XdTV
Summary
XdTV is a software that allows you to watch, record & stream TV.
It interacts with AleVT for Teletext and Nxtvepg for NextView.
It uses the v4l/v4l2, bktr & DVB APIs. It can use some deinterlacing filters
and can record video files in various containers (AVI, MPEG, OGG, etc.) with many codecs:
FFMpeg, XviD, Ogg Theora & Vorbis, DivX.
It has also some plugin capabilities.
http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/images/generalLogoSmall.png
Caution
- ONLY XdTV version 2.4.0 and higher is DVB-T compatible.
- WE CURRENTLY ONLY SUPPORT DVB-T
Features
- XdTV 2.4.0 is the first Analogic & DVB-T version:
- Scanning DVB channels is fully supported.
- An offset can be set in case of scanning problem (usefull for some cards).
- Possibility to switch from one channel to another through a GUI.
- The DVB-T initialization is always synchronized with the LinuxTV data.
- Possibilities to record & stream a DVB-T show.
- You need to install the SDL and Curl libraries to use the XdTV DVB-T support.
Todo
- The DVB-T Teletext, Nextview don't work yet.
Install & test it
$>xdtv -dvb
Note: 1) You can switch from a dvb channel to another one but no to an analogic
(V4l/v4l2) one ! This feature should be supported in the next release of XdTV.
2) When your init file has been downloaded, and if you have some problem to
detect the DVB-T networks, you can try some frequency offsets in the "DVB init" GUI : choose the offset you want and click on "scan". No need to download and save the init file at every time you change the offset.
Here is an example of a DVB channel written in the xdtvrc file :
- M6 Channel setup in Lyon, France.
[M6] channel = 33 key = KP_End type = DVB_T frequency = 738000000 inversion = INVERSION_AUTO bandwidth = BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ code_rate_high = FEC_2_3 code_rate_low = FEC_NONE constellation = QAM_64 transmission_mode = TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K guard_interval = GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32 hierarchy = HIERARCHY_NONE vpid = 120 apid = 130 spid = 1025
Pictures
http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/images/xdtv_nantes.png
Main Links
Repositories
- Debian Sid Repository
- Mandriva 2006.0 Repository
- Fedora Core 5 Repository
- Ubuntu Dapper Repository
- Slackware 10.2 Repository
- Suse 10.1 Repository