LinuxTV dvb-apps - Revision history

Archie Cobbs: Add note to add man pages

2013-02-16T00:43:28Z

Add note to add man pages

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	* Make sure there is one true format -- no "zap" versus "VDR" format confusion.		* Make sure there is one true format -- no "zap" versus "VDR" format confusion.
	* Merge all the *zap programs. You unified the channels.conf file so this is next.		* Merge all the *zap programs. You unified the channels.conf file so this is next.
		+	* Add man pages from http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=312570

	==Links==		==Links==

Bpringle: /* Obtaining the dvb-apps package */

2010-10-20T12:24:02Z

Obtaining the dvb-apps package

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	The download and build procedure is very simple:		The download and build procedure is very simple:

-	hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps	+	hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps # download the tarball link below and extract if you don't have mercurial.
	cd dvb-apps		cd dvb-apps
	make		make

Bpringle: /* Obtaining the dvb-apps package */

2010-10-19T23:14:59Z

Obtaining the dvb-apps package

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	sudo make install		sudo make install

-	There are some very old tarballs, compressed in [http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.bz2 tar.bz2] and [http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.gz tar.gz] formats.	+	There are some very old tarballs, compressed in [http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.bz2 tar.bz2] and [http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.gz tar.gz] formats. The latest [http://linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps/archive/tip.tar.gz tarball] of dvb-apps is provided by Mercurial (Hg).

	Alternatively, if the package is maintained in a repository available for your "distro", then you can obtain a pre-built version with your package manager. Note, however, that not all Linux distributions ('distros') refer to the package by the proper "dvb-apps" name. The Debian package name for it, for example, is "dvb-utils". In other cases, you may also sometimes see it called "dvbtools". This is an '''insane''' situation, which creates much confusion; additional to the fact that [[DVB tools]] is itself the name of another project (not associated with LinuxTV) that features its own set of DVB related utilities. In any regard, the following provides a few examples with common distros		Alternatively, if the package is maintained in a repository available for your "distro", then you can obtain a pre-built version with your package manager. Note, however, that not all Linux distributions ('distros') refer to the package by the proper "dvb-apps" name. The Debian package name for it, for example, is "dvb-utils". In other cases, you may also sometimes see it called "dvbtools". This is an '''insane''' situation, which creates much confusion; additional to the fact that [[DVB tools]] is itself the name of another project (not associated with LinuxTV) that features its own set of DVB related utilities. In any regard, the following provides a few examples with common distros

Bpringle: /* /util directory */

2010-10-18T05:13:17Z

/util directory

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	*Main User Applications:		*Main User Applications:
	**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists		**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists
-	**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan. The DVB or ATSC protocol is determined by a tuning file feed to these programs. Tuning files are kept in the scan/atsc, scan/dvb-[csth] directories.	+	**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan. The DVB or ATSC protocol is determined by a tuning file feed to these programs. Tuning files are kept in the scan/atsc, scan/dvb-[csth] directories. This program discovers carriers on candidate frequencies and also determines ''sub-channels''. ''sub-channels'' may be the main program at a lower data rate or completely new content. With the output produced, a short name can be used to identify the frequency and the streams needed to get a ''channel''.
-	**[[Zap\|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T.	+	**[[Zap\|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T. These change the channel/sub-channel as identified by the file output by ''scan'' above.
	**[[Zap\|azap]]: tuning utility for ATSC.		**[[Zap\|azap]]: tuning utility for ATSC.
	**util/gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV. I.e. a DVB UI.		**util/gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV. I.e. a DVB UI.

Bpringle: /* /util directory */

2010-10-18T05:05:53Z

/util directory

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	*Main User Applications:		*Main User Applications:
	**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists		**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists
-	**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan	+	**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan. The DVB or ATSC protocol is determined by a tuning file feed to these programs. Tuning files are kept in the scan/atsc, scan/dvb-[csth] directories.
	**[[Zap\|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T.		**[[Zap\|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T.
	**[[Zap\|azap]]: tuning utility for ATSC.		**[[Zap\|azap]]: tuning utility for ATSC.

