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Commit f8cd3598 authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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[media] doc-rst: move DVB introduction to a separate file



Instead of keeping the introduction together with the
index, move it to a separate file, and add it via toctree
at the index.

The information there are outdated, so update it to point
to the right links.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem
=============================================

The main development site and CVS repository for these
drivers is https://linuxtv.org.

The developer mailing list linux-dvb is also hosted there,
see https://linuxtv.org/lists.php. Please check
the archive https://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/
and the Wiki https://linuxtv.org/wiki/
before asking newbie questions on the list.

API documentation, utilities and test/example programs
are available as part of the old driver package for Linux 2.4
(linuxtv-dvb-1.0.x.tar.gz), or from CVS (module DVB).
We plan to split this into separate packages, but it's not
been done yet.

https://linuxtv.org/downloads/

What's inside this directory:
.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-

"avermedia.txt"
contains detailed information about the
Avermedia DVB-T cards. See also "bt8xx.txt".
.. include:: <isonum.txt>

"bt8xx.txt"
contains detailed information about the
various bt8xx based "budget" DVB cards.

"cards.txt"
contains a list of supported hardware.

"ci.txt"
contains detailed information about the
CI module as part from TwinHan cards and Clones.

"contributors.txt"
is the who-is-who of DVB development.

"faq.txt"
contains frequently asked questions and their answers.

"get_dvb_firmware"
script to download and extract firmware for those devices
that require it.
#############################################
Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem
#############################################

"ttusb-dec.txt"
contains detailed information about the
TT DEC2000/DEC3000 USB DVB hardware.
**Copyright** |copy| 2001-2016 : LinuxTV Developers

"udev.txt"
how to get DVB and udev up and running.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of
the license is included in the chapter entitled "GNU Free Documentation
License".

"README.dvb-usb"
contains detailed information about the DVB USB cards.

"README.flexcop"
contains detailed information about the
Technisat- and Flexcop B2C2 drivers.
.. toctree::
	:maxdepth: 5

Good luck and have fun!
	intro
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Introdution
===========

The main development site and GIT repository for these
drivers is https://linuxtv.org.

The DVB mailing list linux-dvb is hosted at vger. Please see
http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-media for details.

There are also some other old lists hosted at https://linuxtv.org/lists.php. Please check the archive https://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/.

The media subsystem Wiki is hosted at https://linuxtv.org/wiki/.
Please check it before asking newbie questions on the list.

API documentation is documented at the Kernel. You'll also find useful
documentation at: https://linuxtv.org/docs.php.

You may also find useful material at https://linuxtv.org/downloads/.

In order to get firmware from proprietary drivers, there's a script at
the kernel tree, at scripts/get_dvb_firmware.