dvbscan(1)

💖 dvbscan — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is dvbscan(1), from the General Commands Manual section of your local man pages. grab a snack, we're doing this. 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

dvbscan — a program to produce DVB-T channels.conf files. that's literally the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dvbscan [options]<initialscanfile>

no space between [options] and <initialscanfile>, that's just how it's written, don't @ me. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page is here to give you the brief rundown of the dvbscan commands. not the novel, the sparknotes. ✨

and dvbscan? it's a program that produces DVB-T channels.conf files. that's its whole job and it does it. periodt. 👑

💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -h — print this help text. the classic. the icon. ask for help, receive help. 🫶
• -adapter <id> — which adapter to use. default is 0, so if you don't say anything it just goes with the first one. no drama. 🌈
• -frontend <id> — which frontend to use. default 0. same energy as above. ⭐
• -demux <id> — which demux to use. default 0. you're sensing a pattern here, i know. 😭
• -secfile <filename> — an optional sec.conf file. optional! like your presence at that one party. 🙈
• -secid <secid> — the ID of the SEC configuration to use. here's the menu, and yes i'm listing every single one because i keep it real:
  • UNIVERSAL (this is the default) — Europe, 10800 to 11800 MHz and 11600 to 12700 Mhz, Dual LO, loband 9750, hiband 10600 MHz
  • DBS — Expressvu, North America, 12200 to 12700 MHz, Single LO, 11250 MHz
  • STANDARD — 10945 to 11450 Mhz, Single LO, 10000 Mhz
  • ENHANCED — Astra, 10700 to 11700 MHz, Single LO, 9750 MHz
  • C-BAND — Big Dish, 3700 to 4200 MHz, Single LO, 5150 Mhz
  • C-MULTI — Big Dish - Multipoint LNBf, 3700 to 4200 MHz, Dual LO, H:5150MHz, V:5750MHz
  • or one of the sec definitions from the secfile, if you supplied one with -secfile. see how it all comes together?? it's giving ecosystem. 🔥
• -satpos <position> — specify the DISEQC switch position for DVB-S. satellites, but make it a position. 🛰️
• -inversion <on|off|auto> — specify inversion. default is auto, because it can just figure it out. main character energy fr fr. ✨
• -uk-ordering — use UK DVB-T channel ordering, if present. if it's not present, well. nothing happens. 💀
• -timeout <secs> — specify the filter timeout to use. if you don't, the standard specced values get used by default. so it's fine, it's fine. 🌸
• -filter <filter> — specify the service filter, which is a comma seperated list of the following tokens. if you don't supply a filter at all, then all services get output. all of them. every last one. 👑
  • tv — Output TV channels
  • radio — Output radio channels
  • other — Output other channels
  • encrypted — Output encrypted channels
• -out — output format time!! pick your fighter:
  • -out raw <filename>|- — Output in raw format to <filename> or stdout
  • -out channels <filename>|- — Output in channels.conf format to <filename> or stdout
  • -out vdr12 <filename>|- — Output in vdr 1.2.x format to <filename> or stdout
  • -out vdr13 <filename>|- — Output in vdr 1.3.x format to <filename> or stdout

and yes, that - at the end means stdout. classic. 🫶

💖 this manual page was written by Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@gmx.de>. give them their flowers. 💐

and that's the whole page bestie!! this manual page was living its best life back on February 14, 2009 — yes, valentine's day, which is iconic and also extremely on brand for a manpage this cute. 💌 mwah, go scan some channels. 🎀✨🦋