tvM026

A TV app for the AVerMedia AVerTV USB2.0

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tvM026 is a Linux app for the AVerMedia AVerTV USB2.0 (USB Id: 07ca:0026). The main controller of the device - Crescentec/Syntek CT-DC1100 video controller - is an ancestor of Syntek STK11xx series video imaging controllers and has similar registers with this series of controllers. The Python class M026Device provides a set of functions to control the hardware.

Requirements

• Device access

  For non-root users, an udev rule is necessary to access the device.

  SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="07ca", ATTR{idProduct}=="0026", MODE="0666"

• v4l2loopback kernel module

  Loading kernel module for the video device /dev/video0:

  sudo modprobe v4l2loopback exclusive_caps=0 video_nr=0 card_label="AVerMedia AVerTV USB 2.0"

• VLC media player

  It is used to play audio and video stream.

• Python >= 3.7

  It is recommended that using a virtual environment and installing the required modules with the command

  pip install -r requirements.txt

Notes

• Compiling the streamer

  gcc -lusb-1.0 m026-streamer.c -o m026-streamer

• Audio control

  Audio control is only possible if the headphone output signal is transmitted to a sound input on the computer.

• TV system

  The device is for reception of analog television signals. In the `tvChannels' module, a frequency dictinoary is given for PAL B/G TV standard. It needs to be modified for other TV standards.

• Channel scanner

  Use tvM026-channel-scanner to create and modify channel list.