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w_scan2(1)							    w_scan2(1)

NAME
       w_scan2 - a universal ATSC and DVB blind	scanner

SYNOPSIS
       w_scan2 -fa -c <COUNTRY_ID> [ options ]
       w_scan2 -fc -c <COUNTRY_ID> [ options ]
       w_scan2 -ft -c <COUNTRY_ID> [ options ]
       w_scan2 -fs -s <SATELLITE_ID> [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
       w_scan2	scans for DVB-C, DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, 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_scan2.
       w_scan2 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, DVB-T2 and ISDB-T [default]
	      "t1" = only DVB-T
	      "t2" = only DVB-T2
	      Depending	 on  "TYPE",  either  of the arguments "-s" or "-c" is
	      mandatory.

       -c COUNTRY_ID
	      Mandatory	argument for ATSC scans, cable scans  and  terrestrial
	      scans, see option	-f.
	      Specifies	 the country where you try to scan for channels	as up-
	      percase 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  identi-
	      fier, 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.

       -5     generate initial tuning data output for  dvbv5-scan  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 [default]
	      1	= search other services

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

       -d     Delete duplicate transponders
	      with  this  option, only the first transponder copy is kept, re-
	      gardless of the signal strength, so if you are in	an  area  with
	      the  same	 transponders  being broadcast from different sources,
	      this will	prevent	you from searching for services	in all of them

       -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_scan2 -fs -s S19E2

       scan cable (DVB), Germany:
	      w_scan2 -fc -c DE

       scan aerial (DVB), France:
	      w_scan2 -ft -c FR

       scan cable (ATSC), United States:
	      w_scan2 -fa -A2 -c US

       scan aerial (ATSC), United States:
	      w_scan2 -fa -A1 -c US

       use output format zap/czap/xine:
	      w_scan2 [	OTHER OPTIONS ]	-X

       use output format dvbscan/scan/scan-s2 initial tuning data.
	      w_scan2 [	OTHER OPTIONS ]	-x
	      NOTE: w_scan2 also performs full scans, so there is generally no
	      need for this.

REPORTING BUGS
       see README file from source code	package.

AUTHOR
       Written by W.Koehler

       Permission is granted to	copy, distribute and/or	modify	this  document
       under  the terms	of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later
       version published by the	Free Software Foundation.

SEE ALSO
       vdr(1)

			       28 February 2021			    w_scan2(1)

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