How to watch dvb-t in Fedora?

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I have purchased a dongle that seems compatible at most to receive DVB-T TV streams, but as its look like Fedora repositories doesn’t have any wscan2 or other program that actually targets DVB-T channels and playback. Kodi is basically seems to be useless, VLC only allows non-digital scans, Kaffeine same using VLC plugins and finds in scan nothing. TVTime is same only recognises the camera as output, so I don’t know what to search, how to add streams. Within the dmesg everything is set, and configured, finds every part, yet I lost in between the apps. Any advice?

TIA.

Zoltan

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[104486.429420] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=048d, idProduct=9006, bcdDevice= 2.00
[104486.429443] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[104486.429452] usb 1-3: Product: DVB-T TV Stick
[104486.429460] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: ITE Technologies, Inc.
[104486.436744] dvb_usb_af9035 1-3:1.0: prechip_version=83 chip_version=02 chip_type=9135
[104486.449008] usb 1-3: dvb_usb_v2: found a ‘ITE 9135(9006) Generic’ in cold state
[104486.449666] usb 1-3: dvb_usb_v2: downloading firmware from file ‘dvb-usb-it9135-02.fw’
[104486.571064] dvb_usb_af9035 1-3:1.0: firmware version=3.40.1.0
[104486.571079] usb 1-3: dvb_usb_v2: found a ‘ITE 9135(9006) Generic’ in warm state
[104486.571819] usb 1-3: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer
[104486.571838] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (ITE 9135(9006) Generic)
[104486.571844] usb 1-3: media controller created
[104486.572299] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity ‘dvb-demux’ registered.
[104486.579624] af9033 9-001c: firmware version: LINK 3.40.1.0 - OFDM 3.40.1.0
[104486.579635] af9033 9-001c: Afatech AF9033 successfully attached
[104486.579676] usb 1-3: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Afatech AF9033 (DVB-T))…
[104486.579689] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity ‘Afatech AF9033 (DVB-T)’ registered.
[104486.582929] it913x it9133bx-tuner.38.auto: ITE IT913X BX successfully attached
[104486.596252] Registered IR keymap rc-it913x-v1
[104486.596309] rc rc0: ITE 9135(9006) Generic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/rc/rc0
[104486.596432] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver dvb_usb_af9035 registered at minor = 0, scancode receiver, no transmitter
[104486.596486] input: ITE 9135(9006) Generic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/rc/rc0/input33
[104486.596586] usb 1-3: dvb_usb_v2: ‘ITE 9135(9006) Generic’ successfully initialized and connected
[104486.599019] input: ITE Technologies, Inc. DVB-T TV Stick as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.1/0003:048D:9006.000A/input/input34
[104486.670991] hid-generic 0003:048D:9006.000A: input,hidraw8: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [ITE Technologies, Inc. DVB-T TV Stick] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input1

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Okay, a little bit update around the hassle. I have dvbv5 with dvbv5-tools, that looks like could scan, but the output is basically nothing, if you don’t know your frequencies related to your location, and neither nothing if you feed with it. SO, I skipped it. Then I found the TVHeadend, what is browser based, and seems to be working but it has the hassle that needs some login credentials, spiced with every damn release has a different database, therefore you are on mercy that will let you in or not. I still want to churn out the Foss Cow milk, to make butter smooth tv and radio experience - so still not given up, until my rubber ENTER button doesn’t gets really flat under my constant hitting fury. So, the question WTH will work to use my HW?

Z

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Years ago I set-up tvheadend server on a computer with some PCI-E card that had a coaxial end that I connected to an outdoor HDTV antenna. tvheadend would handle the scanning for channels, and then Kodi clients on LAN with the tvheadend addon would connect to that tvheadend server and be able to view channels through Kodi’s PVR.

According to my old notes I was messing with ATSC, but I’m thinking DVB-T should be similar as long as the signal capture card can read that signal and there’s signals around for it to read.

I recall having some quick/small USB DVB-T adapter with small antenna, but don’t think I got it to scan anything in my area with VLC (iirc no DVB-T signals to test).