Re: /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0 <-- what is this for and how to use it?
BOUWSMA Barry <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Leszek Koltunski wrote: > One question: in /dev/dvb/adapter0 I can see > > leszek@satellite:~$ ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0/ > total 0 > crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 4 2009-12-02 18:22 ca0 > crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 0 2009-12-02 18:22 demux0 > crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 1 2009-12-02 18:22 dvr0 > crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 3 2009-12-02 18:22 frontend0 > crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 2 2009-12-02 18:22 net0 > > What is this 'net0' device and how do I use it? Can I use it to directly > multicast my (FTA) satellite stream to my lan by any chance? No, it can be used for receiving IP datastreams broadcast by satellite. > I have found no documentation about this... There is a guide I've found to setting this up (a few years ago) but I can't give an off-the-top-of-my-head pointer to this. Unless you want to receive a satellite-delivered multicast or unicast stream -- I'm not sure if there are any out there of interest to non-subscribers -- it something you wouldn't need to use. barry bouwsma _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead [email protected] [email protected] http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb