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Downloading and building

git clone https://github.com/tbsdtv/media_build.git
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media.git -b latest ./media
cd media_build
make dir DIR=../media
make distclean
make -j4
make install
reboot

Firmware

wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/linux/tbs-tuner-firmwares_v1.0.tar.bz2
tar jxvf tbs-tuner-firmwares_v1.0.tar.bz2 -C /lib/firmware/

Upgrading sources and re-installing

~ $ cd media
~/media $ git remote update
~/media $ git pull
~/media $ cd ../media_build
~/media_build $ git remote update
~/media_build $ git pull
~/media_build $ make
~/media_build $ sudo make install
(now you can reboot or unload/reload modules manually:)
~/media_build $ sudo reboot

Currently supported cards:

ASI	Cards
	TBS690A

HDMI	Cards
	TBS6301

DVB-S/S2	Cards
PCI-E
	TBS6922
	TBS6922SE
	TBS6902
	TBS6903
	TBS6980
	TBS6981
	TBS6982
	TBS6983
	TBS6984
	TBS6985
	TBS6904
	TBS6905
	TBS6908
	TBS6909
	TBS6991SE
	TBS6910
USB
	TBS5920
	TBS5922
	TBS5922SE
	TBS5925
	TBS5927
	TBS5980
	TBS5990
PCI
	TBS8922

DVB-T/T2/C	Cards
PCI-E
	TBS6220
	TBS6221
	TBS6280
	TBS6281
	TBS6281SE
	TBS6284
	TBS6285
	TBS6290SE
	TBS6205
	TBS6209
Mini PCI-E
	TBS7220
USB
	TBS5220
	TBS5880
	TBS5881
	TBS5280
	TBS5281

ATSC	Cards
PCI-E
	TBS6704

Multi-Standard	Cards
PCI-E
	TBS6522
	TBS6528
	TBS6590
USB
	TBS5520SE
	TBS5580

FAQ:

1./bin/sh: 1: lsdiff: not found
sudo apt-get install patchutils

2.you may need to install the Proc::ProcessTable module
sudo apt-get install libproc-processtable-perl

3.fatal error: drx39xyj/drx39xxj.h: No such file or directory
mkdir -p v4l/drx39xyj
cp v4l/drx39xxj.h v4l/drx39xyj/

4.Can not find the 6909 firmware
wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/linux/dvb-fe-mxl5xx.fw
cp dvb-fe-mxl5xx.fw /lib/firmware/

5.If you find module load errors like "module has wrong symbol version" means that there still are old modules from your previous media tree installation (usually duplicated modules in two different places).
sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/``uname -r``/kernel/drivers/media/*

6.Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9
sudo rm /usr/bin/gcc
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 /usr/bin/gcc

7.make[2]: gcc: Command not found sudo apt-get install gcc

For CentOS 7 please try like this

1.update to new kernel
#rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
#rpm -Uvh http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-7.0-2.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
#yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-lt-devel kernel-lt -y
#grub2-set-default 0

2.Restart to load the new kernel
#reboot

3.Install some library
#yum -y install perl-devel perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
#yum -y install patchutils
#yum -y install patch

4.Install the SHA
#wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/moiproamd/files/Files/Digest-SHA-5.93.tar.gz/download -O Digest-SHA-5.93.tar.gz
#tar xvf Digest-SHA-5.95.tar.gz
#perl Makefile.PL
#make && make install

5.Install Perl
#wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/moiproamd/files/Files/perl-proc-processtable-master.zip/download -O perl-proc-processtable-master.zip
#unzip perl-proc-processtable-master.zip
#perl Makefile.PL
#make && make install

6.Start install the open source driver
Then start install the driver.

Please refer to LinuxTV wiki page for more info about the build process: LinuxTV Wiki

In addition to following the above instructions, TBS6980/1/4 owners will need to put a copy of the CX24117 firmware in /lib/firmware/

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Installing and Upgrading

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