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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.