In order to test the large chunk of patches I've made those days, I wrote a dvbzap application using DVBv5 API, based on tzap. It is at my experimental v4l-utils tree, at branch dvb-utils: http://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental-v4l-utils.git/shortlog/refs/heads/dvb-utils in order to test, please use: git clone git://linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental-v4l-utils.git While I tested it only with ISDB-T, it will likely work with DVB-T, ATSC and DVB-C, if CA is not needed. TODO: - Add proper support for Satellite delivery systems. It will likely recognize a DVB-S zap file, but it won't work, as polarization setting were not implemented, nor any DISEqC commands; - Add support for CA; - Be more flexible with regards to the channels.conf files. One of the changes I'm experimenting with this tool is to define a new format to show DVBv5 channels/transponders. As you likely know, the current formats on the existing DVBv3 tools are standard-dependent. Even the existing DVBv5 applications I'm aware of currently write the channels file on a DVBv3, due to compatibility issues. So, a new format for channels is needed. The current code has one function to write on a new format. I lacks a parser for it (it shouldn't be hard to write one - a few hours should be enough for doing that). The format I'm thinking is to use: [channel name] property = value ... property = value This allows the same format to be used by any DVBv5 supported delivery system. It will even allow to mix channels from different delivery systems on the same file. This could be useful for devices like DRX-K, that supports multiple delivery systems with different parameters. As an example, this is what it produces from a DVB-T zap file: [TV Brasil SD] VIDEO_PID = 769 AUDIO_PID = 513 SERVICE_ID = 16161 DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT FREQUENCY = 479142857 INVERSION = AUTO BANDWIDTH_HZ = 6000000 CODE_RATE_HP = AUTO CODE_RATE_LP = AUTO MODULATION = QAM/AUTO TRANSMISSION_MODE = AUTO GUARD_INTERVAL = AUTO HIERARCHY = NONE The same entry without audio/video/service ID's (like the ones used by scan) would look like: [CHANNEL] DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT FREQUENCY = 479142857 INVERSION = AUTO BANDWIDTH_HZ = 6000000 CODE_RATE_HP = AUTO CODE_RATE_LP = AUTO MODULATION = QAM/AUTO TRANSMISSION_MODE = AUTO GUARD_INTERVAL = AUTO HIERARCHY = NONE My next steps with regards to this tool are to: 1) convert a scan tool to use the same libraries as dvbzap is using, in order to generate an output file for scan with the same format; 2) to implement a parser for the new format (this should be easy, so maybe I'll start with this). Comments, ideas, patches, etc are welcome. Regards, Mauro -- 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
