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NAME

       xawtvrc -- TV apps config file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/X11/xawtvrc
       $HOME/.xawtv

DESCRIPTION

       xawtvrc  is  the  config file originally used by xawtv only (that's why the name xawtvrc).
       These days a number of other TV applications / utilities read it too to get  configuration
       information from it.

       Both  a   global (/etc/X11/xawtvrc)  and personal ($HOME/.xawtv)  config file  are used by
       the applications.   Settings  in the personal config file will overwrite the global ones.

   Applications
       The following applications use these config files:

       xawtv  The classic X11 TV application.

       motv   A better, motif-based GUI for xawtv ...

       fbtv   TV application for the linux framebuffer console.

       ttv    aalib-based TV application for any terminal.

       v4lctl command line tool to control video4linux devices.

   Create a config file
       xawtv  and  motv  both  provide  some  functions  to  edit  the  channels  and  save   the
       configuration.   The  save function will not preserve any comments you might have put into
       the config file through ...

       You can also use your favorite text editor and modify the config file directly.

       You can use the command line utility scantv to create a initial config file.  scantv  will
       automatically  scan  all  channels  for TV stations and write the ones it has found to the
       config file.

SYNTAX

       xawtvrc uses the same syntax like smb.conf: sections starting  with  [name],  followed  by
       lines with option = value pairs.

       There are four special sections: [global], [launch], [eventmap] and [defaults].  All other
       sections describe a TV station each.

   TV station options.
       The following options are allowed for TV stations and the [defaults] section.  The options
       from the [defaults] sections are used -- as the name suggests -- as defaults for all other
       channels.  You can put everything which is common for all TV stations (like  the  TV  norm
       which  is  used in your country) into the [defaults] section, so you don't have to specify
       it for every single channel.

       With a reasonable [defaults] section you usually only need to specify the channel for each
       TV station, like this:

       [ORB]
       channel = 27

       The other options are:

       fine = n
              finetuning (what left+right keys do within xawtv), default: 0

       norm = pal | ntsc | secam
              which TV norm, default is pal

       key = keysym
              Hotkey  for the channel. All X11 keysyms allowed here. You can prefix a keysym with
              Modifier+, "Ctrl+F" for example.

       capture = off | overlay | grabdisplay
              capture mode: off, overlay (default, TV card => video, 0% cpu) or  grabdisplay  (TV
              card  =>  main  memory => X-Server => video, frame rate depends on load and picture
              size).  Default is overlay.  If it is not possible to use overlay for  some  reason
              (remote  display,  not  supported  by the hardware, whatever) the applications will
              automatically fallback to grabdisplay.

       input = Television | Composite1 | Composite2 | SVHS
              input source.  The valid choices depend on the hardware driver,  the  values  above
              are just examples.  You can use "v4lctl list" to get a list of valid choices.

       color = n

       bright = n

       hue = n

       contrast = n
              Valid  range  is  0-65535,  default  is 32768.  Adding a percent symbol changes the
              range to 0-100, i.e. "50%" has the same effect like "32768".

       audio = mono | stereo | lang1 | lang2
              Set the audio mode for the given channel.

       freq = n
              Specify the frequency for the given station (MHz, video  carrier).   You  shouldn't
              need this for normal operation, all your channels should be listed in the frequency
              table for your area (if not, mail me a patch).  Maybe  unless  you  live  near  the
              border and the foreign country uses another channel scheme.

       midi = note
              Use midi noteon event for <note> as hotkey for the channel.

       group = name
              Put  the  channel  into  the  group  <name>.  motv uses that to create submenus per
              channel group.

   Global options
       A number of not channel-related settings go to the "[global]" section:

       fullscreen = width x height
              specify which video mode should be used for full-screen.  Works  with  XFree  only,
              and of course you need a valid modeline for this mode in your XF86Config file.  You
              also have to enable the VidMode extension (option -vm,  see  above)  to  make  this
              work.

       wm-off-by = [+-]x[+-]y
              Some WM's handle static gravity incorrectly (I know mwm and kwm).  This is somewhat
              boring with fullscreen mode.   With  this  option  you  can  correct  this  with  a
              displacement for moving windows.  For example, wm-off-by = -4-24 does the trick for
              kwm (the KDE1 window manager).

       freqtab =
              select a channel-to-freqency mapping.  Options window->Frequency table  (in  xawtv)
              brings up a menu with all valid entries (and allows table-switching at runtime).

       pixsize = width x height
              size of the channel pixmaps (within Channels window).  0x0 disables this feature.

       pixcols = n
              number of columns the channel window should use.  Defaults to 1.

