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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
Mauro Carvalho Chehab991ce922015-12-04 10:38:59 -02005drivers is https://linuxtv.org.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07006
7The developer mailing list linux-dvb is also hosted there,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab991ce922015-12-04 10:38:59 -02008see https://linuxtv.org/lists.php. Please check
9the archive https://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/
10and the Wiki https://linuxtv.org/wiki/
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070011before asking newbie questions on the list.
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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.
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab991ce922015-12-04 10:38:59 -020019https://linuxtv.org/downloads/
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070020
21What's inside this directory:
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Uwe Bugla918c4562006-02-27 00:09:34 -030023"avermedia.txt"
24contains detailed information about the
25Avermedia DVB-T cards. See also "bt8xx.txt".
26
27"bt8xx.txt"
28contains detailed information about the
29various bt8xx based "budget" DVB cards.
30
Mauro Carvalho Chehab674434c2005-12-12 00:37:28 -080031"cards.txt"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070032contains a list of supported hardware.
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Uwe Bugla918c4562006-02-27 00:09:34 -030034"ci.txt"
35contains detailed information about the
36CI module as part from TwinHan cards and Clones.
37
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070038"contributors.txt"
Uwe Bugla918c4562006-02-27 00:09:34 -030039is the who-is-who of DVB development.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070040
41"faq.txt"
42contains frequently asked questions and their answers.
43
44"get_dvb_firmware"
45script to download and extract firmware for those devices
46that require it.
47
48"ttusb-dec.txt"
Uwe Bugla918c4562006-02-27 00:09:34 -030049contains detailed information about the
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070050TT DEC2000/DEC3000 USB DVB hardware.
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070052"udev.txt"
53how to get DVB and udev up and running.
54
Uwe Bugla918c4562006-02-27 00:09:34 -030055"README.dvb-usb"
56contains detailed information about the DVB USB cards.
57
58"README.flexcop"
59contains detailed information about the
60Technisat- and Flexcop B2C2 drivers.
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070062Good luck and have fun!