On Tuesday, May 26, 2009, Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Chris Capon <ttabyss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi: >> I've installed an HVR-1600 card in a Debian system to receive ATSC >> digital broadcasts here in Canada. Everything works great. >> >> scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB > channels.conf >> >> finds a complete list of broadcasters. >> >> azap -c channels.conf -r "channel-name" >> >> tunes in the stations and displays signal strength info. >> >> cp /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 xx.mpg >> >> captures the output stream which can be played by mplayer. >> >> >> >> What I'm missing is information about the Electronic Program Guide >> (EPG). There doesn't seem to be much info on linuxtv.org on how to read it. >> >> Where does the EPG come from? >> >> Is it incorporated into the output stream through PID's some how or is >> it read from one of the other devices under adapter0? >> >> Are there simple command line tools to read it or do you have to write a >> custom program to interpret it somehow? >> >> Could someone please point me in the right direction to get started? If >> no tools exist, perhaps links to either api or lib docs/samples? >> >> >> Much appreciated. >> Chris. > > Hello Chris, > > The ATSC EPG is sent via the ATSC PSIP protocol. I do not know of any > tools currently available to extract the information. MeTV has a > working implementation (with some bugs I have seen), and I was looking > at getting it to work in Kaffeine at some point. > Dvbstreamer supports atsc epg. That is what i use > The spec is freely available here: > > http://www.atsc.org/standards/a_65cr1_with_amend_1.pdf > > If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line. > > Cheers, > > Devin > > -- > Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs > http://www.kernellabs.com > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb users mailing list > For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > -- ASUS m3a78 mothorboard AMD Athlon64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.1Ghz 4 Gigabytes of memory Gigabyte NVidia 9400gt Graphics adapter Kworld ATSC 110 TV Capture Card Kworld ATSC 115 TV Capture Card -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
