Enigma (DVB)
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Enigma2, the second generation of Enigma software, is an application used in Linux-based Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T) receivers or TV set-top boxes and Internet Protocol television receivers. It creates a graphical user interface to control the said devices using a remote control and provides features such as tuning available satellite transponders, cable channels and terrestrial television transmitters (according to available tuners) or accessing material via Internet Protocol television (IPTV), watching a TV program or listening to radio, time shifting, Digital video recorder, streaming media programs to other devices (personal computer, mobile phone), etc. Other features are available through plugins – for example Electronic program guide (EPG), Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV), access to TV archives and movie databases, playback of multimedia files, viewing photos, etc.
Developer(s) | about 20 development teams, originally Dream Service GmbH |
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Initial release | 2006 |
Written in | C++, modules in language Python |
Operating system | Linux |
Platform | E2 Linux |
Available in | English, German and other languages depending particular distribution |
Type | Firmware, API |
License | different, partially proprietary software |
Website | enigma2 |
The name Enigma2 is often used to refer to the whole Linux distribution designed for TV receivers containing the Enigma2 application. Sometimes the distribution is called Linux E2 or E2 Linux, but usually it is named after the specific distro or development team – OpenATV, OpenPLi, OpenViX, EGAMI, OpenEight, Black Hole, OpenDroid, PurE2, etc. The distribution was originally developed for Dreambox receivers, but after 2010 a number of manufacturers of similar equipment appeared, such as Formuler, GigaBlue, Octagon, Opticum, Unibox, Vu+, Zgemma, etc.