AVerMedia
AVerMedia is a Taiwanese company that produces and sells many analog and digital 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 | Chipset | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD EZMaker 7 | C039 | S-Video, composite | USB 2.0 | ✘ No | Conexant CX23102 |
Digital devices
| Model name | Model number | Standards | Interface | Supported | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 DVB-T | A761 | DVB-T | PCI | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV Digi Super 007 | M135D | DVB-T | PCI | ✔ Yes | saa7134 |
| AVerTV Digi Super 007 | DVB-T, DAB | PCI | ~ Partial | ||
| AVerTV DVB-T 771 | A771 | DVB-T | PCI | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV DVB-T 777 | A16AR | DVB-T | PCI | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI | A16D | DVB-T | PCI | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI | A16AR | DVB-T | PCI | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV Hybrid+FM Cardbus | E506R | DVB-T, NTSC/PAL/SECAM Analog, FM | Cardbus | ✘ No | Experimental support exists |
| AVerTV HD Express | A918R | DVB-T | ExpressCard | ✘ No | af9035.c + dvb-usb-ids.h source files to be updated [1]
couldn't get any working frequency/transponder (with 100% signal strength) |
| AVerTV Hybrid Express Slim | HC81R | DVB-T, analog TV, ATSC, PAL, FM digital radio | ExpressCard | ✘ No | Many features and very compact, but gets extremely hot |
| AVerTV Hybrid NanoExpress | HC82 | ExpressCard | ~ Partial | ||
| AVerTV Speedy Hybrid PCI-E | DVB-T, analog TV, ATSC, PAL, FM digital radio | PCIe | ~ Partial | ||
| AVerTV Hybrid Express | A577 | DVB-T, analog TV, FM digital radio | ExpressCard | ✘ No | Many features and very compact |
| A169 | A169 | Dual Analog, FM | PCI | ? Unknown | Versions B and B1 are listed as card numbers 91 and 92 in CARDLIST.saa7134. |
| AVerTVHD MCE | A180 | ATSC | PCI | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV Combo PCIe | M780 | ATSC | PCIe | ✘ No | |
| AVerTV Volar | A868R | ATSC | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | Supported since 2.6.27 |
| 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 |
| PCIe Combo (OEM) | M791 | ATSC | PCIe | ✘ No | |
| PCIe Combo (OEM) | M792 | ATSC | PCIe | ✘ No | |
| 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 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 Satellite Trinity | A707 | DVB-T DVB-S Analog TV FM | PCIe | ✘ No | |
| AVerTV Duo Hybrid PCI-E | A177 | Dual DVB-T, analog TV, FM | PCIe | ✘ No | |
| AVerTV Speedy PCI-E | H788 | Analog TV, FM | PCIe | ✘ No | |
| AVerTV Hybrid Speedy PCI-E | H788R | DVB-T Analog TV FM | PCIe | ? Unknown | |
| AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E | H788 | ATSC, NTSC Analog, FM | PCIe | ✘ No | |
| 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 |
| AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX | H826 | ATSC, NTSC | PCIe | ✘ No | US market only |
| A301 | A301 | DVB-T, PAL, ATSC, NTSC | Mini PCIe (Minicard) | ~ Partial | DVB-T works with the AVerTV Hybrid+FM Volar A828 Linux driver. You can download the Beta driver for Linux 64 bit and Linux 32 bit. |
| 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. |
| A316 | A316 | DVB-T, PAL, NTSC | 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. |
| Hybrid PCI-E | M779 | DVB-T, PAL, SECAM | PCIe | ✘ No | Card shipped by Dell |
| AVerTV HD PRO | H868R | SBTVD (ISTB-t for Brazil) Hybrid RCA S-Video inputs | USB 2.0 | ? Unknown | Testing some kernel modules |
| AVerTV Digi Volar EX | A815 | DVB-T | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV Volar Black HD | A850 | DVB-T | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV Volar Red HD+ | A850T | DVB-T | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | |
| AVerTV Volar Green HD | A835 | DVB-T | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | Since kernel 3.5 and firmware update |
| AVerTV Nova T2 | DVB-T, DVB-T2 | PCIe | ? Unknown |
- AVerTV DVB-T Volar (A808) has a Linux compatible label on the product site but with licence issues.
- AVerTV DVB-T Express (E568) has a Linux compatible label on the product site (not found anymore) but with licence issues.
- AVerTV DVB-T Express X (E568E) has a Linux compatible label on the product site but with licence 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
Licence issues
Some product pages have a 'Linux compatible' label, but the licence 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"?