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Note that only free-to-air broadcasts are supported. Decryption through [[CAM]] is not implemented in mplayer. |
Note that only free-to-air broadcasts are supported. Decryption through [[CAM]] is not implemented in mplayer. |
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If you are using mplayer with a satellite dish that has a C-Band lnb LO: 5150 or standard Ku Band lnb LO: 10750 such as are commonly used in North America, mplayer will tune the channel if you use the L Band frequency in your .mplayer/channels.conf file instead of the C or Ku Band frequency. To calculate the L Band frequency for C Band, 5150 minus frequency in Mhz equals L Band frequency in Mhz. For Ku Band, frequency in Mhz minus 10750 equals L Band frequency in Mhz. |
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For example to tune C Band 4.060 Ghz |
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5150 - 4060 = 1090 |
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Use 1090 for the frequency in channels.conf instead of 4060. |
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For Ku Band 11.799 Ghz |
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11799 - 10750 = 1049 |
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[http://www.mplayerhq.hu Mplayer Home page] |
[http://www.mplayerhq.hu Mplayer Home page] |
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Revision as of 02:21, 2 January 2007
The linux video swiss knife plays almost every movie format [1]. Can be used for watching dvb broadcasts just run
mplayer dvb://
Note that only free-to-air broadcasts are supported. Decryption through CAM is not implemented in mplayer.
If you are using mplayer with a satellite dish that has a C-Band lnb LO: 5150 or standard Ku Band lnb LO: 10750 such as are commonly used in North America, mplayer will tune the channel if you use the L Band frequency in your .mplayer/channels.conf file instead of the C or Ku Band frequency. To calculate the L Band frequency for C Band, 5150 minus frequency in Mhz equals L Band frequency in Mhz. For Ku Band, frequency in Mhz minus 10750 equals L Band frequency in Mhz.
For example to tune C Band 4.060 Ghz
5150 - 4060 = 1090
Use 1090 for the frequency in channels.conf instead of 4060.
For Ku Band 11.799 Ghz
11799 - 10750 = 1049