PSA: Finally got working UK HD on my Raspberry Pi 4 Plex under Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS server x64 using Hauppauge winTv DualHD thanks to the 24th March 2023 v0.5-RPi mediatree release.
This doesnt need tvheadend, kaffeine or anything else, just the firmware, mediatree install and plex.
Posting because there’s plenty of (closed) posts on here including my own asking for this but with no solution.
I raised this github issue and although there is no response there, I also chased via Hauppauge support and release v0.5 was the result.
Repro for working install (including installing w_scan to test, but not required for plex to work):
- Use Raspberry Pi Imager to write Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS Server 64bit to an SD card (with SSH by pasword enabled)
- insert into Pi4 and boot
- login
- Set date and time by hand or setup to ntp sync with an ntp server - e.g. for a local router with ntp:
sudo sed -i 's/#NTP=/NTP=192.168.1.1/' /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf && sudo systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd
Do this:
pi@ubuntu:~$ sudo su -
root@ubuntu:~# pkill -9 unattended-upgr
root@ubuntu:~# apt remove unattended-upgrades
root@ubuntu:~# apt update
root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y
root@ubuntu:~# reboot
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........ R E B O O T ........
........ (kernel update) ........
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pi@ubuntu:~$ sudo su -
root@ubuntu:~# uname -a
Linux ubuntu 5.4.0-1080-raspi #91-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 19 09:35:03 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
root@ubuntu:~# wget -O /lib/firmware/dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw https://www.hauppauge.com/linux/dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw
root@ubuntu:~# mkdir /tmp/mediatree
root@ubuntu:~# cd /tmp/mediatree
root@ubuntu:/tmp/mediatree# wget https://github.com/b-rad-NDi/Ubuntu-media-tree-kernel-builder/releases/download/v0.5-RPi/linux-raspi-focal-5.4.0-arm64-23-02-28.zip
root@ubuntu:/tmp/mediatree# apt install unzip w-scan
root@ubuntu:/tmp/mediatree# unzip linux-raspi-focal-5.4.0-arm64-22.05.19.zip
root@ubuntu:/tmp/mediatree# dpkg -i linux*deb
root@ubuntu:/tmp/mediatree# reboot
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........ R E B O O T ........
........ (mediatree installed) ........
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pi@ubuntu:~$ sudo su -
root@ubuntu:~# uname -a
Linux ubuntu 5.4.0-1032205131120-raspi #1+mediatree+hauppauge~raspi SMP PREEMPT Wed May 18 15:02:54 CDT aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
root@ubuntu:~# w_scan -ft -c GB
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# HD channels found!!!
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Install plex, and UK HD channels can be found in the scan.
Thanks @NDInnovations (aka b-rad)
