Tuner TNT on Ubuntu

First copy the firmware file (the one you downloaded) into /lib/firmware/, i.e. as root:

cp blabla.fw /lib/firmware

If you don’t know which blabla.fw file is correct, you can download all the files you find at the link above and place them all in /lib/firmware. The driver will automatically look for the right file later, provided your stick is really recognized in Linux.

After that, plug in your stick and check if the light comes on and with the command “dmesg” check the kernel messages which will say whether it recognized your stick.
If yes, the driver works and you still need to create a channels.conf file with the “scan” program in the dvb-apps package and afterwards you can watch (or even record) TV with xine, mplayer or vlc using this file.
If the driver in your Ubuntu kernel doesn’t work yet you will need to install a newer version. If you have a kernel around 2.6.16 or similar, chances are good that it will work on the first try.

In any case you should carefully read and follow this tutorial:
http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/index.php?site=dvb-usb-howto
http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/index.php?site=dvb-usb
If the stick is recognized (with the small light turning on) you no longer need to follow the driver installation part of this tutorial, otherwise you do also this part.
After that you should follow the part where it explains how to download, install the dvb-apps package which also contains the “scan” software to create the channels.conf file. In particular for France there are all the base data files for all TNT broadcasters in this package, so it should work by following the tutorial.

I hope you understand enough English to follow this tutorial, otherwise you’ll need to search on Google for another French tutorial.

hello

thank you very much for your help

this is great it works finally after 2 days of searching to know where to put the driver .
i took 10 minutes to get everything running
here is what i did if it can help someone else: I AM ON UBUNTU DAPPER 6.06
first the site https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB#DiBcom_USB2.0_DVB-T_devices_.28base...
to see if the key is there, and it indicates the firmware next to the key
then download it, just below introduction there is a firmware tab with on the right : 1 or 2
choose in the list the one indicated previously next to the key and download it .
for me on ubuntu, it arrived on the desktop .
with some help i learned how to use the driver .
so as root cp blabla.fw /lib/firmware
(replace blabla with the driver name )
then i plugged in the key and it turned on
i ran "dmesg "and it is recognized
i just got dvb-usb: recv bulk message failed: -110 ,on the last line, i don't know what that means, but it works
I started KAFFEINE
it detected the key on startup
then in device settings (dvb), you have to search for your city, i set fr.rennes and done or ok
in kaffeine, dvb tab open channel tab (1st on left with tv icon)
start scan, move the result to the left (all channels) in channels and done .

there you go it's finished
for me it works finally
best regards thank you

I’m very happy for you that it’s working well and especially that it’s easier than I thought, and that’s thanks to kaffeine which already has an geographic database integrated, so no need to create this channels.conf file.

To summarize, based on what I know, the following software work with DVB (digital terrestrial for DVB-T but also DVB-S for satellite or DVB-C for cable) in Linux: kaffeine, xine, MythTV (apparently very good!), mplayer and also VLC and maybe others.

Do not forget VDR, which turns a Linux PC into a digital magnet, useful if you want to dedicate an entire Linux PC to this task and place that PC next to the TV and do everything in front of the TV screen, from what I understand.

Me, I prefer VLC; it’s a bit more complicated than kaffeine but it lets me record with the AC3 track (the Dolby 5.1 of M6, TF1, NRJ12, ...) and even record several channels at the same time with a single DVB-T tuner if those channels are on the same multiplex (for example FR2 and ARTE or M6 and W9). On top of that it works very well with Freeplayer from Free. I can thus redirect the Freebox’s DVB-T from the USB key directly to Freeplayer, something impossible in Windows because the Windows VLC doesn’t work with DVB-T whereas the Linux VLC does.

P.S.: to clarify the file you downloaded, it’s the firmware and not the driver; the driver is in the recent kernels, apparently in the latest Ubuntu it’s well planned and ready. Only the driver must load the firmware when it is active with the DVB-T USB key connected to the computer. For that it looks in the /lib/firmware folder.