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diff --git a/doc/README.dvb b/doc/README.dvb index 3c487c395..c3a77b99d 100644 --- a/doc/README.dvb +++ b/doc/README.dvb @@ -5,19 +5,24 @@ xine Digital TV (DVB) xine can be used to watch digital television. xine supports Digital TV (Digital Video Broadcasting - DVB) cards -using the Linux DVB driver from Convergence (so far this has only been -tested using a Hauppauge WinTV Nova DVB-S card). +using the Linux DVB driver from Convergence (http://www.linuxtv.org). +DVB-S (direct satellite reception), DVB-C (Cable) and DVB-T (Teresstrical) +cards should be supported (e.g. the Hauppauge WinTV Nova DVB-S card). driver download and installation -------------------------------- -Download and install the latest drivers from www.linuxtv.org. You will -need kernel sources configured for your configuration for a successfull build, -preferably in /usr/src/linux. Once you have that, unpack the driver sources +Download and install the drivers from http://www.linuxtv.org CVS: -# tar xfvz siemens_dvb-0.9.4.tar.gz +# cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@linuxtv.org:/cvs/linuxtv login -and compile the driver +[empty password] + +# cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@linuxtv.org:/cvs/linuxtv co DVB + +You will need kernel sources configured for your configuration for +a successfull build, preferably in /usr/src/linux. Once you have that +you should be ready to compile the driver # cd DVB/driver # make @@ -27,9 +32,12 @@ if that doesn't fail, do a # make insmod to load the generated modules into your running kernel. If everything went -fine, you should have a line like +fine, you should have something like -dvb: 1 dvb(s) found! +DVB: registering new adapter (TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-S PCI). +PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0d.0 +PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:0c.0 +DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (stv0299 based (e.g. Alps BSRU6 or LG TDQB-S00x))... in your dmesg. @@ -38,40 +46,14 @@ install a channel list ---------------------- xine's dvb input plugin needs a channel/transponder list that fits your -satellite equipment. If you happen to live in central europe and want to -watch free channels from the astra 1a position you're lucky - you can simply -copy the dvb_channels file that comes with libxine (doc directory) - -$ mkdir ~/.xine -$ cp doc/dvb_channels ~/.xine - -otherwise you'll probably want to write your own channels file. The file -format is very simple: for each station add three lines: - -Program Name -A BBBBBBBB C DDDDDDDD E FFF GGG -(empty line) - -with - -A - diseqc number - -B - Frequency - -C - LNB voltage (H/V polarisation switch) - (4: horizontal, 2: vertical polarisation) - -D - Symbol Rate - -E - FEC - -F - vpid (video program id) +dvb equipment. xine now uses the channels.conf format of szap, czap and +tzap as appropriate for DVB-S, DVB-C and DVB-T. -G - apid (audio program id) +You should be able to find example channel config files in -once you have written a working dvb_channels file for your location/satellite, -you might want to share it with others on the xine-user mailing list :-) +DVB/apps/szap +as checked out from CVS. using xine to watch digital television -------------------------------------- |