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 | Released (year) | 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 | ||
| AVerTV Super 007 | M135A | Analog TV | PCI | ? Unknown |
See also the devices listed on the pages Hardware device information.
Digital devices
| Model name | Model number | Standards | Interface | Supported | Released (year) | 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 | ||
| 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. | |
| A312 | 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 DVB-T Volar | A808 | DVB-T | USB | ? Unknown | Had a "Linux compatible" label on the product site, but with license issues | |
| AVerTV Digi Volar X | A815 | DVB-T | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | 2008 | |
| 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 | 2010 | 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 Volar HD | DVB-T ? | USB 2.0 | ? Unknown | 2012 | ||
| AVerTV Volar HD 2 | TD110 | DVB-T | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | 2015 | Supported since 4.8 (ref) |
| AVerTV Volar HD PRO | A835 | DVB-T | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | 2010 | |
| AVerTV TD310 | TD310 | DVB-T, DVB-T2, DVB-C | USB 2.0 | ✔ Yes | 2017 | See this Czech forum See how to install on Ubuntu |
| 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 | ✔ Yes | ||
| AVerTV DVB-T Express | E568 | DVB-T | ExpressCard | ? Unknown | Had a "Linux compatible" label on the product site, but with license issues | |
| AVerTV DVB-T Express X | E568E | DVB-T | ExpressCard | ✘ No | Had a "Linux compatible" label on the product site, but with license issues, and needs to be patched for kernel 2.6.27 | |
| AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E | H788 | ATSC, Clear QAM, NTSC | PCIe | ✘ No | ||
| AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E | H788D | ATSC, Clear QAM | PCIe | ✘ No | ||
| AVerTV Hybrid Speedy PCI-E | H788R | DVB-T, ATSC, PAL, FM digital radio | PCIe | ✘ No | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | HC82R | DVB-T, PAL, NTSC, and SECAM | ExpressCard | ~ Partial | ||
| AVerTV Hybrid NanoExpress | HC82U | ATSC and NTSC | ExpressCard | ~ Partial | ||
| AVerTV Super 007 DVB-T | M135C | DVB-T | PCI | ? Unknown | ||
| 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 |
See also the devices listed on the pages Hardware device information.
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.