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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem
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4The main development site and CVS repository for these
5drivers is http://linuxtv.org/.
6
7The developer mailing list linux-dvb is also hosted there,
8see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php. Please check
9the archive http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/
10and the Wiki http://linuxtv.org/wiki/
11before asking newbie questions on the list.
12
13API documentation, utilities and test/example programs
14are 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).
16We plan to split this into separate packages, but it's not
17been done yet.
18
19http://linuxtv.org/downloads/
20
21What's inside this directory:
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab674434c2005-12-12 00:37:28 -080023"cards.txt"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070024contains a list of supported hardware.
25
26"contributors.txt"
27is the who-is-who of DVB development
28
29"faq.txt"
30contains frequently asked questions and their answers.
31
32"get_dvb_firmware"
33script to download and extract firmware for those devices
34that require it.
35
36"ttusb-dec.txt"
37contains detailed informations about the
38TT DEC2000/DEC3000 USB DVB hardware.
39
Mauro Carvalho Chehab674434c2005-12-12 00:37:28 -080040"bt8xx.txt"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070041contains detailed installation instructions for the
42various bt8xx based "budget" DVB cards
43(Nebula, Pinnacle PCTV, Twinhan DST)
44
45"README.dibusb"
46contains detailed information about adapters
47based on DiBcom reference design.
48
49"udev.txt"
50how to get DVB and udev up and running.
51
52Good luck and have fun!