XML2VDR(1) General Commands Manual XML2VDR(1)NAME
xml2vdr -- Convert XML DVB-SI files to a VDR channel list
SYNOPSIS
xml2vdr filename.xmlstat
DESCRIPTION
xml2vdr is a simple utility to convert XML DVB-SI files into a channel list for VDR.
You can get DVB-SI output for a satellite by using dvbtune:
dvbtune -i
will generate the appropriate XML output to standard output.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood by xml2vdr:
--help Print help message
--version Print version string
SEE ALSO dvbtune(1), vdr(1), szap(1).
AUTHOR
xml2vdr was written by Dave Chapman dave@dchapman.org.
This manual page was written by Alastair McKinstry mckinstry@computer.org for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later
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DVBTUNE(1) General Commands Manual DVBTUNE(1)NAME
dvbtune -- command-line tuning application for DVB cards
SYNOPSIS
dvbtune -f frequency -p h|v -s symbol_rate -v vpid -a apid -t tpid
DESCRIPTION
dvbtune is a simple tuning application for DVB cards supported by the Linux DVB driver (www.linuxtv.org).
This is still very experimental - especially the XML output. The latest version can be found at www.linuxstb.org. You can contact the
author at dave@dchapman.com.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood by dvbtune:
-c [0-3] Use DVB device [0-3]
-f freq Absolute Frequency (DVB-S in Hz or DVB-T in Hz), or L-band Frequency (DVB-S in Hz or DVB-T in Hz).
-p [H|V] Polarity (DVB-S only)
-tone [0|1]
0 = 22 kHz off, 1 = 22 kHz on
-I [0|1|2]
0 = Spectrum Inversion off 1 = Spectrum Inversion on, 2 = auto (Default)
-S N Symbol rate (DVB-S only),e.g. 27500
-D [0-4] DiSEqc ("Digital Satellite Equipment Control") command (0=none)
-V vpid Set video PID (Full cards only)
-A apid Set audio PID (full cards only)
-T ttpid Set teletext PID (full cards only)
-pnr N Tune to Program Number (aka service) N
-i Dump SI information as XML
-x Attempt to auto-find other transponders (experimental)
-m Monitor the reception quality
-n dpid Add network interface and receive MPE on PID dpid
--help Print help message
--version Print version string
EXAMPLES
For simple tuning, you can just use
dvbtune -f 12188000 -p h -s 27500 -v 163 -a 104 -t 32
to tune to a satellite transponder and set the video, audio and teletext PIDs.
dvbtune can also support DVB-T reception (currently for the UK only). In this case, you just need to specify the frequency:
dvbtune -f 48183300
To get the DVB SI information for a multiplex, you can use the -i option. The output of dvbtune needs some addition lines before it is a
valid XML file.
To get the DVB SI information for a multiplex, you can use the "-i" option. The output of dvbtune needs some addition lines before it is a
valid XML file. e.g. use a script containing
echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>' > test.xml ; echo '<satellite>' >> test.xml ; dvbtune -f freq -s srate -p pol -i >> test.xml ; echo '</satel-
lite>' >> test.xml
to dump the SI for a satellite transponder.
This was done to allow you to write scripts to scan multiple transponders and write the output to the same XML file. See the "scripts"
subdirectory for examples.
NOTES
dvbtune depends on the appropriate device nodes in /dev being present. These are either provided automatically by devfsd or udev, or must
be made using /sbin/MAKEDEV dvb. The Debian package automatically runs MAKEDEV if necessary on install.
SEE ALSO
xml2vdr (1), szap (1).
AUTHOR
dvbtune was written by Dave Chapman dave@dchapman.org.
Hilmar Linder added the Switch -n that adds a network interface and switch -m that monitors the reception quality. Changed the tuning code.
Added command line parameters for spectral inversion. Changed code to allow L-Band frequencies with -f switch.
John Williams Added -D diseqc support, and made the 22kHz tone automatic again.
This manual page was written by Alastair McKinstry mckinstry@computer.org for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later
version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.
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