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xawtv-remote(1) 	     General Commands Manual		 xawtv-remote(1)

NAME
     xawtv-remote, v4lctl -- control video4linux devices

SYNOPSIS
     xawtv-remote [ options ] command
     v4lctl [ options ] command

DESCRIPTION
     xawtv-remote  and	v4lctl	can  be  used to control a video4linux driven TV
     card.  xawtv-remote passes the command to a already running xawtv	or  motv
     instance using X11 properties.  v4lctl sets the parameters directly.

OPTIONS
     xawtv-remote knows the following options:

     -h     print a short help text

     -d dpy
	    Set the X11 display

     -i id  Set the Window ID.

     v4lctl understands these options:

     -h     print a short help text

     -c device
	    Set video4linux device.

     -D driver
	    Set video4linux driver.

     -v n   Set debug level to n, where n = [0..2]

COMMANDS
     Both tools basically use the same set of commands.  Some of them are useful
     for xawtv-remote only (fullscreen for example).

     setstation [ <name> | <nr> | next | prev | back ]
	    Set  the  TV  station.  This selects on of the TV stations which are
	    configured in the .xawtv config file.  The argument can be the  sta-
	    tion name or a number (the first one listed in the config file is 0,
	    ...).   next/prev  jumps  to  the next/previous station in the list,
	    back to the previously selected one.

     setchannel [ <name> | next | prev ]
	    Tune in some channel.

     setfreqtab <table>
	    Set the frequency table.  See the menu in xawtv for a list of  valid
	    choices.

     setnorm <norm>
	    Set the TV norm (NTSC/PAL/SECAM).

     setinput [ <input> | next ]
	    Set the video input (Television/Composite1/...)

     capture [ on | off | overlay | grabdisplay ]
	    Set capture mode.

     volume mute on | off
	    mute / unmute audio.

     volume <arg>

     color <arg>

     hue <arg>

     bright <arg>

     contrast <arg>
	    Set  the  parameter to the specified value.  <arg> can be one of the
	    following: A percent value ("70%" for example).  Some absolute value
	    ("32768"), the valid range is hardware  specific.	Relative  values
	    can  be  specified	too  by  prefixing with "+=" or "-=" ("+=10%" or
	    "-=2000").	The keywords "inc" and "dec" are accepted  to  and  will
	    increase and decrease the given value in small steps.

     setattr <name> <value>
	    Set set the value of some attribute (color, contrast, ... can be set
	    this way too).

     show [ <name> ]
	    Show the value current of some attribute.

     list   List  all  available  attributes with all properties (default value,
	    range, ...)

     snap [ jpeg | ppm ] [ full | win | widthxheight ] <filename>
	    Capture one image.

     webcam <filename>
	    Capture one image.	Does basically the same as "snap jpeg win <file-
	    name>".  Works also while avi recording is active.	It writes  to  a
	    temporary file and renames it when done, so there is never a invalid
	    file.

     movie driver [ files | raw | avi | qt ]

     movie video [ ppm | pgm | jpeg | rgb | gray | 422 | 422p | rgb15 | rgb24 |
     mjpeg | jpeg | raw | mjpa | png ]

     movie fps <frames per second>

     movie audio [ mono8 | mono16 | stereo ]

     movie rate <sample rate>

     movie fvideo <filename>

     movie faudio <filename>

     movie start

     movie stop
	    control xawtv's movie recorder.

     fullscreen
	    Toggle fullscreen mode.

     showtime
	    Display time (same what the 'D' key does in xawtv).

     msg text
	    Display  text  on  the  on-screen display (window title / upper left
	    corner in fullscreen mode).

     vtx line1 line2 [ ... ]
	    Display subtitles.	It pops up a small window at the bottom  of  the
	    screen.   It  is  intended to be used as an interface for displaying
	    subtitles (often on videotext page 150 in  Europe,	that's	why  the
	    name) by external programs.
	    Every command line argument is one line, zero lines removes the win-
	    dow.  You can colorize the text with the control sequence "ESC fore-
	    ground  background".   foreground/background has the range 0-7 (ansi
	    term colors).  Example: "\03347 hello world  "  is	blue  on  white.
	    "\033"  must  be  a  real escape character, the string doesn't work.
	    With the bash you'll get it with ^V ESC.  vtx does	also  understand
	    the ANSI tty escape sequences for color.

     quit   quit xawtv

     keypad n
	    enter  digit  'n'.	That's the two-digit channel selection, entering
	    two digits within 5 seconds switches to the selected station.   Use-
	    ful for lirc.

     vdr command
	    send "command" to vdr (via connect on localhost:2001).

SEE ALSO
     xawtv(1), motv(1), xawtvrc(5)

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 un-
     der  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 FIT-
     NESS 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.

			     (c) 1997-99 Gerd Knorr		 xawtv-remote(1)

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