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1 | Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem |
| 2 | ============================================= | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | The main development site and CVS repository for these | |
| 5 | drivers is http://linuxtv.org/. | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | The developer mailing list linux-dvb is also hosted there, | |
| 8 | see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php. Please check | |
| 9 | the archive http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/ | |
| 10 | and the Wiki http://linuxtv.org/wiki/ | |
| 11 | before asking newbie questions on the list. | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | API documentation, utilities and test/example programs | |
| 14 | are available as part of the old driver package for Linux 2.4 | |
| 15 | (linuxtv-dvb-1.0.x.tar.gz), or from CVS (module DVB). | |
| 16 | We plan to split this into separate packages, but it's not | |
| 17 | been done yet. | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | http://linuxtv.org/downloads/ | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | What's inside this directory: | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | "cards.txt" | |
| 24 | contains a list of supported hardware. | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | "contributors.txt" | |
| 27 | is the who-is-who of DVB development | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | "faq.txt" | |
| 30 | contains frequently asked questions and their answers. | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | "get_dvb_firmware" | |
| 33 | script to download and extract firmware for those devices | |
| 34 | that require it. | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | "ttusb-dec.txt" | |
| 37 | contains detailed informations about the | |
| 38 | TT DEC2000/DEC3000 USB DVB hardware. | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | "bt8xx.txt" | |
| 41 | contains detailed installation instructions for the | |
| 42 | various bt8xx based "budget" DVB cards | |
| 43 | (Nebula, Pinnacle PCTV, Twinhan DST) | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | "README.dibusb" | |
| 46 | contains detailed information about adapters | |
| 47 | based on DiBcom reference design. | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | "udev.txt" | |
| 50 | how to get DVB and udev up and running. | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | Good luck and have fun! |