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| author | Klaus Schmidinger <vdr@tvdr.de> | 2002-11-01 10:43:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Klaus Schmidinger <vdr@tvdr.de> | 2002-11-01 10:43:16 +0100 |
| commit | fd3e819ba808e98d68737cf45583d70fa0588e51 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b42861e9ab523fc901cb03b171fc22f88ef3b6d /INSTALL | |
| parent | 0598e41418012326a30ba582b7d64db116e91a84 (diff) | |
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Adjusted the INSTALL file to the 1.1.x version
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ If you have the DVB driver source in a different location you will have to change the definition of DVBDIR in the Makefile. -VDR requires the Linux-DVB card driver version dated 2001-09-14 or higher +VDR requires the Linux-DVB card driver version dated 2002-11-01 or higher to work properly. After extracting the package, change into the VDR directory @@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ Setting up DiSEqC: If you are using a DVB-S card with a satellite equipment that needs to be accessed using DiSEqC, you have to go to the "Setup" menu and set the "DiSEqC" -parameter to "on". Also check the "DiSEqC" parameters for the various channels -and set them to the necessary values. +parameter to "on". You also need to set up the file 'diseqc.conf' to properly +access your DiSEqC equipment (see man vdr(5) for details). Running VDR with DVB-C (cable) or DVB-T (terrestrial): ------------------------------------------------------ @@ -318,14 +318,13 @@ cable or terrestrial reception is the 'channels.conf' file. The distribution archive contains a default 'channels.conf.cable' and 'channels.conf.terr', respectively, which users of such cards can rename or copy to 'channels.conf' in order to receive digital cable or terrestrial channels. The format of these -files is exactly the same as for satellite channels (the fields containing -"Polarization" and "Diseqc" data are ignored in case of DVB-C and DVB-T, and -the "Frequency" is in kHz in case of DVB-T). +files is mostly the same as for satellite channels, however, some fields have +different or extended meanings (see man vdr(5) for details). You can even use a mixture of DVB-S, DVB-C and DVB-T cards in the same system. All you need to do is to put all the channel definitions into one big -'channels.conf' file and set the 'Ca' parameter of each channel to the number -of the card that can receive it. +'channels.conf' file. VDR will automatically know which channels can be +received with which card(s) by evaluating the 'source' parameter. Learning the remote control keys: --------------------------------- |