motv(1)motv(1)NAMEmotv - a Motif program for watching TV
SYNOPSISmotv [ options ] [ station name ]
DESCRIPTIONmotv is a Motif application for watching TV with your unix box.
It is basically xawtv with a more userfriendly GUI. It has the same
features, uses the same config file, has the same command line
switches, you can control it using xawtv-remote. Most keyboards short‐
cuts are identical too.
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: motv.fullscreen (bool).
-n, -noconf
don't read the config file ($HOME/.xawtv).
Resource: motv.readconfig (bool).
-o, -outfile base
set basestring for the snapshot output files. The filename will
be "base-timestamp-nr.ext".
Resource: motv.basename (string).
-c, -device device
set video4linux device (default is /dev/video0). This option
also disables Xvideo support.
Resource: motv.device (string).
-C, -dspdev device
set audio device (default is /dev/dsp).
Resource: motv.dspdev (string).
-vbidev device
set vbi device (default is /dev/vbi).
Resource: motv.vbidev (string).
-xvport number
set Xvideo port (defaults to the first usable if Xvideo is
available). This option also enables Xvideo support.
Resource: motv.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: motv.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: motv.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: motv.bpp (int).
-shift n
Shift the video display by n bytes. Try this if your video dis‐
play is'nt within the xawtv window, some older matrox cards show
this problem. This gets passed through to v4l-conf(8) too.
Resource: motv.shift (int).
-fb Use the framebuffer device to determine the video framebuffer
address (instead of the DGA extension). Yet another pass
through argument.
Resource: motv.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 over‐
lay (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 scal‐
ing (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 con‐
fig file, the vidmode extension will be enabled automatically.
Resource: motv.vidmode (bool).
-dga/-nodga
enable/disable the usage of the DGA extension, default is on.
Resource: motv.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
v4l video4linux - the linux video capture API.
v4l2 video4linux two - new, improved capture interface which fixes a
number of v4l design bugs.
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 set‐
up Xvideo.
GETTING STARTEDmotv starts up with the TV window. The left mouse button shows a menu
with all TV Stations (empty until you have defined some). The right
mouse button brings up the control window.
The first time you have configure motv, i.e. set TV norm and frequency
table to the correct values. Check if the hardware works correctly (if
tuning does not work it is very likely a driver configuration issue).
If the hardware operates fine, you can let motv look for TV stations
(Options => Channel scan). The channel buttons have a context menu for
deleting and editing. Don't forget to save your configuration when you
are done.
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.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Some of them work in the TV window only. The cursor keys for example
are used by the motif toolkit to allow full keyboard control of the GUI
and therefore have other functions in the control window.
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)
Ctrl+C Copy to clipboard.
C Popup Control Window
R Popup AVI Recording Window
S Popup Scale controls
Z Channel Hopper (zapping, tune in every
station a few seconds)
Ctrl+Z Fast Channel Hopping (grab the images for the
Channel Bottons)
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
ESC,Q Quit
+/- Volume up/down (keypad)
Enter mute (keypad)
BUGS
Bug reports with images attached go to /dev/null unseen.
motv 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.
SEE ALSOxawtvrc(5), xawtv(1), fbtv(1), v4l-conf(8), mtt(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 MER‐
CHANTABILITY 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.
MISC
Huh? Still with me? Looks like some people do read manuals carefully.
(c) 1997-2001 Gerd Knorr motv(1)
