aatv - a program to watch TV in a text-based console
SYNOPSIS
aatv [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
aatv is a small program which allows you to watch TV in
a text-based console, i.e. in a virtual console or in an xterm.
If you just want to see what it does, and don't want to mess with frequencies
just tune your TV card, with
xawtv(1) for example, and then launch aatv. When aatv starts, it keeps the frequency
the card is tuned on. You might have to change the video mode (to PAL, NTSC
or SECAM) in the config file.
Keys:
q Quit the program.
c Switch from TV to composite, or from composite to TV.
s Change video mode (PAL, SECAM, NTSC).
v Flip image.
b Show the frequency, you may then press enter or type a new value.
AA image controls:
f Turn ON/OFF fast rendering.
a No dithering.
e Dithering mode 1.
r Dithering mode 2.
p Show the contrast value, you may then press enter or type a new value.
m Decreases the contrast.
! Increases the contrast.
A summary of options is included below.
For a complete description type
aatv -help .
-help Show summary of options.
-driver
Select driver. Available drivers: linux, slang, X11, stdout and stderr.
-kbddriver
Select keyboard driver. Available drivers: slang, X11 and stdin.
-mousedriver
Select mouse driver. Available drivers: X11, gpm and dos.
-width
Set width.
-height
Set height.
-minwidth
Set minimum width.
-minheight
Set minimum height.
-maxwidth
Set maximum width.
-maxheight
Set maximum height.
-recwidth
Set recommended width.
-recheight
Set recommended height.
-dim
Enable usage of dim (half bright) attribute.
-bold
Enable usage of bold (double bright) attribute.
-reverse
Enable usage of reverse attribute.
-normal
Enable usage of normal attribute.
-boldfont
Enable usage of boldfont attribute.
-no<attr>
Disable an attribute (e.g. -nobold).
-extended
Use all 256 characters.
-eight
Use eight bit ASCII.
-font <font>
Select font. This option is used on hardware where aalib is unable to
determine the current font. Available fonts: vga8, vga9, mda14, vga14, X8x13,
X8x16, X8x13bold, vgagl8 and line.
-inverse
Enable inverse rendering.
-noinverse
Disable inverse rendering.
-bright <val>
Set brightness (0-255).
-contrast <val>
Set contrast (0-255).
-gamma <val>
Set gamma correction value (0-1).
-nodither
Disable dithering.
-floyd_steinberg
Floyd Steinberg dithering.
-error_distribution
Error distribution dithering.
-random <val>
Set random dithering value (0-inf).
-dimmul <val>
Multiply factor for dim attribute (5.3).
-boldmul <val>
Multiply factor for bold attribute (2.7).
FILES
"~/.aatv"
The per-user configfile of
aatv .
"/etc/aatv.conf"
The system-wide
aatv configfile. It's used if no
"~/.aatv" is found.
BUGS
Please report any bugs you find to Mike Jagdis <jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk>.
LICENCE
aatv is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).
This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uh1763@hermann-uwe.de>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
The
OPTIONS section of this manpage was ripped from the
bb(1) manpage by Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org> and was slightly improved by
Uwe Hermann <uh1763@hermann-uwe.de>.
