TV Related Software
Here, we aim to provide useful information about software related to DVB (and maybe TV with Linux in general).
In order to be most useful for the reader, this page is divided into three sections:
- software useful for DVB cards (full featured cards and budget cards as for most of the software this doesn't make a difference)
- software useful for analog TV cards (hey, shouldn't that sort of stuff rather be in the video4linux wiki?).
If you're new, you might be more interested in how to quickly get a fully working system rather than trying single programs one after another. See the Example setups page for this. You might even want to save more time and just quickly test your system, see the Testing your DVB device.
Overview
| Software | DVB-S | DVB-T | Record mpg | Playback mpg | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** dvbsak | |||||
| ** dvbshout | y | y | n | n | Stream radio to Icecast/multicast |
| ** dvbsnoop | |||||
| ** dvbstream | |||||
| ** DVBStreamer | y | y | - | - | PSI/SI tracking and correctly streams all PIDs including PCR |
| ** gdvb | |||||
| ** GeeXboX | |||||
| ** getstream | y | y | - | - | |
| ** Kaffeine | y | y | y | y | Desktop TV Solution |
| ** KaxTV | |||||
| ** Klear | |||||
| ** LinuxTV Drivers | |||||
| ** LinuxTV dvb-apps | |||||
| ** LinVDR | |||||
| ** pluto | |||||
| ** Mini DVB Linux | y | y | Distribution with live-CD | ||
| ** MPlayer | ? | y | n | y | |
| ** mumudvb | y | y | n | n | Stream multiples channels in multicast (each channel in different group) |
| ** MythTV | |||||
| ** ProjectX | |||||
| ** xawtv | |||||
| ** XdTV | - | y | y | - | |
| ** xine | ? | y | ? | ? | |
| ** ZapDvb |
Digital (DVB cards) software
Software to Watch TV
Media Center Software
VDR
VDR is one of the most popular TV applications. It features watching TV, recording storage on disk, EPG, Dolby Digital, playback, multi language and much more. VDR, although originally written for FF cards, works also with budget cards, if one installs the VDR Software Decoder Plugin.
More
please expand:
Tools for Local Usage
Network Tools
Media Center Distributions
Complete operating systems tailored for easy installation of everything required to have a media centre.
- Mythbuntu
- MythDora
Analog cards software
This is not really the right wiki for this but go ahead and write...
Unclassified programs
Please remove the programs here and move them to their section above for which they are usable.