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This is my sandbox. |
This is my sandbox. Being a sandbox, everything you see here is a work in progress. |
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* '''Tutorials, Howtos, Usage Info & Guides:''' |
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** [[How to install DVB]] |
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** [[First steps with a DVB card]] |
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** [[Example setup]]s and [[Use cases]] by country |
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** Howto record [[multiple programs]] at once |
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** [[Post-processing]] of recorded material |
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** [[FAQ]] |
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==Wiki Main Page:== |
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* '''Software and Usage''' |
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[[Image:Graphic_banner_rough_idea_test3.png]] |
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** [[software|Commented software list]], including: |
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** Applications to watch TV |
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*** [[Kaffeine]] |
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*** [[Klear]] |
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*** [[Mplayer]] |
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*** [[Xine]] |
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*** [[XdTV]] |
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** Full Media Centers |
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*** [[VDR]] |
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*** [[MythTV]] |
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*** [[Freevo]] |
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*** [[GeeXboX]] |
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** show Videotext/Teletext |
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*** [[alevt]] |
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** Tools for testing, tuning, streaming |
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*** [[femon]] |
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*** [[scan|(dvb)scan]] |
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*** [[zap|{a,s,c,t}zap]] |
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*** [[dvbstream]] |
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** Tools for unattended/headless recording |
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*** [[dvbrecord]] |
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*** [[dvbd]] |
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* '''Applications''' |
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** [[TV Viewing]] |
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** [[TV Recording]] |
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** [[Streaming]] |
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** [[Text capture]] (Teletext/Closed Captioning) |
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== User Sign up /Login Subpage:== |
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'''A Few Notes Before you Begin''' |
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Before you jump in and make your contribution, please first familiarize yourself with the layout of the site. Doing so will help you to place your information in the right location. As the wiki grows, it takes an increasing amount of effort and discipline to keep it from quickly turning into a tangled mess. So it's up to each of us to make sure the information submitted is easy for everybody to find and access. |
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* '''Technical Background''' |
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** [[Analog TV]] |
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** [[Digital TV]] |
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*** [[DVB Standard]] |
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** [[Modulation Scheme]]s used for Analog and Digital TV |
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** [[Interface chipsets]] used for DVB devices |
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** [[MPEG2 Standard]] |
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** [[Hard- or Software Decoder?]] |
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** [[i2c Protocol]] |
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** [[DSM-CC ObjectCarousel Protocol]] |
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiSEqC DiSEqC Protocol] |
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If you make a contibution and later find that your submission has been edited or moved to another area of the wiki, please don't |
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* '''Technical Background''' |
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feel offended. Everyone understands and appreciates the time and efforts you took, but bear in mind that a factual and well-organized resource for everyone interested in analog or digital TV is the ultimate aim of the LinuxTV wiki. |
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** [[Video4linux APIs]] |
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** [http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/electronics/television.htm TV Encyclopedia] |
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** [http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/WorldTV/ Analog TV] |
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** [[Digital TV]] |
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** [[PCI interface chipsets used for v4l cards]] |
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** [[GPIO pins]] |
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** [http://www.esacademy.com/faq/i2c/ i2c Protocol] |
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** [[Radio Data System (RDS)]] |
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** [[Overview of TV/video on Linux]] |
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Submitters should also know that, to keep the information contained in the wiki free, all contributions are automatically licensed under the GNU General Public License GPL. If you wish, you may specify in each case that your contribution is dual-licensed under the MIT License. Please do not reproduce or submit copyrighted works without obtaining the express consent of the owner or its agent. |
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* '''Developer Section''' |
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**[[DVB API history and future]] |
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**[[Linux DVB API Version 4]] |
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**[[Anatomy of a DVB device]] |
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**[[Anatomy of a LinuxTV driver]] |
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**[[Bug Report|File a Bug Report]] |
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**[[Code Review|Invitation for Code Review]] |
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**[[Hints for Refactoring existing DVB drivers]] |
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**[[The DVB Decoder Challenge]] |
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Lastly, to help keep the wiki free from spam, contributors are required to set up an account and to sign in before they can post to the wiki. (This is a painless process that only takes a few seconds). To sign up an |
