XdTV

XdTV is a software that allows you to watch TV. It interacts with AleVT for Teletext and Nxtvepg for NextView. It uses the video4linux API. It can use deinterlacing filters and record video files with various video and audio codecs (ffmpeg, xvid, divx, etc.).

XdTV

The current CVS snapshots of XdTV have DVB support included. DVB-T support isn't finished yet. actually this feature is highly experimental even if it's usable. You need LIBSDL.

FEATURES : - see dvb-t channels (TNT in france) - switch from a channel to an other - scantv works (xdtv_scantv -dvb), you must choose between download a tranponder file or use a local one.

BUGS : - scantv.sh doesn't work - recording & streaming do not work at all

INSTALL AND TEST

If you want to test it : drivers for dvb cards must be properly installed : get it from www.linuxtv.org

For the moment XdTV just perform a scan on a DVB-T device : you have to put the found channels in your xdtvrc file like this :

1) scan device with the scan program : $>xdtv_scan -dvb => choose your country and city

2) copy and paste the output into your xdtvrc :

[France 2 TNT] channel = 0 type = DVB_T frequency = 586000000 inversion = INVERSION_AUTO bandwidth = BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ code_rate_high = FEC_3_4 code_rate_low = FEC_NONE constellation = QAM_64 transmission_mode = TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K guard_interval = GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8 hierarchy = HIERARCHY_NONE vpid = 120 apid = 130 spid = 257

[France 3 TNT] channel = 0 type = DVB_T frequency = 586000000 inversion = INVERSION_AUTO bandwidth = BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ code_rate_high = FEC_3_4 code_rate_low = FEC_NONE constellation = QAM_64 transmission_mode = TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K guard_interval = GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8 hierarchy = HIERARCHY_NONE vpid = 220 apid = 230 spid = 273

3) then run :

	$>xdtv -dvb

Note : You can switch from a dvb channel to an other one but no to an analogic (V4l/v4l2) one !

Links

• XdTV homepage