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scantv(1) General Commands Manual scantv(1)

NAME

scantv - scan a v4l device for TV stations.

SYNOPSIS

scantv [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

scantv scans a v4l device for available TV stations and writes a xawtv/fbtv config file.

OPTIONS

set tv input (Television/Composite1/S-video and so on). Default is Television.
set tv norm. scantv will ask interactively if none is given.
set frequency table. scantv will ask interactively if none is given.
specify output file. If none is specified, scantv writes to stdout.
specify video device file. Default is /dev/video0.
specify video driver name. Default is "libv4l".
specify vbi device file. Default is /dev/vbi0.
skip channel scan, just write norm + freqtab to the config file.
Do a full scan (i.e. all frequencies, not just the ones from the frequency table).

SEE ALSO

xawtv(1), fbtv(1)

AUTHOR

Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000 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.

(c) 2000 Gerd Knorr