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* '''Developer Section''' |
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** [[How to write good problem report |How to write a good problem report]] |
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** [[How to add support for a new card]] |
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** [[How to build from mercurial|How to build from v4l mercurial]] |
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** [[How_to_submit_patches |How to submit patches]] |
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** [[Maintaining mercurial trees]] |
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** [[TODO - main tasks]] |
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** [[Anatomy of a v4l device]] |
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** [[Anatomy of a v4l driver]] |
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** '''Kernel Development''' |
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*** [[SubmittingPatches | Rules for submitting patches]] |
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*** [[Documentation/SubmittingDrivers | Rules for submitting drivers]] |
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*** [[Documentation/CodingStyle | Coding Style]] |
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*** [http://jungla.dit.upm.es/%7Ejmseyas/linux/kernel/hackers-docs.html Documentation index] |
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*** [http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb Master v4l development repository] |
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*** [http://www.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb.git;a=log Current git log] |
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Now enjoy and have fun! -- The LinuxTV WikiTeam [People behind V4L] |
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* '''[[Supported Hardware]]''' |
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** [[DVB-S_devices|DVB-S devices]] |
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** [[DVB-T_devices|DVB-T devices]] |
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** [[DVB-C_devices|DVB-C devices]] |
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** [[DVB Conditional Access Modules]] |
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** [[ATSC_devices|ATSC devices]] |
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** [[DVB receiver vendors|Devices sorted by Vendor]] |
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** Also see these articles (info to be mergered into the appropriate sections above): |
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*** [[DVB USB|DVB/ATSC USB boxes sorted by driver]] |
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*** [[DVB at the USB bus]] |
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*** [[Supported DVB cards]] |
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==[[Image:Software_viewing_apps_icon.png|50px]] TV Related Software SubPage:== |
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* '''Hardware solutions''' |
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** [[Examples of hardware]] |
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** [[Barebones and bundles]] |
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** [[Commercial solutions]] |
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*** [[VDR-based STBs]] |
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*** [[MythTV STBs]] |
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*** [[Enigma on the dbox2]] |
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*** [[Neutrino on the dbox2]] |
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*** [[Enigma on the Dreambox]] |
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** [[Streaming clients]] |
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It would seem that, instead of re-inventing the wheel, the existing [[TV Related Software]] page is an ideal candidate to be reworked as the TV Software SubPage |
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* '''Supported Hardware''' |
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** [[Tuners]] |
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** [[Audio Decoders]] |
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** [[Hardware vs software encoders]] |
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** [[v4l card vendors]] |
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** [[ How-To's ]] |
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*** [[ Kworld ATSC-110 ]] |
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** TV cards and drivers |
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*** Video via PCI |
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**** [[List survey of cards in use now]] |
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**** [[bttv devices (bt848, bt878)]] |
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***** [[btaudio (bt878)]] |
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**** [[Matrox Meteor II cards]] (not working) |
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**** [[Saa713x devices|saa713x devices (saa713x)]] |
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***** [[saa7134-alsa]] |
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**** [[saa7146 devices]] |
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**** [[cx88 devices (cx2388x) ]] |
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**** [[ivtv devices (cx23415, cx23416)]] |
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**** [[zoran devices (zr36057, zr36067)]] |
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**** [[zoran devices (zr36120, zr36125)]] |
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*** Video via PCI Express |
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**** [[saa7162 devices]] (not yet supported) |
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**** [[nGene devices]] (not supported) |
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*** Video via USB |
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**** [[USBVideo]] Request support for USB Video devices |
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**** [[Em2820]] (USB Analog only) |
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**** [[Em2880]] (USB Analog+DVB-T) |
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**** [[USBVision devices]] |
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**** [[DiBcom USB devices]] |
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**** [[OmniVision USB devices (OV511, etc)]] |
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*** Video via PC104 |
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**** [[Sensoray devices]] |
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** Graphics cards with TV tuner |
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*** [[ATI/AMD]] |
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*** [[NVIDIA]] |
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** Other devices |
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*** [[Radio]]s |
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*** [[Webcams]] |
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*** [[Scanners]] |
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*** [[Loopback]] |
