PCTV nanoStick T2 (model 290e) is detected by webcamd

[Juergen Lock]

In article <201208292137.33494.hselasky at c2i.net> you write:
>On Wednesday 29 August 2012 20:44:50 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
>> FYI,
>> The latest webcamd port detects my PCTV nanoStick T2 (model 290e). This is
>> a DVB-C usb device. Details:

Actually I think it's dvb-c and dvb-t/t2 so possibly dual-frontend,
which probably would need webcamd from Hans' i4b svn: (at least if
dvb-c is on the second frontend.)

svn --username anonsvn --password anonsvn \
        checkout svn://svn.turbocat.net/i4b/trunk/ports

>> root at kg-f4# uname -a
>> FreeBSD kg-f4.kg4.no 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #1: Sun Aug  5
>> 18:43:08 CEST 2012 root at kg-f4.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>> 
>> root at kg-f4# usbconfig -d 1.2
>> ugen1.2: <PCTV 290e PCTV Systems> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH
>> (480Mbps) pwr=ON
>> 
>> root at kg-f4# portversion -v | grep webcamd
>> webcamd-3.6.0.1_1           =  up-to-date with port
>> 
>> webcamd finds the device:
>> root at kg-f4# webcamd
>> Attached to ugen1.2[0]
>> Creating /dev/video0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
>> 
>> the alternative methods also seem to work:
>> root at kg-f4# webcamd -d 1.2
>> Attached to ugen1.2[0]
>> Creating /dev/video0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
>> ^C
>> root at kg-f4# webcamd -d ugen1.2
>> Attached to ugen1.2[0]
>> Creating /dev/video0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
>> Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
>> ^C
>> 
>> I haven't actually tested if the device is usable yet. Which program would
>> be easiest for that task? mplayer? (I still need to install Xorg, Xfce and
>> lots of other things on this machine)
>
>Try w_scan from ports.

.and once you have a channels.conf from w_scan -X .. in
~/.mplayer/channels.conf you can try mplayer dvb://channelname .
(needs the mplayer port built with the V4L knob enabled.)  kaffeine
may also work, as may vlc, but my personal favourite is vdr:

	http://wiki.freebsd.org/VDR

 HTH, :)
	Juergen