Linux driver support for Terratect T5 usb tuner

Question

Hi I have a Terrate T5 usb tuner (https://www.terratec.de/details.php?artnr=10908&lang=en) and I am trying to get it to work under ubuntu 24.04.

When I plug it to a usb port and run lsusb I get

Bus 001 Device 019: ID 0ccd:10b7 TerraTec Electronic GmbH TERRATEC T5 Rev.2

If I run usb-devices I get

T:  Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=13 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 19 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0ccd ProdID=10b7 Rev=02.00
S:  Manufacturer=TERRATEC
S:  Product=TERRATEC T5 Rev.2
C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 5 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=84(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=85(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=86(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=   0 Ivl=125us

which if I am reading it correctly ubuntu does not load any drivers for it.

I check the 0ccd:10b7 and it does not seem to be yet supported in current kernel in ubuntu 24.04 (or so I think) (https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices and http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids)

So far I tried loading similar modules using modprobe and then trying to force a driver to be used (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/442833/how-to-force-driver-to-device-match-in-linux) by using the command below

echo "0ccd 10b7" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/XXXXXX/new_id

but no matter what I do I can not get any driver to be assigned to the tuner.

So I have to ask.

1. Does someone knows why I can not force a driver to be used for my usb tuner? I understand that even if I get a driver to be assigned to the usb tuner this might of course no work at all after but I though to give it a shot first anyway.

2. Is there a procedure (ubuntu or elsewhere) that I can make where I can request my usb to be supported in the future? I already tried contacting terratec but I have yet to get and answer from them.

3. Any other ideas about how to make my usb tuner to work under ubuntu?

Thanks

Answer 1

20 years of History in the PCTV area:

• Terratec is out of business for a long time, they only exist as branding nowadays so they won't develop their own devices. Terratec once was famous for bringing a USB DVB-T tuner to the market, the tuner was developed by a physics student back then, a single engineer he offered the tuner to Terratec.
• Hauppauge U.S. is still active but cycled employees in engineering over the years
• Hauppauge Germany went bankrupt
• PCTV Systems got acquired by Hauppauge and laid off all the people in Germany
• Pinnacle PCTV changed the company name to PCTV Systems, Pinnacle is a larger company they didn't see that it makes sense to continue.
• Miro Media PCTV (early 2000s), they brought the brooktree bt878 tuner to the market got acquired by Pinnacle.
• Sundtek is still active with the original staff (the owner worked in the R&D pre-supply chain for some products for Hauppauge, Terratec and Pinnacle almost 2 decades ago)

Up to date Linux drivers are only available from Sundtek.