[linux-dvb] Re: dvb ES information

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>]

Martin Prangl wrote:
> 
> i need to extract the video and audio stream information broadasted via DVB-S
> under Linux 9.0 and Auppauge Nexus-S. What i need exaclty is:
> 
> VIDEO:
> size (width, height, format)
> framerate
> Bitrate
> 
> AUDIO:
> Sample Freq
> Bitrate
> 
> how can i do this, are there simple command line tools to get this information
> from an already tuned channel? I've not found something...

For the video which is currently being decoded you can use
the VIDEO_GET_SIZE, VIDEO_GET_FRAME_RATE and/or VIDEO_GET_EVENT
ioctls to get some of the information. See dvb-apps/test/test_vevent.c.

Johannes