TV Related Software
TV Related Software: |
Here, we aim to provide useful information about software applications that are directly related to or which are generally useful in some respect to the reception and manipulation of TV signals on Linux based computer systems.
In order to be most useful for the reader, this page is divided into three sections:
- An Alphabetical Overview Listing
- A Categorized section for software useful for DVB TV cards (for both full featured and budget cards, as this distinction doesn't make a difference for most of the software)
- A Categorized section for software useful for analog TV cards
Utility Suites and Standalone Tools
Analogue Utility Suites or Standalone Tools
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DVB Utility Suites and Standalone Tools |
Tools for performing frequency scans
Analogue Tools for performing frequency scans |
DVB Tools for performing frequency scans... also see Testing your DVB device (PCI, USB, ...) ... scan & zap stuff |
Tools for tuning
Analogue Tools for tuning |
DVB Tools for tuning... also see Testing your DVB device (PCI, USB, ...) ... scan & zap stuff |
Tools for signal strength
Analogue Tools for signal strength |
DVB Tools for signal strength |
Standalone Software to Watch & Record TV
Standalone Software to Watch Analogue TV
... also see V4L TV Viewing Analogue capturingAnalogue Frame Grabbing Utilities |
Standalone Software to Watch Digital TV
DVB Tools for unattended/headless recordingMisc Tutorials, Howtos, Usage Info & Guides:
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Media Player Software
Media Center SoftwareIn addition to offline playback of captured & downloaded media material, many will feature live TV viewing and capturing facilities
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Media Center DistributionsComplete operating systems tailored for easy installation of everything required to have a media centre.
... Standalone Media Playersi.e. for offline playback of captured materials ... |
Network and Streaming Tools
Analogue TV Streaming Utilities |
Network Tools for DVB StreamsStreaming Software for Digital TV |
Tools to Show Videotext/Teletext/Interactive Content/Closed Captioning
Analogue TV Tools to Show Videotext/Teletext/Interactive Content/Closed Captioning |
DVB Tools to Show Videotext/Teletext/Interactive Content/Closed Captioning |
Electronic Program Guide / EIT tools
Analogue TV Program Guide Tools |
DVB Program Guide Tools
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Tools for Editing Captured TV content
Misc Tutorials, Howtos, Usage Info & Guides:
- Post-processing of recorded material
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Examples of User TV Device Hardware and Software Configurations:
An Alphabetical Overview Listing
Software Application |
Supports Analogue |
Supports DVB |
Recording Capabilities |
Offline Playback |
Editing Capabilities |
Channel storage |
Language | Comments |
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alevt | y | y | Program to use Teletext/Videotext on analog and digital TV | |||||
Antenna DTV | n | y | y | n | n | t channels.conf format | Python | Watch, record and monitor signal level of digital TV |
dvbd | y | C++ | Traditional UNIX daemon for DVB | |||||
dvbice | n | y | y | C | Recompress and stream audio and video to Icecast/HTTP in Theora/Vorbis | |||
dvbsak | n | y | ||||||
dvbshout | n | y | Stream radio to Icecast/multicast | |||||
dvbsnoop | n | y | C | |||||
dvbstream | n | y | y | n | n | a streaming utilitity. Part of the DVB tools project | ||
DVBStreamer | n | y | sqlite, XMLTV format |
C | PSI/SI tracking and correctly streams all PIDs including PCR | |||
dvbyell | n | y | n | n | n | A DVB streaming service. | ||
gdvb | ||||||||
GeeXboX | ||||||||
getstream | n | y | ||||||
GStreamer | n | y | ||||||
Gv4l | A GUI frontend for Transcode's V4L functions | |||||||
Kaffeine | n | y | y | y | n | own text format | C++ | Desktop TV Solution |
KaxTV | obsoleted | |||||||
Klear | y | |||||||
LinuxTV dvb-apps | n | y | y | ? | ? | {a,c,t,s} channels.conf formats | C | contains dvbscan, {a,c,t,s}zap ... |
MEncoder | y | y | y | n | y | C | encoding suite of tools | |
Me TV | n | y | y | n | n | SQLite | C++ | GNOME based DVB TV viewer |
