Provided by: xawtv_3.103-4build1_amd64 
NAME
xawtv - a X11 program for watching TV
SYNOPSIS
xawtv [ options ] [ station name ]
DESCRIPTION
xawtv is a X11 application for watching TV with your unix box. It uses the Athena widgets.
OPTIONS
All command line options also have a Resource, so you can put them into your .Xdefaults file too.
-h, -help
Print a short description of all command line options.
-hwscan
Print a list of available devices.
-f, -fullscreen
startup in fullscreen mode.
Resource: xawtv.fullscreen (bool).
-n, -noconf
don't read the config file ($HOME/.xawtv).
Resource: xawtv.readconfig (bool).
-o, -outfile base
set basestring for the snapshot output files. The filename will be "base-timestamp-nr.ext".
Resource: xawtv.basename (string).
-c, -device device
set video4linux device (default is /dev/video0). This option also disables Xvideo support.
Resource: xawtv.device (string).
-D, -driver name
set video4linux driver (default is "libv4l"). This option also disables Xvideo support.
Resource: xawtv.driver (string).
-C, -dspdev device
set audio device (default is /dev/dsp).
Resource: xawtv.dspdev (string).
-vbidev device
set vbi device (default is /dev/vbi0).
Resource: xawtv.vbidev (string).
-c, -xvport number
set Xvideo port (defaults to the first usable if Xvideo is available). This option also enables
Xvideo support.
Resource: xawtv.xvport (int).
-joydev device
joystick device to use for controlling xawtv.
Resource: xawtv.joydev (string).
-v, -debug level
Be verbose, level may be 0 (default), 1 or 2. It exists just for debugging and trouble-shooting.
Resource: xawtv.debug (int).
-remote
X11 display is remote. This basically disables overlay mode, you might need this if xawtv fails
to autodetect a remote X11 display.
Resource: xawtv.remote (bool).
-b, -bpp n
force xawtv into n bpp color depth. Works for switching between 15/16 and 24/32 bpp. This gets
just passed through to v4l-conf(8).
Resource: xawtv.bpp (int).
-shift n
Shift the video display by n bytes. Try this if your video display isn't within the xawtv window,
some older matrox cards show this problem. This gets passed through to v4l-conf(8) too.
Resource: xawtv.shift (int).
-fb Use the framebuffer device to determine the video framebuffer address (instead of the DGA
extension). Yet another pass through argument.
Resource: xawtv.fbdev (bool).
-xv/-noxv
enable/disable the usage of the Xvideo extension altogether, i.e. -noxv has the same effect as
both -noxv-video and -noxv-image switches (see below).
Resource: xawtv.xv (bool).
-xv-video/-noxv-video
enable/disable the usage of the Xvideo extension for video overlay (i.e. XvPutVideo). overlay
mode uses this. default is on.
Resource: xawtv.xvVideo (bool).
-xv-image/-noxv-image
enable/disable the usage of the Xvideo extension for image scaling (i.e. XvPutImage). grabdisplay
mode uses this. default is on.
Resource: xawtv.xvImage (bool).
-vm/-novm
enable/disable the usage of the VidMode extension, default is off. If there is a fullscreen video
mode configured in the config file, the vidmode extension will be enabled automatically.
Resource: xawtv.vidmode (bool).
-dga/-nodga
enable/disable the usage of the DGA extension, default is on.
Resource: xawtv.dga (bool).
-parallel n
use n compression threads (default: one).
Resource: xawtv.parallel (int).
The usual toolkit options like -geometry are supported too.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE / INTERFACES
v4l2 video4linux two - modern standard linux video capture API
libv4l work through the libv4l library, which provides an additional thin layer on top of video4linux2
devices for support of more wide range of devices' pixel formats (often required for webcams etc.)
It is default for Xawtv on Linux systems.
bktr FreeBSD / OpenBSD driver for bt848/878 grabber cards.
Xvideo X11 Extension for video devices. Note that the Xvideo extension does support overlay only, you
can't capture images/movies if the Xvideo extension is used. On the other hand this is the only
way to scaled video overlay (i.e. fullscreen without black borders @ 1024x748) if both hardware
and xfree86 driver support it. See README.xfree4 for more details and hints on how to setup
Xvideo.
GETTING STARTED
Just start xawtv. Then verify the settings in the options menu (right mouse button) and adjust the
settings (TV norm, Video source, frequency table). With the cursor keys you can control the tuner and
look for TV Stations. Other useful hotkeys are listed below.
The hotkey 'E' will show the channel editor where you can create/edit entries your TV stations. Don't
forget to click on "save" to write a config file. You can also create/edit a config file with any text
editor, see xawtvrc(5) for a description of the config file syntax. There are a number of config options
which can only be set by editing the config file.
You can also check out scantv. That's a command line tool which will perform a channel scan and write
out a xawtv config file with all channels it has found.
Mouse functions
The left mouse button will popup a menu with all TV stations found in the config file. The middle button
switches to the next station. The right button brings up a window with a lot of options and control
functions.
Keyboard Shortcuts
V Video (Capture) on/off
A Audio on/off
F Fullscreen on/off
G Grab picture (full size, ppm)
J Grab picture (full size, jpeg)
Ctrl+G Grab picture (window size, ppm)
Ctrl+J Grab picture (window size, jpeg)
O Popup Options Window
C Popup Channels Window
E Popup Channel Editor
R Popup AVI Recording Window
Z Channel Hopper (zapping, tune in every
station a few seconds)
Ctrl+Z Fast Channel Hopping (grab the images for the
Channel Buttons)
up/down tune up/down one channel
left/right fine tuning
pgup/pgdown station up/down (the ones you have in the config file)
space next station (same as pgup)
backspace previously tuned station
Ctrl+up scan for next station
F5-F12 adjust bright/hue/contrast/color
ESC,Q Quit
+/- Volume up/down (keypad)
Enter mute (keypad)
BUGS
Bug reports with images attached go to /dev/null unseen.
xawtv depends on a correct driver configuration. If you can't tune TV stations even if the settings in
the options window are correct it is very likely a driver issue.
The mono/stereo display is not reliable due to v4l API restrictions. The API can not report back the
current audio mode, but a list of the currently available modes. xawtv just does a guess based on that,
assuming the driver uses the best available mode. Depending on your hardware this might not be true. If
in doubt whenever stereo really works, please tune in MTV and listen, don't trust what xawtv says.
SEE ALSO
xawtvrc(5), fbtv(1), v4l-conf(8), scantv(1)
http://bytesex.org/xawtv/ (homepage)
AUTHOR
Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write
to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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