Ubuntu support for Hauppauge TV tuners

Hauppauge technical support has been testing various Hauppauge TV tuners with Ubuntu, and has created both a video and a list of steps to install the TV tuners on Ubuntu. You can contact Hauppauge support at: support@hauppauge.com

Ubuntu installation video

Click here for our Ubuntu installation video

Ubuntu installation instructions

Click here for the step by step instructions

Linux drivers for Hauppauge TV tuners

Click here for the Linux drivers
Includes drivers for the WinTV-HVR-955Q, WinTV-HVR-1955 and WinTV-HVR-1975 plus the WinTV-HVR-2205 and WinTV-HVR-2255.

Raspberry Pi Support for Hauppauge TV tuners

Hauppauge technical support has been testing with the Raspberry Pi Model B+, not the current Raspberry Pi 2. All performance should be increased with newer model of the Raspberry Pi.

WinTV-HVR-955Q

Raspbian Jessie The current version of Raspbian Jessie comes with Kernel 4.1 and it already includes support for the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-955Q.

Raspbian can be downloaded from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

Please check the Raspberry Pi community on how to install and run an operating system on the Raspberry Pi.

All you need to do is connect the WinTV-HVR-955Q to a USB port on the Raspberry Pi.

You will also need the firmware which is not included with Raspbian Jessie. You can download the Conexant cx231xx USB firmware v4l-cx231xx-avcore-01.fw for the WinTV-HVR-955Q from Linuxtv.org http://linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/#conexant You will need to copy the firmware file to /lib/firmware and reboot the system. That is all you need to load the TV tuner firmware and get the WinTV-HVR-955Q device detected.

OpenElec

The current version of OpenELEC 6.0.1 Kernel also has support out of the box for the WinTV-HVR-955Q.

OpenELEC can be downloaded from http://openelec.tv/get-openelec

Please check the OpenELEC community on how to install and run an operating system on the Raspberry Pi.

All you need to do is connect the HVR-955Q to a USB port on the Raspberry Pi.

The firmware is already included nothing else needs to be done to get the HVR-955Q detected.

Satellite TV for your Raspberry Pi

Use the PCTV 461e Satellite TV receiver with your Raspberry Pi. Here is a video on how to install the drivers and how to use Kaffeine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsRn9CLXCJo

Plex and Hauppauge TV tuners

This support is for Plex running under Ubuntu

Please note: only Linux Kernel 4.4 is supported at this time. This is the default kernel in Ubuntu 16.04.1 available here http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04.1/
Linux Mint 18 and 18.1 are also supported.

Hauppauge has a created a PPA to add support for the following tuners in Linux that will work with Plex.

• WinTV-dualHD for North America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand

PPA installation

Open Terminal in Ubuntu The easiest way to open terminal is to right click on desktop and select Open Terminal. You can also click Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard.

In Terminal, type the following or copy and paste the following lines, one by one, then click enter.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:b-rad/kernel+mediatree+hauppauge
After this first line, click enter when prompted to add this PPA.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-image-mediatree
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-mediatree

Close terminal and restart your computer.

You can now connect your Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD TV tuner to your computer and it should be available for Plex.

Note: If you'd like to see the latest directions from the GIT repository, click here

If you have any questions, you can contact Hauppauge support at: support@hauppauge.com