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diff --git a/multimedia/w_scan2/README b/multimedia/w_scan2/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..cbfb41d4d016f --- /dev/null +++ b/multimedia/w_scan2/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +w_scan2 is a small channel scan tool which generates +ATSC, DVB-C, DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/T2 channels.conf files. + +It's based on the old "scan" tool from linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.0 + +The differences are: +- no initial tuning data needed, because scanning without this data is + exactly what a scan tool like this should do +- it detects automatically which DVB/ATSC card to use +- much more output formats, interfacing to other dtv software. + +w_scan2 is a fork of the original w_scan +from https://www.gen2vdr.de/wirbel/w_scan/index2.html + +main changes from w_scan to w_scan2 +- keep duplicate transponders by default because a stronger transponder + with the same ID might have a higher frequency and be discarded + simply because it's scanned later. +- Also don't replace the current transponder with an advertised one by + default. The latter may have a lower signal strength. + https://stefantalpalaru.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/scan-all-the-things/ +- The old behaviour can be enabled with -d + (--delete-duplicate-transponders). +- re-enable VHF band III in Europe |