NAME Linux::DVB - interface to (some parts of) the Linux DVB API SYNOPSIS use Linux::DVB; DESCRIPTION This module provides an interface to the Linux DVB API. It is a straightforward translation of the C API. You should read the Linux DVB API description to make any sense of this module. It can be found here: http://www.linuxtv.org/developer/dvbapi.xml All constants from frontend.h and demux.h are exported by their C name and by default. Noteworthy differences to the C API: unions and sub-structs are usually translated into flat perl hashes, i.e "struct.u.qam.symbol_rate" becomes "$struct->{symbol_rate}". Noteworthy limitations of this module include: no way to set the frequency or diseqc. No interface to the video, audio and net devices. If you need this functionality bug the author. Linux::DVB::Frontend CLASS SYNOPSIS my $fe = new Linux::DVB::Frontend $path, $writable; my $fe = new Linux::DVB::Frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0", 1; $fe->fh; # filehandle $fe->fd; # fileno $fe->blocking (0); # or 1 $fe->{name} $fe->{type} $fe->frontend_info->{name} $fe->status & FE_HAS_LOCK print $fe->ber, $fe->snr, $fe->signal_strength, $fe->uncorrected; my $tune = $fe->parameters; $tune->{frequency}; $tune->{symbol_rate}; Linux::DVB::Demux CLASS SYNOPSIS my $dmx = new Linux::DVB::Demux "/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0"; $fe->fh; # filehandle $fe->fd; # fileno $fe->blocking (1); # non-blocking is default $dmx->buffer (16384); $dmx->sct_filter ($pid, "filter", "mask", $timeout=0, $flags=DMX_CHECK_CRC); $dmx->pes_filter ($pid, $input, $output, $type, $flags=0); $dmx->start; $dmx->stop; AUTHOR Marc Lehmann http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/