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NAME

       dvbv5-scan - DVBv5 tool for frequency scanning

SYNOPSIS

       dvbv5-scan [OPTION]... initial-file

DESCRIPTION

       dvbv5-scan  is  a  command  line  frequency  scanning tool for digital TV services that is
       compliant with version 5 of the DVB API, and backward compatible with  the  older  v3  DVB
       API.

       dvbv5-scan  uses  by  default  the  new  channel/service file format that it is capable of
       supporting all types of Digital TV standards. It can also support the legacy  format  used
       by the legacy dvb-apps.

       A  single  physical channel (also called as transponder) may have several virtual channels
       inside it, encapsulated via a MPEG Transport stream.

       Those virtual channels are called as 'service' at the MPEG-TS terminology,  and  may  have
       one or more audio, video and other types of elements inside it.

       The  dvbv5-scan  goal is to scan for a list of physical channels/transponders and identify
       there the MPEG-TS services available.

       The dvbv5-scan tool is smart enough to retrieve the information  at  the  MPEG-TS  Network
       Information Table (NIT) about other channels available on the stream.

OPTIONS

       The following options are valid:

       -3, --dvbv3
              Force dvbv5-scan to use DVBv3 only.

       -a, --adapter=adapter#
              Use the given adapter. Default value: 0.

       -C, --cc=country_code
              Set the default country to be used by the MPEG-TS parsers, in ISO 3166-1 two letter
              code. If not specified, the default charset is guessed from the locale  environment
              variables.

       -d, --demux=demux#
              Use the given demux. Default value: 0.

       -f, --frontend=frontend#
              Use the given frontend. Default value: 0.

       -F, --file-freqs-only
              Don't use the other frequencies discovered during scan. By default, dvbv5-scan will
              find new transponder/physical channels and add them at the internal frequency table
              it uses for scan. This option disables such feature.

       -G, --get_frontend
              Use  data  from get_frontend on the output file. By default, dvbv5-scan will repeat
              the same network parameters as found at the scan file. This should work fine if the
              output  file  will  be used by the same frontend. However, if you intend to use the
              generated file on another frontend, or wants a faster tuner,  this  option  can  be
              used  to  store  the actual detected parameters, instead of the ones that came from
              the source channel file.

       -I, --input-format=format
              Format of the input file. Please notice that caps is ignored. It can be:

              channel         - for dvb-apps compatible channel file;

              zap             - for dvb-apps compatible zap file;

              dvbv5 (default) - for the dvbv5 apps format.

       -l, --lnbf=LNBf_type
              Type of LNBf to use 'help' lists the available ones.

       -N, --nit
              Use data from NIT table on the output file. By default, dvbv5-scan will repeat  the
              same  network  parameters  as  found at the scan file. This should work fine if the
              output file will be used by the same frontend. However, if you intend  to  use  the
              generated  file  on  another  frontend, or wants a faster tuner, this option can be
              used to store the parameters that are announced by the broadcaster via the  MPEG-TS
              Network  Information  Table  (NIT),  instead  of the ones that came from the source
              channel file.

       -o, --output=file
              output filename (default: dvb_channel.conf)

       -O, --output-format=format
              Output format:

              channel         - for dvb-apps compatible channel file;

              zap             - for dvb-apps compatible zap file;

              vdr             - for vdr compatible zap file;

              dvbv5 (default) - for the dvbv5 apps format.

       -p, --parse-other-nit
              Parse the other NIT/SDT tables that could be found mainly on some DVB-C carriers.

       -S, --sat_number=satellite_number
              Satellite number.  Used only on satellite  delivery  systems.   If  not  specified,
              disable DISEqC satellite switch.

       -T, --timeout-multiply=factor
              Multiply the scan lock wait time and MPEG-TS table parsing by this factor.

       -U, --freq_bpf=frequency
              SCR/Unicable  band-pass  filter  frequency  to use, in kHz.  Used only on satellite
              delivery systems.

       -v, --verbose
              Be (very) verbose. Useful to check if the MPEG-TS is happenning fine.  This  option
              can be used multiple times to increase verbosity.

       -w, --lna=LNA
              Enable, disable or put LNA power in auto mode. Not all frontends support it.  Valid
              values are:

               0 - disable

               1 - enable

              -1 - auto

       -W, --wait=time
              Adds additional wait time for DISEqC command completion.

       -?, --help
              Outputs the usage help.

       --usage
              Gives a short usage message.

       -V, --version
              Prints the program version.

       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory  or  optional  for  any
       corresponding short options.

   NOTE
       If  both  --nit and --get_frontend options are used at the same time, the --nit parameters
       will be applied after the ones that the frontend detected.

EXIT STATUS

       On success, it returns 0.

EXAMPLE

       $ dvbv5-scan /usr/share/dvbv5/dvb-c/the-brownfox

       Scanning frequency #1 573000000
       Lock   (0x1f) Quality= Good Signal= 100.00% C/N= -13.80dB UCB= 0 postBER= 3.14x10^-3 PER= 0
       Service The, provider (null): digital television
       Service Quick, provider BrownFox: digital television
       Service Brown, provider (null): digital television
       Service Jumps, provider (null): digital television
       …
       Service Dog, provider (null): digital television
       New transponder/channel found: #2: 579000000
       …
       New transponder/channel found: #39: 507000000

       The scan process will then scan the other 38 discovered new transponders, and  generate  a
       dvb_channel.com   with   several   entries   with   will   have   not  only  the  physical
       channel/transponder info, but also the Service ID, and the corresponding audio/video/other
       program IDs (PID), like:

       [Quick]
               SERVICE_ID = 5
               VIDEO_PID = 288
               AUDIO_PID = 289
               FREQUENCY = 573000000
               MODULATION = QAM/256
               INVERSION = OFF
               SYMBOL_RATE = 5247500
               INNER_FEC = NONE
               DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBC/ANNEX_A

BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2011-2014 by Mauro Carvalho Chehab.

       License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.