GNOME DVB Daemon User Guide
Contents
Scanning channels
First of all you have to scan for channels:
Run gnome-dvb-setup
- Select the device you want to use to search for channels
- Choose initial tuning data or use brute force scan if you have DVB-T and don't know what to choose
- Save the list of channels
- Optionally, repeat the process for adapters of different type
Setting up device groups
Now you can setup the daemon with the list of channels:
Run gnome-dvb-control
Go to Edit -> Preferences
- You will see unconfigured devices at the bottom and configured devices at the top.
Select an unconfigured device from the bottom and press Create new group
- Choose the channels file for the device you creates earlier and a directory where the recordings should be stored
- If you have more than one DVB device you can either create a new group for this device or add it to an existing group. If more than one device is part of a group recordings that would overlap are automatically distributed among the devices of the group. The devices of on group must be of the same type. E.g. you can put two DVB-T devices in one group, but not one DVB-T device and one DVB-S device.
Scheduling recordings
You're set to schedule recordings now:
Run gnome-dvb-control
- Choose the group you want to add a new timer to or edit existing ones
Click on Timers
Press the Add button and choose the channel, start time and duration of the recording
Browsing EPG
In addition, you can browse EPG:
Run gnome-dvb-control
- Select a group and a channel
- Double clicking on an entry in the list on the right will schedule a recording for the selected show
Watching live TV and recordings using Totem
Make sure you configured dvb-daemon with --enable-totem-plugin
Start Totem and go to Edit -> Plugins...
- Enable GNOME DVB Daemon
- In the sidebar select DVB
- Double click on a channel or a recording to watch it
To watch you recording you can either directly open the file from the directory where the recordings are stored or use Coherence together with Totem. A screencast and steps to set it up are available at http://k-d-w.org/node/50
