Notes regarding my dvb-c card on linux. At this point i already have my dvb-card usable, firmware loaded, so /dev/dvb/adapter0 was created.
# a) get w_scan from http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index2.html and compile it # b) now lets create an initial-tuning-file, kaffeine can do a channel-scan with this w_scan -fc -c DE -x > initial-tuning-data.txt # c) copy the file where kaffeine expects it cp initial-tuning-data.txt .kde/share/apps/kaffeine/dvb-c/mytown # d) now we can scan for channels in kaffeine and watch.
apt-get install dvb-apps # or compile dvb-tools for yourself # using the initial-tuning-data gathered with w_scan and the 'scan' utilits from dvb-apps # we create the channels-ist: scan initial-tuning-data.txt >channels.scan # now czap can be used for channel-switching czap -c channels.scan -l # lists numbers of the channels czap -c channels.scan -n 300 # tunes in channel #300 # if your mplayer is compiled with dvb-support you can use it: # http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mpeg_decoders.html cp channels.scan ~/.mplayer/channels.conf mplayer dvb://'Das Erste' -cache 4096
# now install x264 and mplayer (with x264 and dvb-support), instructions at mplayerhq.hu # we already created the channels file: ls -al ~/.mplayer/channels.conf # i have three HD-channels available: cat ~/.mplayer/channels.conf Das Erste HD:338000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6900000:FEC_NONE:QAM_256:6010:6020:11100 ZDF HD:338000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6900000:FEC_NONE:QAM_256:6110:6120:11110 arte HD:338000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6900000:FEC_NONE:QAM_256:6210:6221:11120 # now to watch HDTV (thanks fefe for 'demuxer lavf' hinting!): mplayer dvb://"arte HD" -demuxer lavf -cache 15000 -framedrop