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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  manda-
	    tory.

     -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  upper-
	    case 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 = 19.2A<degree> east,
	    S13E0 = 13.0A<degree> east,
	    S0W8 = 0.8A<degree> 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,  regard-
	    less  of the signal strength, so if you are in an area with the same
	    transponders being broadcast from different sources, this will  pre-
	    vent 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 19.2A<degree> 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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