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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbproperty.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbproperty.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1a56c1724 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbproperty.rst @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _frontend-properties: + +************** +Property types +************** + +Tuning into a Digital TV physical channel and starting decoding it +requires changing a set of parameters, in order to control the tuner, +the demodulator, the Linear Low-noise Amplifier (LNA) and to set the +antenna subsystem via Satellite Equipment Control - SEC (on satellite +systems). The actual parameters are specific to each particular digital +TV standards, and may change as the digital TV specs evolves. + +In the past (up to DVB API version 3 - DVBv3), the strategy used was to have a +union with the parameters needed to tune for DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T and +ATSC delivery systems grouped there. The problem is that, as the second +generation standards appeared, the size of such union was not big +enough to group the structs that would be required for those new +standards. Also, extending it would break userspace. + +So, the legacy union/struct based approach was deprecated, in favor +of a properties set approach. On such approach, +:ref:`FE_GET_PROPERTY and FE_SET_PROPERTY <FE_GET_PROPERTY>` are used +to setup the frontend and read its status. + +The actual action is determined by a set of dtv_property cmd/data pairs. +With one single ioctl, is possible to get/set up to 64 properties. + +This section describes the new and recommended way to set the frontend, +with supports all digital TV delivery systems. + +.. note:: + + 1. On Linux DVB API version 3, setting a frontend was done via + struct :c:type:`dvb_frontend_parameters`. + + 2. Don't use DVB API version 3 calls on hardware with supports + newer standards. Such API provides no suport or a very limited + support to new standards and/or new hardware. + + 3. Nowadays, most frontends support multiple delivery systems. + Only with DVB API version 5 calls it is possible to switch between + the multiple delivery systems supported by a frontend. + + 4. DVB API version 5 is also called *S2API*, as the first + new standard added to it was DVB-S2. + +**Example**: in order to set the hardware to tune into a DVB-C channel +at 651 kHz, modulated with 256-QAM, FEC 3/4 and symbol rate of 5.217 +Mbauds, those properties should be sent to +:ref:`FE_SET_PROPERTY <FE_GET_PROPERTY>` ioctl: + + :ref:`DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM <DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM>` = SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_A + + :ref:`DTV_FREQUENCY <DTV-FREQUENCY>` = 651000000 + + :ref:`DTV_MODULATION <DTV-MODULATION>` = QAM_256 + + :ref:`DTV_INVERSION <DTV-INVERSION>` = INVERSION_AUTO + + :ref:`DTV_SYMBOL_RATE <DTV-SYMBOL-RATE>` = 5217000 + + :ref:`DTV_INNER_FEC <DTV-INNER-FEC>` = FEC_3_4 + + :ref:`DTV_TUNE <DTV-TUNE>` + +The code that would that would do the above is show in +:ref:`dtv-prop-example`. + +.. code-block:: c + :caption: Example: Setting digital TV frontend properties + :name: dtv-prop-example + + #include <stdio.h> + #include <fcntl.h> + #include <sys/ioctl.h> + #include <linux/dvb/frontend.h> + + static struct dtv_property props[] = { + { .cmd = DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM, .u.data = SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_A }, + { .cmd = DTV_FREQUENCY, .u.data = 651000000 }, + { .cmd = DTV_MODULATION, .u.data = QAM_256 }, + { .cmd = DTV_INVERSION, .u.data = INVERSION_AUTO }, + { .cmd = DTV_SYMBOL_RATE, .u.data = 5217000 }, + { .cmd = DTV_INNER_FEC, .u.data = FEC_3_4 }, + { .cmd = DTV_TUNE } + }; + + static struct dtv_properties dtv_prop = { + .num = 6, .props = props + }; + + int main(void) + { + int fd = open("/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0", O_RDWR); + + if (!fd) { + perror ("open"); + return -1; + } + if (ioctl(fd, FE_SET_PROPERTY, &dtv_prop) == -1) { + perror("ioctl"); + return -1; + } + printf("Frontend set\\n"); + return 0; + } + +.. attention:: While it is possible to directly call the Kernel code like the + above example, it is strongly recommended to use + `libdvbv5 <https://linuxtv.org/docs/libdvbv5/index.html>`__, as it + provides abstraction to work with the supported digital TV standards and + provides methods for usual operations like program scanning and to + read/write channel descriptor files. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + fe_property_parameters + frontend-stat-properties + frontend-property-terrestrial-systems + frontend-property-cable-systems + frontend-property-satellite-systems + frontend-header |