w_scan2 is a small channel scan tool which generates ATSC, DVB-C,
DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/T2 channels.conf files.
It's based on the old "scan" tool from linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.0. The
differences are:
* no initial tuning data needed, because scanning without this data
is exactly what a scan tool like this should do.
* it detects automatically which DVB/ATSC card to use.
* much more output formats, interfacing to other dtv software.
w_scan2 is a fork of the original w_scan from
https://www.gen2vdr.de/wirbel/w_scan/index2.html
Main changes from w_scan to w_scan2:
* keep duplicate transponders by default because a stronger transponder
with the same ID might have a higher frequency and be discarded simply
because it's scanned later. Also don't replace the current transponder
with an advertised one by default. The latter may have a lower signal
strength. More details here:
https://stefantalpalaru.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/scan-all-the-things/
The old behaviour can be enabled with -d (--delete-duplicate-transponders).
* re-enable VHF band III in Europe
WWW: https://github.com/stefantalpalaru/w_scan2
Suggested by: hselasky
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