       mixer = ctl | device:ctl
              This  allows  volume control using the sound card mixer.  ctl is the mixer control,
              i.e. "vol" for the master volume. "line1" is a good  candidate  for  the  TV  card.
              device is the mixer device (defaults to /dev/mixer in unspecified).  Volume-control
              works with the keypad: + is up, - is down, Enter is mute.

       jpeg-quality = n
              set the quality for (M)JPEG images/frames.  As usual the valid range for n is [0 ..
              100] with 75 as default.

       keypad-ntsc = on | off
              Configure  keypad  mode.   Default  is  off.   When set to on, numbers typed on the
              keypad are interpreted as channel  numbers  (this  is  like  NTSC  TV  sets  work).
              Otherwise  they  are interpreted as programmed station, i.e. 1 is the first station
              from $HOME/.xawtv, ...

       keypad-partial = on | off
              Another configuration of keypad mode.  Default is on.  When set to off, typing  one
              digit  on  the  keypad  doesn't  change the station number when there are two-digit
              station numbers starting with that digit.

       osd = on | off
              Enable/disable the onscreen display in fullscreen mode.  Default is on.

       osd-position = x , y
              Position the onscreen display, in pixels.  Default is 30,20.

       use-wm-fullscreen = on | off
              Enter  fullscreen  mode  by  asking  the  window  manager  to   handle   that   via
              _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN (if supported by the wm).  Default is on.

       ratio = x:y
              Set  a  fixed aspect ratio for the TV image.  Default is 4:3.  Use 0:0 if you don't
              want a fixed aspect ratio.

       mov-driver = files | raw | avi | mov

       mov-video = ppm | pgm | jpeg | rgb | gray | 422 | 422p | rgb15 | rgb24 | mjpeg  |  jpeg  |
       raw | mjpa | png

       mov-fps = fps

       mov-audio = mono8 | mono16 | stereo

       mov-rate = rate
              Set defaults for movie recording.  Not all possible combinations are valid choices.
              "streamer -h" will print a nice list.

       midi = port
              You can specify a ALSA port where  xawtv  should  receive  midi  events  from.   If
              configured this way, you can program your midi keyboard keys as station hotkeys and
              use midi controller events to control settings like volume, bright etc.  Check  the
              [eventmap] description below for details.

       filter = name
              Enable the specified filter.

   The [launch] section
       You  can  start  other programs from within xawtv.  This is configured with entries in the
       "[launch]" section:

       label = key, command line
              The  specified  hotkey  will  run  the  configured  program.   Calling  the  Action
              "Launch(label)"  works  too.   If  you want to play with the Xt translation tables,
              feel free to do so.  But don't complain if you broke something while doing so...

   The [eventmap] section
       The eventmap simply has a number of "event = action" lines.  "action" can be  any  command
       which  xawtv  understands  (check  the xawtv-remote man page for a list).  "event" is some
       event generated by any input device xawtv listens to.  An event might have some  argument,
       the  midi-ctrl  events  for  example have one.  If present the argument is appended to the
       action.

       There are default mappings for lirc and joystick input events, so you don't have to create
       an eventmap to use them.  But if you don't like the defaults you can change them easily.

       Here is a list of valid events:

       lirc-key-<name>
              The key <name> was pressed on the IR remote control.

       joy-button-<n>
              Joystick button <n> was pressed.

       joy-axis-<left|right|up|down>
              Joystick was moved into the given direction.

       midi-note-<n>
              noteon  event  for note <n> was received (i.e. you probably pressed some key on the
              midi keyboard).

       midi-ctrl-<n>
              midi controller message for control <n> was received.  This event has  an  argument
              (the current value of the control).

       kbd-key-<name>
              Key <name> was pressed on the keyboard.

   sample config file
       # this is a comment
       # empty lines are ignored too

       [global]
       freqtab = europe-west
       #mixer   = line
       jpeg-quality = 75
       midi = 64:0
       fullscreen = 768x576

       # for /etc/XF86Config
       # Modeline  "pal"  50.00  768 832 856 1000  576 590 595 630  -hsync -vsync

       [launch]
       mixer = M, gtkaumix
       AleVT = Ctrl+A, alevt

       [eventmap]
       midi-ctrl-7 = volume
       kbd-key-h = msg "hello world"

       [defaults]
       input = television
       norm  = pal

       [ZDF]
       channel=33
       key=F1

       [ORB]
       channel = 27
       key = F2

       # more stations follow here

       [Camera]
       input = Composite1
       key = K

SEE ALSO

       scantv(1), xawtv(1), motv(1), fbtv(1), ttv(1), v4lctl(1)

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