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					a streaming utilitity that is part of the DVBtools project
** 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

• LinuxTV Drivers

DVB Utility Suites or Standalone Tools

• LinuxTV dvb-apps
• DVBtools
• dvbsak
• ZapDvb

Network Tools DVB Streams

• dvbshout
• dvbsnoop
• dvbstream
• DVBStreamer
• dvbyell
• getstream
• mumudvb
• VLC media player

Standalone Software to Watch Digital TV

• gdvb
• Kaffeine
  • KaxTV
• Klear
• MPlayer
• VLC media player
• xawtv ... version 4 only for DVB
• XdTV
• Xine
  • gxine

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

• Elisa
• Freevo
• GeeXboX
• LinVDR
• MythTV
• Mini DVB Linux
• pluto

Media Center Distributions

Complete operating systems tailored for easy installation of everything required to have a media centre.

• Mythbuntu
• MythDora

Tools for Editing

• Avidemux2
• dvbcut
• ProjectX

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Analog cards software

Standalone Software to Watch Analogue TV

• gnometv
• Kdetv
• MPlayer
• TVtime
• xawtv
  • MoTV
• XdTV
• Xine
  • gxine
• Zapping