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.TH ENCODE 1 "January 2004"
.SH NAME
dvconnect \- receive or transmit raw DV using the video1394 device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dvconnect
[ \fBoptions\fR ] \fIraw dv files or '-- -' for stdin/stdout\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBdvconnect\fR captures raw DV streams from or sends raw DV streams
to the Linux IEEE 1394 video1394 device.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
show dvconnect version number.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-send\fR
send data instead of capturing.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
show status information while receiving / sending.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-channel\fR=\fInumber\fR
channel to send / receive on (range: 0 - 63, default = 63).
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kbuffers\fR=\fInumber\fR
number of kernel video1394 frame buffers to use. default = 8.
.TP
\fB\-\-start\-frame\fR=\fIcount\fR
start at \fIcount\fR frame (defaults to 0).
.TP
\fB-e\fR, \fB\-\-end-frame\fR=\fIcount\fR
end at \fIcount\fR frame (defaults to unlimited).
.TP
\fB\-\-cip\-n\-ntsc\fR=\fInumber\fR
cip n ntsc timing counter (default: 2436).
.TP
\fB\-\-cip\-d\-ntsc\fR=\fInumber\fR
cip d ntsc timing counter (default: 38400).
.TP
\fB\-\-syt\-offset\fR=\fInumber\fR
syt offset (default: 10000 range: 10000-26000).
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-buffers\fR=\fInumber\fR
max number of file io thread buffers to use. default = 250.
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-underrun-data\fR=\fIfilename\fR
file with the frame to send in case of underruns.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-device\fR=\fIfilename\fR
Specify the video1394 device (default /dev/video1394/0).
.PP
Help Options
.TP
-\fB?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show help message.
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
Display brief usage message.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR playdv (1), dubdv (1), encodedv (1).
.SH AVAILABILITY
See http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version.
.SH AUTHORS
.B dvconnect
was written by Peter Schlaile <udbz@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>.
.PP
This manual page is based on dvconnect's help message and was written by
Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>.