIe	✘ No

• AVerTV DVB-T Volar (A808) has a Linux compatible label on the product site but with license issues.
• AVerTV DVB-T Express (E568) has a Linux compatible label on the product site (not found anymore) but with license issues.
• AVerTV DVB-T Express X (E568E) has a Linux compatible label on the product site but with license issues and need to be patched for kernel 2.6.27.

Third-party drivers

In progress:

• AVerMedia Cardbus Hybrid TV FM E506
• AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid FM PCI A16D
• AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid FM PCI A16AR

License issues

Some product pages have a 'Linux compatible' label, but the license in the associated driver that they offer includes the words "The binaries part of AVerMedia Linux Driver is ported from Windows driver and is under some other NDA, so the original source code will not be released." This suggests that this driver has non-free dependencies, which suggests that this driver will never be included in Linux. Does "is fully supported" in the paragraph above mean "supported so long as you use AVerMedia's out-of-tree driver", or does it mean "supported in-tree, no need for AVerMedia's own driver"?

External links

• Official website