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diff --git a/multimedia/dvbsnoop/README b/multimedia/dvbsnoop/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..de3fbd12e573f --- /dev/null +++ b/multimedia/dvbsnoop/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +dvbsnoop is a DVB / MPEG stream analyzer program, which enables you to +watch (live) stream information in human readable form. + +Its purpose is to debug, dump or view digital stream information +(e.g. digital television broadcasts) send via satellite, cable or +terrestrial. Streams can be SI, PES or TS. Basically you can describe +dvbsnoop as a "swiss army knife" analyzing program for DVB, MHP, DSM-CC +or MPEG - similar to TCP network sniffer programs like the old and famous +snoop on Sun Solaris or tcpdump on Linux (which is in fact a kind of +a clone of SunOS 'snoop'). You may also analyze offline mpeg streams, +e.g. stored on DVD or mpeg2 movie files. + +dvbsnoop is a command line based program. It's text output can be used +to for postprocessing via scripts or graphical analysis software like +MRTG or gnu-plot. |