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This Wiki is intended to become the ultimate resource regarding all questions about Video, TV and DVB support on Linux, free DVB software and cool projects. Like every other Wiki it relies on the contributions of its users. Also this Wiki can only get as good as you and we mean: YOU!!! make it. Whatever you can contribute will be highly appreciated, no matter if it's a HOWTO, help and explanations how to write a driver, how to install some a driver or whether you can explain how that beast called DVB is working. have fun, enjoy -- The LinuxTV WikiTeam The basic plan is to collect facts about available hardware, linux-dvb experiences, HOWTOs, encyclopedia-like information and explanations about how DVB, MPEG-2 and MHP work, what an EPG is and so on, to make this a place useful for everybody who is doing anything related to analog or digital TV. Save and share knowledge.

Technical Background DVB Standard MPEG2 Standard Analog TV Digital TV Modulation Schemes used for Analog and Digital TV PCI interface chipsets used for DVB cards DVB at the USB bus Hard- or Software Decoder? i2c Protocol DSM-CC ObjectCarousel Protocol DiSEqC Protocol Developer Section Supported DVB cards Supported CAM modules DVB cards requiring definition DVB API history and future Anatomy of a DVB device Anatomy of a LinuxTV driver File a Bug Report Invitation for Code Review Hints for Refactoring existing DVB drivers The DVB Decoder Challenge Linux DVB API Version 4 Card modding Memory Mod Cooling Mods Voltage Mod (Rev. 1.3 only) DVB TT Budget Patch Hardware solutions Barebones and bundles Commercial solutions Examples of hardware Streaming clients Periphery for linuxtv-computers Sat antenna DVB-T antenna Dolby Digital receiver Remote Controllers

Supported Hardware Kernel Config Overview DVB-S devices DVB-T devices DVB-C devices ATSC devices Cards sorted by Vendor DVB/ATSC USB boxes sorted by driver Software First steps with a budget DVB card Commented software list, including: LinuxTV Drivers LinuxTV dvb-apps VDR MythTV GeeXboX Kaffeine KaxTV Klear dvbshout dvbstream dvbsnoop dvbsak ZapDvb xawtv XdTV pluto gdvb ProjectX Mini DVB Linux LinVDR Mplayer mumudvb getstream LinuxTV-based example Setups Example setups VDR-based STBs MythTV STBs Enigma on the dbox2 Neutrino on the dbox2 Enigma on the Dreambox Use cases: a list of working solutions ordered per country and broadcaster FAQ DVB Links

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