Index libdvbpsi's documentation

1.0.0

Introduction

Author:

Arnaud de Bossoreille de Ribou <bozo@via.ecp.fr>

Christophe Massion <massiot@via.ecp.fr>

Jean-Paul Saman <jpsaman@videolan.org>

Johan Billen <jobi@via.ecp.fr>

Johann Hanne <jhml@gmx.net>

and others (see AUTHORS file)

The libdvbpsi is a library developed by the VideoLAN team. This document describes how to use it and the "C" API.

What is libdvbpsi ?

libdvbpsi is a library that provides API's to decode and generate all the Program specific Information (PSI) and descriptors present in a MPEG2 TS or a DVB stream.

libdvbpsi version 1.0.0 breaks API compatibility with earlier versions. The benefits are a more consistent API and the library no longer makes calls to printf which improves its use in threaded applications.

The two keywords are portability and simplicity.

License

libdvbpsi was originally released under the GPLv2 and later relicensed under the LGPLv2. All versions prior to version 0.2.0 are GPLv2, versions 0.2.0 and later are LGPLv2.1.

Tables and Descriptors

libdvbpsi supports the following PSI tables and many descriptors regularly found in MPEG/DVB Transport streams

• Bouquet Association Table (BAT)
• Conditional Access Table (CAT)
• EPG Information Table (EIT)
• Network Information Table (NIT)
• Program Association Table (PAT)
• Program Map Table (PMT)
• Section Description Table (SDT)
• Splice Information Section Table (SIS)
• TOT Table (TOT)

Usage

• Structure of the decoders
• API usage
• How to implement a new specific decoder ?
• howto-new-api