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The following provides a list of applications for watching analogue TV and commands for adjusting common configuration settings. |
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==Applications for watching TV== |
==Applications for watching Analogue TV== |
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* [http://fftv.sf.net fftv] -- tv/radio viewer/recorder -- [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=71197 sourcecode] |
* [http://fftv.sf.net fftv] -- tv/radio viewer/recorder -- [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=71197 sourcecode] |
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* [http://www.kdetv.org kdetv] -- for the KDE desktop -- [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/multimedia/kdetv sourcecode] |
* [http://www.kdetv.org kdetv] -- for the KDE desktop -- [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/multimedia/kdetv sourcecode] |
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* [http://www.mplayerhq.hu |
* [[MPlayer]] [http://www.mplayerhq.hu] -- the movie player |
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** Sample command to play TV for Europe, channel E2 |
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mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:norm=PAL:input=0:amode=1:width=384:height=288:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:chanlist=europe-west:channel=E2 |
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* [http://tvtime.sourceforge.net tvtime] -- high quality video for Linux -- [http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/usage.html user manual] |
* [http://tvtime.sourceforge.net tvtime] -- high quality video for Linux -- [http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/usage.html user manual] |
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* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] -- media player and streaming server |
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] -- media player and streaming server |
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Revision as of 17:26, 6 December 2008
The following provides a list of applications for watching analogue TV and commands for adjusting common configuration settings.
Applications for watching Analogue TV
- fftv -- tv/radio viewer/recorder -- sourcecode
- kdetv -- for the KDE desktop -- sourcecode
- MPlayer [1] -- the movie player
- tvtime -- high quality video for Linux -- user manual
- VLC -- media player and streaming server
- xawtv and motv -- original TV viewers for bttv by Gerd Knorr
- XdTV -- XdTV is a software that allows you to watch record & stream TV sourcecode
- xine -- a multimedia player that also reads from v4l devices
- kaffeine -- a KDE frontend
- zapping -- for the Gnome desktop
Common configuration and control commands
1. v4l2ucp -- universal control panel for v4l2 devices (available for Debian from Marillat)
2. Command-line control of the TV card
- v4lctl -c /dev/video1 list
- v4lctl setnorm ntsc-m
- v4lctl setfreqtab us-cable
- v4lctl setfreqtab us-bcast
- v4lctl setchannel 3
- v4lctl volume mute off
- v4lctl volume 100
- v4lctl audio stereo
- v4lctl -c /dev/video0 setattr 'chroma agc' on (bttv only)
- v4lctl -c /dev/video0 hue "100%" (or "0%" -- same thing)
- v4lctl -c /dev/video1 bright "50%"
- v4lctl -c /dev/video2 contrast "45%"
- v4lctl -c /dev/video0 color "50%"
3. Test the video
- xawtv -hwscan
- xawtv -remote -noxv -c /dev/video0 -vbidev /dev/vbi0
4. Test overlay mode (capture card controls display -- easy on CPU)
- xawtv -noxv -capture overlay
- xawtv -v4l1 -capture overlay
- xawtv -xvtv -capture overlay
- xawtv -xvtv_overlay on -capture overlay
- xawtv -xvtv_overlay off -capture overlay
5. Test grabdisplay mode (application controls display -- required for deinterlacing and other effects)
- xawtv -noxv -capture grabdisplay
- xawtv -v4l1 -capture grabdisplay
- xawtv -xvtv -capture grabdisplay
- xawtv -xvtv_overlay on -capture grabdisplay
- xawtv -xvtv_overlay off -capture grabdisplay
6. Test streamer
- streamer -i "S-Video Input"
7. Determine the characteristics of a recorded video file
- mplayer -vo dummy -identify <filename> 2>&1 | grep -E "VIDEO:|AUDIO:"
You can put this into a script and for instance call it reveal:
mplayer -vo dummy -identify $1 2>&1 | grep -E "VIDEO:|AUDIO:"
Now you can issue "reveal <filename>" and see something like this:
VIDEO: [h264] 576x432 24bpp 29.970 fps 495.5 kbps (60.5 kbyte/s) AUDIO: 32000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 64.0 kbit/6.25% (ratio: 8000->128000)
This command also gives you details:
- tcprobe -i <filename>
However, at this point (transcode 1.0.2) it doesn't show you video bitrates.