Mini DVB Linux | y | Distribution with live-CD | ||||||
MPlayer | y | y | y | y | n | channels.conf | C | multi-functional media player |
mumudvb | n | y | n | n | n | Stream multiples channels in multicast (each channel in different group) | ||
MythTV | y | y | y | y | y | mysql | C++ | Media Center |
pluto | ||||||||
ProjectX | ||||||||
RedButton | MHEG-5 engine | |||||||
scan-s2 | n | y | n | n | n | C | frequency scanning utility which supports DVB APIv5 (for DVB-S2) | |
showtime | C | OpenGL-based media player | ||||||
szap-s2 | y | y | C | tuning utility which supports DVB APIv5 (for DVB-S2) | ||||
tv_grab_dvb | y | XMLTV format | C | dumps DVB EPG info in XMLTV format | ||||
HTS Tvheadend | y | y | y | y | y | XMLTV format | C | TV streaming server |
VDR | y * | y | y | y | y | VDR format channels.conf |
C++ | analogue with plugins only DVB APIv5 since 1.7.2 |
VLC media player | ||||||||
w_scan | n | y | n | n | n | VDR channels.conf kaffeine zap/xine tuning data for scan |
C | ATSC/DVB-C/S/S2/T frequency scanner |
xawtv | y | y * | y | y | n | * only v4 supports DVB | ||
XdTV | y | y | y | TV viewing app. Development stopped | ||||
xine | y | y | y | multi-functional media player | ||||
ZapDvb |
Categorized software for use with Digital (DVB) TV cards
DVB Utility Suites and Standalone Tools
- Suites
- Electronic Program Guide / EIT tools
- atsc_epg - included within the LinuxTV dvb-apps
- tv_grab_dvb
- dvbsnoop
- DVBStreamer
- LoadEPG [30]
- MediaHighWay EPG, mhwepg [31] [32]
- tv_grab_dvb_plus ( was tvgrabeit ) [33]
- XMLTV
- Tools for performing frequency scans
- Tools for signal strength
- Tools for tuning
- Tools for unattended/headless recording
- JustDvb-It [37] - a suite/set of tools useful for DVB stream creation and manipulation, especially for interactive digital television (i.e. DVB-MHP)
- Network Tools for DVB Streams
Streaming Software for Digital TV
Standalone Software to Watch Digital TV
- Antenna DTV
- gdvb
- Kaffeine
- Klear
- Me TV
- MPlayer
- VLC media player
- xawtv ... version 4 only for DVB
- XdTV
- Xine
Media Center Software
- Elisa [39]
- Entertainer Project [40]
- Freevo
- GeeXboX
- Home Theater System
- showtime (OpenGL-based media player)
- tvheadend (TV streaming server)
- LinuxMCE [41] Linux media center - A forked project from pluto
- Morphine.TV [42]
- My Media System [43]
- MythTV
- Mini DVB Linux ??
- oxine [44]
- pluto
- Rage (see the Monday, 27 March 2006 entry)
- SageTV [45]
- VDR - VDR is one of the most popular TV applications. It features watching TV, recording storage on disk, EPG, Dolby Digital, playback, multi language and much more. VDR, although originally written for FF cards, works also with budget cards, if one installs the VDR Software Decoder Plugin.
- XBMC [46]
- Yahdr
Yet another HardDiskRecorder - not really it's a GUI-less server application to stream or record the TS. It will scan DVB-T or DVB-C for programs, so you don't have to use ancient scanning tools. EPG (schedule, now/next, what's on at X) is usable, provided it's re-read every now and then ;-) For user interaction a HTTP interface is used, so (almost) every Browser will serve as Interface..., oh yeah :-P watch what you requested by pointing mplayer/Xine/whatever at your server ;-/ Yahdr homepage - sorry, no binaries -
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Media Center Distributions
Complete operating systems tailored for easy installation of everything required to have a media centre.
- iMedia MythTV Linux [47]
- Knoppmyth
- LinVDR [48] -- this was a Linux distro based around VDR. Now ancient history
- MiniMyth [49]
- Mythbuntu
- MythDora
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Media Players
i.e. for offline playback of captured material:
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Tools for Editing
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Categorized software for use with Analogue TV cards
Analogue Utility Suites or Standalone Tools
Standalone Software to Watch Analogue TV
- fftv [51]
- Gnometv [52]
- Gv4l [53]
- kdetv (also formerly known as QtVision, the rewrite of the former KWinTV)
- LinTV
- MPlayer
- tvtime [54]
- TV-Viewer (for Hardware MPEG2 Encoder cards)
- xawtv
- XdTV
- Zapping [55] - a TV viewer for the Gnome desktop.