User:CityK

This is my sandbox. Being a sandbox, everything you see here is a work in progress.

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Getting Started: What is V4L or DVB? Supported Hardware How to Obtain, Build and Install V4L-DVB Device Drivers Driver List Other Sources of Info

Software Applications and Usage: TV Related Software ... Applications to watch and record TV Radio Listening Software Webcam Software

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 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

TV Related Software:

Getting Started: Tools for testing tuning Frequency Scanning (dvb)scan ... also see Testing your DVB device (PCI, USB, ...) ... scan & zap stuff Tuning {a,s,c,t}zap ... also see Testing your DVB device (PCI, USB, ...) ... scan & zap stuff Testing reception quality femon Software to Watch Digital TV TV Viewing * TV Recording Software to Watch Analogue TV ... also see V4L TV Viewing V4L capturing ... also see Transcode Full Media Centers Applications to show Videotext/Teletext/Closed Captioning Text capture alevt Tools for unattended/headless recording dvbrecord dvbd atscap Tools for streaming Streaming dvbstream DVBStreamer Misc Tutorials, Howtos, Usage Info & Guides: Howto record multiple programs at once Post-processing of recorded material Examples of User TV Device Hardware and Software Configurations: Example setups Mailing List survey of devices in use Conditional Access Module Usage Examples (sorted by country) User Modifications to Supported Devices Still Having Trouble?: FAQ & Troubleshooting Testing your DVB device (PCI, USB, ...) ... scan & zap stuff V4L Test Suite Testing reception quality Filing a Bug Report

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:

• USB interface chipsets
• Demodulator

A Sortable List of Chipsets

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
Afatech	AF9005	✘ No	✘ No	✔ Yes	DVB-T	COFDM	✘ No	✘ No	✘ No	✔ Yes	USB	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	?	✔ Yes	A combo USB bridge & demod IC

Misc Info & ideas for me:

Colours

• Web colours
• v4l --> style="background-color:#006600;
• DVB --> style="background-color:#6289AB;

Tables

• table formating
• Table_markup

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

• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageLink
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Icon <--- ***
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Click (depreciated)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Click-Inline