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'''TV related items/issues''' that should be addressed are: |
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* scanning |
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* tuning/zapping |
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* watching/recording |
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* teletex/CC |
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* streaming |
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* '''Peripheral Components and Hardware Modifications''' |
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** [[Sat antenna]] |
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** [[DVB-T antenna]] |
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** [[DD receiver|Dolby Digital receiver]] |
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** [[Remote Controllers]] |
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** [[User Modifications to Supported Devices]] |
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* '''Peripherals for v4l''' |
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** [[Remote controllers]] |
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distinguish between tuner/tuning/to tune/receiver ... |
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in contemporary dialogue/common language: |
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the terms "tuner" and "receiver" are often used interchangeably ... but its more appropriate to call it a receiver, with the tuner being part of the receiver |
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[[tuning]] |
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In electronics, tuning refers to a process in which, first, a specific [[RF]] signal is acquired and, second, is subsequently acted upon such that any underlying content (information/data) may be extracted. |
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One may "tune" to a specific frequency and find that there is no underlining content to be found -- in the context of radio or TV signal reception, this would be characteristic of static or white noise. |
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in which case the RF carrier signal |
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* '''[[DVB Links]]''' |
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list of known frequencies or obtained via a frequency scan |
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* '''[[v4l Links]]''' |
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==Just toying == |
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Would like to try to setup a table for the chipsets using templates such that, with using logic to define relevant fields, we have all the data contained in one spot (I guess much like Henrik was doing with the DVB-T USB stuff), but can then parse the info for display in relevant articles, such that there isn't duplication. Present duplication example: |
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* [[USB interface chipsets]] |
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* [[Demodulator#Digital_Demodulators|Demodulator]] |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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|+'''A Sortable List of Chipsets''' |
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! Vendor !! Chipset !! style="background-color:#ffffcc;" | Tuner !! style="background-color:#B0C4DE;"| Analog <br>Demodulator !! style="background-color:#B0C4DE;" | Digital<br> Demodulator !! style="background-color:#B0C4DE;" | Standard !! style="background-color:#B0C4DE;" | Modulation<br>Schemes !! A/V <br> decoder !! MPEG <br>encoder !! MPEG<br>decoder !! style="background-color:#F08080;"| Interface<br> chipset !! style="background-color:#F08080;"|Bridge <br> Type !! style="background-color:#F08080;"|DVB <br>support !! style="background-color:#F5DEB3;"| Linux <br>Support !! style="background-color:#F5DEB3;" | Associated <br>Kernel Modules !! style="background-color:#F5DEB3;" | Firmware !! class="unsortable"| Comments |
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| [[Afatech]] || [[Afatech AF9005|AF9005]] || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || [[DVB-T]] || [[COFDM]] || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || [[USB]] || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ? || {{Yes}} || |
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* A combo USB bridge & demod IC |
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==Misc Info & ideas for me:== |
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'''Timestamp''' |
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* <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> |
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'''Colours''' |
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors Web colours] |
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* v4l --> style="background-color:#006600; |
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* DVB --> style="background-color:#6289AB; |
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'''Tables''' |
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables table formating] |
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_markup Table_markup] |
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<br> |
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style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;"<br> |
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style="color:#e76700;"<br> |
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style="background-color:# ;" |
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'''Icons wanted''': |
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* need to find or create a chain link icon for "links" |
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* * terrestrial broadcast tower |
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* sat dish |
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* * pcmcia |
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* pci |
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* pcie |
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* firewire |
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'''Special Links''' |
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* Works: [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Allpages|{{ns:100}}}} {{ns:100}}] |
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* Doesn't work: {{Note|[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Allpages|{{ns:100}}}} {{ns:100}}]}} ... stupid wiki. |
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* also see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Plainlinks |
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'''Clickable Icons or Images using templates''' |
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* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageLink |
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* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap |
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* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Icon <--- *** |
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* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Click (depreciated) |
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Click-Inline |
Latest revision as of 07:31, 11 March 2012
This is my sandbox. Being a sandbox, everything you see here is a work in progress.
