TuxTxt
Teletext viewer for Dreambox & DBOX2
About
TuxTxt is a teletext viewer for the DBOX2/Dreambox platform. The software was originally created by Thomas Loewe (LazyT), and development was continued by Roland Meier and DBLuelle.
Latest version: 1.99released 7 Oct 2006
This release fixes "forgotten" pages when using delayed subtitles and implements
correct language settings for TOP/FLOF navigation.
Features
- Teletext Level 2.5 graphics support
- Cachable (hex)pages
- Favorites
- Multiple codepages
- TOP/FLOF navigation
Installation — Dreambox (DM5x00 / DM56xx)
Extract the ZIP file and copy the files to the correct locations:
tuxtxt.so and tuxtxt.cfg → /var/tuxbox/plugins/
All other files → /var/tuxtxt/
Don't forget to chmod 755 both tuxtxt.cfg and tuxtxt.so.
Installation — Dreambox 7020
tuxtxt.so and tuxtxt.cfg → /usr/lib/tuxbox/plugins/
All other files → /usr/tuxtxt/
Add ln -s /usr/tuxtxt /var/ to your startup script
(/etc/init.d/tuxbox-links.sh), and create the directory
/etc/tuxbox/config/.
If your image was built in July 2005 or later it likely already includes the
TuxTxt caching feature — use the /cache version of the plugin.
Otherwise use /nocache.
Windows client — TTCLIENT
Want to read teletext on your Windows PC? Use TTCLIENT, a small utility also developed by LazyT. It offers comparable features to TuxTxt and uses the streampes/streamsec from the Tuxbox project to display the current teletext streams from your satellite receiver.