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*scan: utility to generate channel lists for the currently tuned frequency. |
*[[Scan|scan]] or dvbscan: utility to generate channel lists for the currently tuned frequency. |
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*[[Zap|czap, szap, tzap]]: tuning utility for DVB. |
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scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/uk-Oxford > my_list_that_tzap_can_use |
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scan is also sometimes called dvbscan. |
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*{s,t,c}zap: command line zapping for dvb-s, dvb-t, dvb-c |
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See also the [[First steps with a budget DVB card]] for usage examples of some of these tools. |
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[http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.bz2 tar.bz2] or [http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.gz tar.gz] format |
[http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.bz2 tar.bz2] or [http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.gz tar.gz] format |
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Revision as of 01:26, 13 August 2006
Introduction
dvb-apps is a small set of utilities and tests around the dvb driver. They are very useful for setting up and operating a DVB card (whether budget or full featured).
(Debian package name: dvb-utils. Sometimes also called dvbtools.)
List of utilities
test
- diseqc: Sends various diseqc sequences on a SAT frontend.
- set22k: Legacy tone switching for SAT frontends.
- setvoltage: Legacy voltage switching for SAT frontends.
- setpid: Set video and audio PIDs in the demux (only for hardware MPEG decoder)
- video: tiny video watching application
- test_sections: Hex dump of section data from stream.
- test_sec_ne: Like test_sections, but also test Not-Equal filter mode.
- test_pes: Hex dump of PES data from stream.
- test_tt: Demonstrate teletext decoding from PES data.
- test_av: Test audio and video MPEG decoder API.
- test_vevent: Test VIDEO_GET_EVENT and poll() for video events
- test_stc: Test DMX_GET_STC.
- test_stillimage: Display single iframes as stillimages
- test_dvr: Record a partial transport stream of selected PIDs to a file or a full stream if supported by the hardware
util
- loadkeys: a utility to setup IR control keymaps using /proc/av7110_ir interface
- dvbdate
- dvbnet
- dvbtraffic
- scan or dvbscan: utility to generate channel lists for the currently tuned frequency.
- czap, szap, tzap: tuning utility for DVB.
See also the First steps with a budget DVB card for usage examples of some of these tools.