Wiki Main Page:
User Sign up /Login Subpage:
A Few Notes Before you Begin
Before you jump in and make your contribution, please first familiarize yourself with the layout of the site. Doing so will help you to place your information in the right location. As the wiki grows, it takes an increasing amount of effort and discipline to keep it from quickly turning into a tangled mess. So it's up to each of us to make sure the information submitted is easy for everybody to find and access.
If you make a contibution and later find that your submission has been edited or moved to another area of the wiki, please don't feel offended. Everyone understands and appreciates the time and efforts you took, but bear in mind that a factual and well-organized resource for everyone interested in analog or digital TV is the ultimate aim of the LinuxTV wiki.
Submitters should also know that, to keep the information contained in the wiki free, all contributions are automatically licensed under the GNU General Public License GPL. If you wish, you may specify in each case that your contribution is dual-licensed under the MIT License. Please do not reproduce or submit copyrighted works without obtaining the express consent of the owner or its agent.
Lastly, to help keep the wiki free from spam, contributors are required to set up an account and to sign in before they can post to the wiki. (This is a painless process that only takes a few seconds). To sign up an
Now enjoy and have fun! -- The LinuxTV WikiTeam [People behind V4L]
TV Related Software SubPage:
It would seem that, instead of re-inventing the wheel, the existing TV Related Software page is an ideal candidate to be reworked as the TV Software SubPage
TV related items/issues that should be addressed are:
- scanning
- tuning/zapping
- watching/recording
- teletex/CC
- streaming
distinguish between tuner/tuning/to tune/receiver ...
in contemporary dialogue/common language:
the terms "tuner" and "receiver" are often used interchangeably ... but its more appropriate to call it a receiver, with the tuner being part of the receiver
tuning In electronics, tuning refers to a process in which, first, a specific RF signal is acquired and, second, is subsequently acted upon such that any underlying content (information/data) may be extracted.
One may "tune" to a specific frequency and find that there is no underlining content to be found -- in the context of radio or TV signal reception, this would be characteristic of static or white noise.
in which case the RF carrier signal list of known frequencies or obtained via a frequency scan
Just toying
Would like to try to setup a table for the chipsets using templates such that, with using logic to define relevant fields, we have all the data contained in one spot (I guess much like Henrik was doing with the DVB-T USB stuff), but can then parse the info for display in relevant articles, such that there isn't duplication. Present duplication example:
Vendor | Chipset | Tuner | Analog Demodulator |
Digital Demodulator |
Standard | Modulation Schemes |
A/V decoder |
MPEG encoder |
MPEG decoder |
Interface chipset |
Bridge Type |
DVB support |
Linux Support |
Associated Kernel Modules |
Firmware | Comments |
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Afatech | AF9005 | ✘ No | ✘ No | ✔ Yes | DVB-T | COFDM | ✘ No | ✘ No | ✘ No | ✔ Yes | USB | ✔ Yes | ✔ Yes | ? | ✔ Yes |
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Misc Info & ideas for me:
Timestamp
- ~~~~~
Colours
- Web colours
- v4l --> style="background-color:#006600;
- DVB --> style="background-color:#6289AB;
Tables
style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;"
style="color:#e76700;"
style="background-color:# ;"
Icons wanted:
- need to find or create a chain link icon for "links"
- * terrestrial broadcast tower
- sat dish
- * pcmcia
- pci
- pcie
- firewire
Special Links
- Works: Archived
- Doesn't work: Note: Archived... stupid wiki.
- also see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Plainlinks
Clickable Icons or Images using templates