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1Various small test/sample programs for the Linux DVB API Version 2/3
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3The default devices used by the test programs are generally
4/dev/dvb/adapter0/*0, and can be overridden using environment
5variables:
6
7 FRONTEND=/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
8 DEMUX=/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
9 DVR=/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
10 AUDIO=/dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0
11 VIDEO=/dev/dvb/adapter0/video0
12 NET=/dev/dvb/adapter0/net0
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15diseqc : Send various diseqc sequences on a SAT frontend.
16 Best used with a diseqc test box with some LEDs to
17 show the result of the commands.
18set22k : Legacy tone switching for SAT frontends.
19setvoltage : Legacy voltage switching for SAT frontends.
20
21setpid : Set video and audio PIDs in the demux; useful only
22 if you have a hardware MPEG decoder.
23video : A tiny video watching application, just starts capturing /dev/video
24 into /dev/fb0.
25 WARNING: May crash your box or mess up your console!
26
27test_sections : Hex dump of section data from stream.
28test_sec_ne : Like test_sections, but also test Not-Equal filter mode.
29test_pes : Hex dump of PES data from stream.
30test_tt : Demonstrate teletext decoding from PES data.
31test_av : Test audio and video MPEG decoder API.
32test_vevent : Test VIDEO_GET_EVENT and poll() for video events
33test_stc : Test DMX_GET_STC.
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35test_stillimage : Display single iframes as stillimages
36 iframes can be created with the 'convert' tool from
37 imagemagick and mpeg2encode from ftp.mpeg.org, and must
38 have a supported size, e.g. 702x576
39 ($ convert -sample 702x576\! test.jpg test.mpg)
40
41test_av_play : Test playing MPEG PES (VDR format) from a file
42test_dvr_play : Test playing MPEG TS from a file (don't try, driver is broken)
43
44test :
45test_audio :
46test_dmx :
47test_dvr :
48test_front :
49test_switch :
50test_video : Play video-only file on /dev/dvb/adapter0/video0
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