I've been using a TBS 6991SE card under Ubuntu Server 14.04 and Tvheadend 4.0 and it's been working fine for receiving free to air signals. Upgraded to Ubuntu Server 16.04 and Tvheadend 4.2 and the same card with the same settings gives nothing but continuity counter errors. A couple other TBS cards still work fine. One possible difference is that the 6991SE has a CA card slot which is not used in the western hemisphere, and Tvheadend 4.2 actually sees that it has a card slot whereas 4.0 apparently did not have any built in support for such a slot. The cards that continue to work great do NOT have CA card slots. After the upgrade the 6991SE card gives nothing but continuity counter errors. I tested both the standard TBS drivers and the open source ones (from https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki), it made no difference. I installed Tvheadend 4.2 using the instructions at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepository#Usage if that makes any difference; I am not generally well enough versed in Linux to go compiling things from scratch and actually have them work (it's a minor miracle that I get the TBS drivers to compile).
Just a word of warning to anyone who has a 6991SE card or possibly a similar one with a CA slot. I don't know if they will work if you actually have a CA card connected but without one, mine doesn't. If anyone would like to hazard a guess why it won't work following the upgrade, please feel free, I'm all ears!
Just a word of warning to anyone who has a 6991SE card or possibly a similar one with a CA slot. I don't know if they will work if you actually have a CA card connected but without one, mine doesn't. If anyone would like to hazard a guess why it won't work following the upgrade, please feel free, I'm all ears!
Category: Computer and USB Satellite Receivers and Recording