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 '</satellite>' >> 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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