AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T 777 (A16AR)
PREFACE
The Avermedia 777 is a budget pci DVB-T Card. You can get one for about 65 euros.
You must know that Avermedia777 features a Philips saa7134 and Zarlink MT352 demodulator.
For make this card work, you need at last a vanilla kernel 2.6.17rc3. First we will see how to configure our kernel for the avermedia 777:
KERNEL CONFIGURATION
DEVICE DRIVERS -> I2C ->
select:
[*] I2C Support [*] I2C Device Interface
DEVICE DRIVERS -> I2C -> I2C Algorithms
[*] I2C bit-banging interfaces
DEVICE DRIVERS -> MULTIMEDIA DEVICES ->
select:
[*] Video For Linux
and then go into VIDEO FOR LINUX
DEVICE DRIVERS -> MULTIMEDIA DEVICES -> VIDEO FOR LINUX ->
[*] Philips SAA7134 support [*] Philips SAA7134 DMA audio support [*] DVB/ATSC Support for saa7134 based TV cards [ ] Build all supported frontends for saa7134 based TV cards [*] Zarlink MT352 DVB-T Support [ ] Philips TDA10045H/TDA10046H DVB-T Support [ ] NXT2002/NXT2004 ATSC Support
You must select these components in the kernel configuration if you want your avermedia777 to work. You can compile-in kernel (marked as asterisk) or as Modules (typing M). Some people may think that if they compile in-kernel these components, in particular the saa7134, they won't be able to specify parameters. That's wrong