From ae4b462da23dd2ff93fcf57239e28b805e41cb44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Hunold Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:43:47 +0000 Subject: - don't use uppercase filenames - add some contributors - extend firmware documenation with informations from patches-2.6/README.firmware - rearrange readme file --- linux/Documentation/dvb/FAQ | 109 -------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 109 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 linux/Documentation/dvb/FAQ (limited to 'linux/Documentation/dvb/FAQ') diff --git a/linux/Documentation/dvb/FAQ b/linux/Documentation/dvb/FAQ deleted file mode 100644 index 28e63ec30..000000000 --- a/linux/Documentation/dvb/FAQ +++ /dev/null @@ -1,109 +0,0 @@ -Some very frequently asked questions about linuxtv-dvb - -1. The signal seems to die a few seconds after tuning. - - It's not a bug, it's a feature. Because the frontends have - significant power requirements (and hence get very hot), they - are powered down if they are unused (i.e. if the frontend device - is closed). The dvb-core.o module paramter "dvb_shutdown_timeout" - allow you to change the timeout (default 5 seconds). Setting the - timeout to 0 disables the timeout feature. - -2. How can I watch TV? - - The driver distribution includes some simple utilities which - are mainly intended for testing and to demonstrate how the - DVB API works. - - Depending on whether you have a DVB-S, DVB-C or DVB-T card, use - apps/szap/szap, czap or tzap. You must supply a channel list - in ~/.[sct]zap/channels.conf. If you are lucky you can just copy - one of the supplied channel lists, or you can create a new one - by running apps/scan/scan. If you run scan on an unknown network - you might have to supply some start data in apps/scan/initial.h. - - If you have a card with a built-in hardware MPEG-decoder the - drivers create a video4linux device (/dev/v4l/video0) which - you can use to watch TV with any v4l application. xawtv is known - to work. Note that you cannot change channels with xawtv, you - have to zap using [sct]zap. If you want a nice application for - TV watching and record/playback, have a look at VDR. - - If your card does not have a hardware MPEG decoder you need - a software MPEG decoder. Mplayer or xine are known to work. - Newsflash: MythTV also has DVB support now. - Note: Only very recent versions of Mplayer and xine can decode. - MPEG2 transport streams (TS) directly. Then, run - '[sct]zap channelname -r' in one xterm, and keep it running, - and start 'mplayer - < /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0' or - 'xine stdin://mpeg2 < /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0' in a second xterm. - That's all far from perfect, but it seems no one has written - a nice DVB application which includes a builtin software MPEG - decoder yet. - - Newsflash: Newest xine directly supports DVB. Just copy your - channels.conf to ~/.xine and start 'xine dvb://', or select - the DVB button in the xine GUI. Channel switching works using the - numpad pgup/pgdown (NP9 / NP3) keys to scroll through the channel osd - menu and pressing numpad-enter to switch to the selected channel. - - Note: Older versions of xine and mplayer understand MPEG program - streams (PS) only, and can be used in conjunction with the - ts2ps tool from the Metzler Brother's dvb-mpegtools package. - -3. Which other DVB applications exist? - - http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/ - Klaus Schmidinger's Video Disk Recorder - - http://www.metzlerbros.org/dvb/ - Metzler Bros. DVB development; alternate drivers and - DVB utilities, include dvb-mpegtools and tuxzap. - - http://www.linuxstb.org/ - http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvbtools/ - Dave Chapman's dvbtools package, including - dvbstream and dvbtune - - http://www.linuxdvb.tv/ - Henning Holtschneider's site with many interesting - links and docs - - http://www.dbox2.info/ - LinuxDVB on the dBox2 - - http://www.tuxbox.org/ - http://cvs.tuxbox.org/ - the TuxBox CVS many interesting DVB applications and the dBox2 - DVB source - - http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvbsak/ - DVB Swiss Army Knife library and utilities - - http://www.nenie.org/misc/mpsys/ - MPSYS: a MPEG2 system library and tools - - http://mplayerhq.hu/ - mplayer - - http://xine.sourceforge.net/ - http://xinehq.de/ - xine - - http://www.mythtv.org/ - MythTV - analog TV PVR, but now with DVB support, too - (with software MPEG decode) - -4. Can't get a signal tuned correctly - - If you are using a Technotrend/Hauppauge DVB-C card *without* analog - module, you might have to use module parameter adac=-1 (dvb-ttpci.o). - -5. The dvb_net device doesn't give me any multicast packets - - Check your routes if they include the multicast address range. - Additionally make sure that "source validation by reversed path - lookup" is disabled: - $ "echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/dvb0/rp_filter" - -eof -- cgit v1.2.3