Bpringle: /* /util directory */

2010-10-18T05:01:40Z

/util directory

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	**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists		**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists
	**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan		**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan
-	**[[Zap\|~~azap,~~ czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB.	+	**[[Zap\|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T.
		+	**[[Zap\|azap]]: tuning utility for ATSC.
	**util/gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV. I.e. a DVB UI.		**util/gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV. I.e. a DVB UI.

Bpringle: /* /util directory */ grammar.

2010-10-18T04:58:22Z

/util directory: grammar.

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	**util/femon - Frontend (fe) monitor. Monitor the tuning status on a digital TV device.		**util/femon - Frontend (fe) monitor. Monitor the tuning status on a digital TV device.
	*util/zap - Just* tunes a digital device - really intended for developers. Note that this is a seperate app then those ''*zap'' utilities listed above.		*util/zap - Just* tunes a digital device - really intended for developers. Note that this is a seperate app then those ''*zap'' utilities listed above.
-	**util/atsc_epg - Recent versions of dvb-apps include a program to print out the next three hours worth of programs on a ~~give~~ frequency (for ATSC only).	+	**util/atsc_epg - Recent versions of dvb-apps include a program to print out the next three hours worth of programs on a given frequency (for ATSC only).

	*Hardware Specific Utilities:		*Hardware Specific Utilities:

Bpringle: /* Libraries */

2010-10-18T02:39:22Z

Libraries

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	* libdvbsec - Library for Satellite Equipment Control operations.		* libdvbsec - Library for Satellite Equipment Control operations.
	* libucsi - Fast MPEG2 Transport Stream SI table parsing library.		* libucsi - Fast MPEG2 Transport Stream SI table parsing library.
		+	** Also includes routines for parsing ATSC EIT and ETT tables, which are the EPG (electronic program guide) structures for ATSC.
	* libdvben50221- Complete implementation of a CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) EN 50221 CAM stack.		* libdvben50221- Complete implementation of a CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) EN 50221 CAM stack.
	* libdvbmisc - Miscellaneous utilities used by the other libraries.		* libdvbmisc - Miscellaneous utilities used by the other libraries.

Bpringle: /* /util directory */

2010-10-18T02:34:50Z

/util directory

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	**util/femon - Frontend (fe) monitor. Monitor the tuning status on a digital TV device.		**util/femon - Frontend (fe) monitor. Monitor the tuning status on a digital TV device.
	*util/zap - Just* tunes a digital device - really intended for developers. Note that this is a seperate app then those ''*zap'' utilities listed above.		*util/zap - Just* tunes a digital device - really intended for developers. Note that this is a seperate app then those ''*zap'' utilities listed above.
		+	**util/atsc_epg - Recent versions of dvb-apps include a program to print out the next three hours worth of programs on a give frequency (for ATSC only).

	*Hardware Specific Utilities:		*Hardware Specific Utilities:

Davemc: Add usage case

2010-10-15T08:42:31Z

Add usage case

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	::: <code># apt-get install dvb-utils</code>		::: <code># apt-get install dvb-utils</code>

-	:* To install it on a debian lenny system:	+	:* To install it on a debian lenny or ubuntu system:
	::: <code># apt-get install dvb-apps</code>		::: <code># apt-get install dvb-apps</code>

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	*Main User Applications:		*Main User Applications:
	**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists		**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists
-	**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan	+	**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan. The DVB or ATSC protocol is determined by a tuning file feed to these programs. Tuning files are kept in the scan/atsc, scan/dvb-[csth] directories.
	**[[Zap\|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T.		**[[Zap\|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T.
	**[[Zap\|azap]]: tuning utility for ATSC.		**[[Zap\|azap]]: tuning utility for ATSC.

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	**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists		**[[Scan\|scan]]: the original [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists
	**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan		**[[dvbscan]]: another [[Frequency scan\|frequency scanning]] tool used to generate channel lists .... some distro package managers have rebranded this as "scandvb" ... also note that "atscscan", if included, is simply a copy of dvbscan
-	**[[Zap\|~~azap,~~ czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB.	+	**[[Zap\|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T.
		+	**[[Zap\|azap]]: tuning utility for ATSC.
	**util/gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV. I.e. a DVB UI.		**util/gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV. I.e. a DVB UI.