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LinuxTV, the Glossary

Index LinuxTV

The LinuxTV project is an informal group of volunteers who develop software regarding digital television for the Linux kernel-based operating systems.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 14 relations: Berlin, Digital television, DirectFB, DVB, Germany, GmbH, GTK, Linux kernel, List of free television software, Open-source software, Set-top box, Tvheadend, Video4Linux, X.Org Server.

  2. Free television software
  3. Set-top box
  4. Software that uses GTK
  5. Television organizations

Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Digital television

Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals.

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DirectFB

DirectFB (Direct Frame Buffer), now continued as DirectFB2, is a software library with a small memory footprint that provides graphics acceleration, input device handling and abstraction layer, and integrated windowing system with support for translucent windows and multiple display layers on top of the Linux framebuffer without requiring any kernel modifications.

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DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a set of international open standards for digital television.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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GmbH

(), literally 'company with limited liability' (abbreviated as GmbH in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and as Ges.m.b.H. in Austria), is a type of legal entity in German-speaking countries.

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GTK

GTK (formerly GIMP ToolKit and GTK+) is a free software cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

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Linux kernel

The Linux kernel is a free and open source, UNIX-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide.

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List of free television software

This is a list of free television software, and includes television-related software which is distributed as free softwareunder a free software licence, with the source code available. LinuxTV and list of free television software are free television software.

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Open-source software

Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.

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Set-top box

A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or other display device.

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Tvheadend

TVHeadend, sometimes TVH for short, is a server application that reads video streams from LinuxTV sources and publishes them as internet streams. LinuxTV and Tvheadend are free television software.

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Video4Linux

Video4Linux (V4L for short) is a collection of device drivers and an API for supporting realtime video capture on Linux systems.

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X.Org Server

X.Org Server is the free and open-source implementation of the X Window System (X11) display server stewarded by the X.Org Foundation.

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See also

Free television software

Set-top box

Software that uses GTK

Television organizations

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxTV