Provided by: lives_2.8.7-1_amd64 
NAME
LiVES - LiVES is a Video Editing System
SYNOPSIS
lives <video_file> <start_time> <frames> [ -help ] [ -version ] [ -set setname | -noset ] [ -nogui ] [
-aplayer ap ] [ -jackopts opts ] [ -norecover | -recover ] [ -oscstart port | -nooscstart ] [ -devicemap
mapfile ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the lives command.
LiVES lets you start editing and making video right away, without having to worry about formats, frame
sizes, or framerates. LiVES will let you start creating your own tools, utilities and effects via the
built in RFX builder.
OPTIONS
-help Show all commandline options and exit
-version
Print the version, copyright and licensing details, and exit
-set setname
Start up lives and autoload set setname
-noset Do not load any set on startup
-nogui Do not show the GUI (experimental)
-aplayer ap
Start with selected audio player. ap can be mplayer, sox or jack. Note: This sets the audio
player permanently. You can change it in preferences.
-jackopts opts
opts is a bitmap of jack startup options [1 = jack transport client, 2 = jack transport master, 4
= start jack transport server, 8 = pause audio when video paused, 16 = start jack audio server]
Note: jackopts are temporary, only for this instance. You need to set them in Preferences if you
want to make permanent changes.
-norecover
Force no loading of crash recovery
-recover
Force loading of crash recovery (if present)
-oscstart port
Start OSC listener on UDP port port if LiVES is compiled with OSC support
-nooscstart
Do not start OSC listener
-devicemap mapfile
Load in device mapping file mapfile at startup
SEE ALSO
mplayer(1), ImageMagick(1), ffmpeg(1).
AUTHOR
lives was written by Gabriel "Salsaman" Finch.
This manual page was originally written by Gürkan Sengün <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch>, for the Debian project
(but may be used by others). This man page has been updated by Gabriel "Salsaman" Finch
<salsaman@xs4all.nl> and Harry Rickards <harry@linux.com>
November 12, 2007 lives(1)