<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ANSI_X3.4-1968" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968" /><title>Chapter 8. Introduction</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="LINUX MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE API" /><link rel="up" href="pt02.html" title="Part II. LINUX DVB API" /><link rel="prev" href="pt02.html" title="Part II. LINUX DVB API" /><link rel="next" href="ch08s02.html" title="History" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 8. Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pt02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part II. LINUX DVB API</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch08s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 8. Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="dvb_introdution"></a>Chapter 8. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch08.html#requisites">What you need to know</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch08s02.html">History</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch08s03.html">Overview</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch08s04.html">Linux DVB Devices</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch08s05.html">API include files</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="section" title="What you need to know"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="requisites"></a>What you need to know</h2></div></div></div><p>The reader of this document is required to have some knowledge in the area of digital video broadcasting (DVB) and should be familiar with part I of the MPEG2 specification ISO/IEC 13818 (aka ITU-T H.222), i.e you should know what a program/transport stream (PS/TS) is and what is meant by a packetized elementary stream (PES) or an I-frame.</p><p>Various DVB standards documents are available from <a class="ulink" href="http://www.dvb.org" target="_top">http://www.dvb.org</a> and/or <a class="ulink" href="http://www.etsi.org" target="_top">http://www.etsi.org</a>.</p><p>It is also necessary to know how to access unix/linux devices and how to use ioctl calls. This also includes the knowledge of C or C++. </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pt02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pt02.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch08s02.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Part II. LINUX DVB API </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> History</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
