Archived:Comparison of the scanning utilities
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Note: The differences between scan and dvbscan should be added to this wiki article. The information for dvbscan is still to be completed - please help.
command line frequency scanners comparison
The following table lists the main features of the different command line scanners. For specific information on usage, have a look at its specific wiki article.
| feature \ scanner | scan | dvbscan | w_scan | scan-s2 |
| analog / digital | digital TV only | digital TV only | digital TV only | digital TV only |
| download | linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps | linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps | wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index.html | mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/scan-s2 |
| last stable | linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1 (outdated, May 2006) | ? | none / use latest version | none / use latest version |
| comments | linuxtv.org maintained DVB-S2 support missing needs dvb driver with API-3.2 or 5.x |
linuxtv.org maintained | compiling needs dvb driver with API-5.0 or higher usage needs API-3.2 or API-5.x |
needs dvb driver with 5.0 or higher |
| supported DTV types | DVB-S, DVB-C(Europe), DVB-T, ATSC (VSB and QAM), DMB-TH (China) | ? | DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C(Europe), DVB-T, ATSC (VSB and QAM), DMB-TH (China) | DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C(Europe), DVB-T, ATSC (VSB and QAM) |
| initial scan file required (matching to your satellite or local aerial/cable network) |
yes (use dvb-apps hg from linuxtv.org) | yes (use dvb-apps hg from linuxtv.org) | not required | yes (use dvb-apps hg from linuxtv.org) NOTE: slightly different file format from scan because of additional DVB-S2 support. |
| can generate initial scan file | no | no | yes | no |
| can generate channels.conf for zap/xine/mplayer/vlc | yes (default) | ? | yes | yes |
| can generate channels.conf for VDR | yes (vdr-1.3 only) | ? | yes (default) | yes (default) |
| can generate channels.dvb for kaffeine | no | ? | yes | no |