foreword

I’ve switched from a Raspberry Pi 1 Model B to a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B because my DVB USB device recordings on RPI1 were clipped.

I hope this changes using the much stronger RPI3.

My DVB USB device: Sundtek MediaTV Pro III

let’s start

preparations

Just download and flash the Raspbian LITE image from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y vim wget
date
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
date
sudo raspi-config
sudo reboot

installing MediaTV Pro III (skip this if you use another tv device)

wget http://www.sundtek.de/media/sundtek_netinst.sh && \
chmod 777 sundtek_netinst.sh && sudo ./sundtek_netinst.sh

cat << EOL | sudo tee /etc/sundtek.conf
use_hwpidfilter=on
device_attach=systemctl restart tvheadend
EOL

building TVHeadend from sources

since the official wiki building page seems a bit outdated here are my notes

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Good morning

Today I’ll post you my experiences with Rasberry Pi, XBMC and my BOSE Companion 5 System.
Note: This Guide works also with other USB-Soundcard Devices!

Unfortunatly it didn’t run out of box. Okay to be honest, it did run under my openelec - but then it stopped working without a reason. This may be fixed at this time. You can try it. Especially with this new informations you gain on this Guide.

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