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PROGRAM:

NAME


w_scan - a universal ATSC and DVB blind scanner

SYNOPSIS


w_scan -fa -c <COUNTRY_ID> [ options ]
w_scan -fc -c <COUNTRY_ID> [ options ]
w_scan -ft -c <COUNTRY_ID> [ options ]
w_scan -fs -s <SATELLITE_ID> [ options ]

DESCRIPTION


w_scan scans for DVB-C, DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, ISDB-T and ATSC channels. Any other program
accessing the DVB hardware (like e.g. VDR) has to be closed in order to avoid conflicts
while running w_scan.
w_scan provides the channels in different output formats (Default: VDR channels.conf). For
other output formats see OPTIONS.

OPTIONS


The following options are available.

-f TYPE
Frontend type,
"a" = ATSC,
"c" = DVB-C,
"s" = DVB-S/S2,
"t" = DVB-T (and ISDB-T) [default]
Depending on "TYPE", either of the arguments "-s" or "-c" is mandatory.

-c COUNTRY_ID
Mandatory argument for ATSC scans, cable scans and terrestrian scans, see option
-f.
Specifies the country where you try to scan for channels as uppercase two letter
identifier, e.g.
DE = Germany,
US = United States,
FR = France
Use "-c?" for a list of all known identifiers.

-s SATELLITE_ID
Mandatory argument for satellite scans, see option -f.
Specifies the satellite you wish to scan as uppercase identifier, e.g.
S19E2 = 19.2° east,
S13E0 = 13.0° east,
S0W8 = 0.8° west.
Use "-s?" for a list of all known identifiers.

-A N specify ATSC scan type
1 = terrestrial [default],
2 = cable,
3 = both, cable and terrestrial.

-o N VDR channels.conf format
2 = VDR-2.0 [default],
21 = VDR-2.1

-X generate zap/czap/xine output instead of VDR channels.conf.

-x generate initial tuning data output for (dvb-)scan instead of VDR channels.conf.

-k generate channels.dvb for kaffeine instead of VDR channels.conf.

-L generate VLC xspf playlist (experimental)

-M mplayer output instead of vdr channels.conf

-G generate output for Gstreamer dvbsrc plugin

-h show help

-H show expert help

EXPERT OPTIONS


-C CHARSET
specifies the output charset, i.e. "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-15"
use 'iconv --list' to see full list of charsets.

-I FILE
import dvbscan initial_tuning_data

-v verbose (repeat for more)

-q quiet (repeat for less)

-R N Radio channels
0 = don't search radio channels
1 = search radio channels [default]

-T N TV channels
0 = don't search TV channels,
1 = search TV channels [default]

-O N Other services
0 = don't search other services,
1 = search other services [default]

-E N Conditional access / encrypted channels
0 = only Free TV channels,
1 = include encrypted channels [default]

-a N use device /dev/dvb/adapterN/ [default: auto detect]
(also allowed: -a /dev/dvb/adapterN/frontendM)
NOTE: This option is deprecated and should be usually omitted.

-F Long filter timeout for reading data from hardware.

-t N Tuning timeout, increasing may help if device tunes slowly or has bad reception.
1 = fastest [default],
2 = medium,
3 = slowest

-i N spectral inversion setting for cable TV
0 = off,
1 = on,
2 = auto [default]

-Q DVB-C modulation [default: choosen by country]
NOTE: for experienced users only!
0 = QAM64,
1 = QAM256,
2 = QAM128

-S RATE
set DVB-C symbol rate, see table: [default: choosen by country]
NOTE: for experienced users only!!
0 = 6.9000 MSymbol/s
1 = 6.8750 MSymbol/s
2 = 6.9565 MSymbol/s
3 = 6.9560 MSymbol/s
4 = 6.9520 MSymbol/s
5 = 6.9500 MSymbol/s
6 = 6.7900 MSymbol/s
7 = 6.8110 MSymbol/s
8 = 6.2500 MSymbol/s
9 = 6.1110 MSymbol/s
10 = 6.0860 MSymbol/s
11 = 5.9000 MSymbol/s
12 = 5.4830 MSymbol/s
13 = 5.2170 MSymbol/s
14 = 5.1560 MSymbol/s
15 = 5.0000 MSymbol/s
16 = 4.0000 MSymbol/s
17 = 3.4500 MSymbol/s

-e extended DVB-C scan flags.
NOTE: for experienced users only!
Any combination of these flags:
1 = use extended symbolrate list,
2 = extended QAM scan

-l TYPE
choose LNB type by name (DVB-S/S2 only) [default: UNIVERSAL],
"-l?" for list of known LNBs.

-D Nc use DiSEqC committed switch position N (N = 0 .. 3)

-D Nu use DiSEqC uncommitted switch position N (N = 0 .. 15)

-p <file>
use DiSEqC rotor Position file

-r N use Rotor position N (N = 1 .. 255)

-P ATSC scan: do not use ATSC PSIP tables for scan (PAT and PMT only)

EXAMPLES


scan satellite 19.2° east:
w_scan -fs -s S19E2

scan cable (DVB), Germany:
w_scan -fc -c DE

scan aerial (DVB), France:
w_scan -ft -c FR

scan cable (ATSC), United States:
w_scan -fa -A2 -c US

scan aerial (ATSC), United States:
w_scan -fa -A1 -c US

use output format kaffeine:
w_scan [ OTHER OPTIONS ] -k

use output format zap/czap/xine:
w_scan [ OTHER OPTIONS ] -X

use output format dvbscan/scan/scan-s2 initial tuning data.
w_scan [ OTHER OPTIONS ] -x
NOTE: w_scan also performs full scans, so there is generally no need for this.

REPORTING BUGS


see README file from source code package.

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