···22<para>In this section we would like to present some examples for using the DVB API.33</para>44<para>Maintainer note: This section is out of date. Please refer to the sample programs packaged55-with the driver distribution from <emphasis role="tt">http://linuxtv.org/</emphasis>.55+with the driver distribution from <ulink url="http://linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps" />.66</para>7788<section id="tuning">
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···1111is not yet handled by this API but a future extension is possible. For1212DVB-S the frontend device also supports satellite equipment control1313(SEC) via DiSEqC and V-SEC protocols. The DiSEqC (digital SEC)1414-specification is available from Eutelsat <emphasis1515-role="tt">http://www.eutelsat.org/</emphasis>.</para>1414+specification is available from1515+<ulink url="http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_5_5.html">Eutelsat</ulink>.</para>16161717<para>Note that the DVB API may also be used for MPEG decoder-only PCI1818cards, in which case there exists no frontend device.</para>
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···1010meant by a packetized elementary stream (PES) or an I-frame.</para>11111212<para>Various DVB standards documents are available from1313-<emphasis role="tt">http://www.dvb.org/</emphasis> and/or1414-<emphasis role="tt">http://www.etsi.org/</emphasis>.</para>1313+<ulink url="http://www.dvb.org" /> and/or1414+<ulink url="http://www.etsi.org" />.</para>15151616<para>It is also necessary to know how to access unix/linux devices and1717how to use ioctl calls. This also includes the knowledge of C or C++.···3131<para>In early 2000, we were approached by Nokia with a proposal for a3232new standard Linux DVB API. As a commitment to the development of3333terminals based on open standards, Nokia and Convergence made it3434-available to all Linux developers and published it on <emphasis3535-role="tt">http://www.linuxtv.org/</emphasis> in September 2000.3434+available to all Linux developers and published it on3535+<ulink url="http://www.linuxtv.org/" /> in September 2000.3636Convergence is the maintainer of the Linux DVB API. Together with the3737LinuxTV community (i.e. you, the reader of this document), the Linux DVB3838API will be constantly reviewed and improved. With the Linux driver for