---
name: "dvbscan"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvb-apps"
version: "1.1.1+rev1500-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dvbscan"
---

# dvbscan(1)

a program to produce DVB-T channels.conf files.

## NAME

dvbscan - a program to produce DVB-T channels.conf files.

## SYNOPSIS

**dvbscan** \[*options*\]*\<initial*scan*file\>*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **dvbscan** commands.

**dvbscan** is a program to produce DVB-T channels.conf files.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  print this help text

- **-adapter \<id\>**

  adapter to use (default 0)

- **-frontend \<id\>**

  frontend to use (default 0)

- **-demux \<id\>**

  demux to use (default 0)

- **-secfile \<filename\>**

  Optional sec.conf file

- **-secid \<secid\>**

  ID of the SEC configuration to use, one of:\
   	\* UNIVERSAL (default) - Europe, 10800 to 11800 MHz and 11600 to 12700 Mhz,	  Dual LO, loband 9750, hiband 10600 MHz\
   	\* DBS - Expressvu, North America, 12200 to 12700 MHz, Single LO, 11250 MHz\
   	\* STANDARD - 10945 to 11450 Mhz, Single LO, 10000 Mhz\
   	\* ENHANCED - Astra, 10700 to 11700 MHz, Single LO, 9750 MHz\
   	\* C-BAND - Big Dish, 3700 to 4200 MHz, Single LO, 5150 Mhz\
   	\* C-MULTI - Big Dish - Multipoint LNBf, 3700 to 4200 MHz, Dual LO, H:5150MHz, V:5750MHz\
   	\* One of the sec definitions from the secfile if supplied

- **-satpos \<position\>**

  Specify DISEQC switch position for DVB-S

- **-inversion \<on\|off\|auto\>**

  Specify inversion (default: auto)

- **-uk-ordering**

  Use UK DVB-T channel ordering if present.

- **-timeout \<secs\>**

  Specify filter timeout to use (standard specced values will be used by default)

- **-filter \<filter\>**

  Specify service filter, a comma seperated list of the following tokens: If no filter is supplied, all services will be output\
   	\* tv - Output TV channels\
   	\* radio - Output radio channels\
   	\* other - Output other channels\
   	\* encrypted - Output encrypted channels

- **-out raw \<filename\>\|-**

  Output in raw format to \<filename\> or stdout **-out channels \<filename\>\|-** Output in channels.conf format to \<filename\> or stdout **-out vdr12 \<filename\>\|-** Output in vdr 1.2.x format to \<filename\> or stdout **-out vdr13 \<filename\>\|-** Output in vdr 1.3.x format to \<filename\> or stdout\

This manual page was written by Uwe Bugla \<uwe.bugla@gmx.de\>.