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ALEVT(1x) | Teletext decoder | ALEVT(1x) |
NAME¶
alevt - X11 Teletext browserSYNOPSIS¶
alevt [options]DESCRIPTION¶
alevt is an X11 program for browsing and searching Teletext pages received by a compatible decoder (at the moment, bttv).OPTIONS¶
A summary of command line options is included below. The X11 user interface is described in the built-in manual.- -display display
- Where to display the windows. Default: $DISPLAY.
- -geometry geometry
- Specifies the size and position of the windows. Default: 41x25.
- -vbi device
- Use the given device name. Default: /dev/vbi, /dev/vbi0, /dev/video0, /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 tried in this order.
- -finetune -4..4|auto
- Try some fine tuning if you have a lot of decoding errors (these lightning symbols). This allows fine tuning of the decoder circuit. The pre finetune behaviour was -finetune 0. Default: 1.
- [-parent] ppp[.ss]
- Open a new window with the page number given by ppp and an optional subpage index given by ss. The -parent keyword is just for completeness and not normally used. The page number alone is sufficient. Default: 900.
- -child ppp[.ss]
- Open a new child window with the page number given by ppp and an optional subpage index given by ss. About the concept of parent and child windows see the built-in manual.
- -erc/-noerc
- Enables/disables the error reduction code which substitutes errors on a page by data from a previously received one. Enabled by default.
- -bell/-nobell
- Enables/disables the error bell. Normally enabled.
- -charset latin-1|latin-2|koi8-r|iso8859-7
- Selects the character set to use. Characters not present in the selected set are replaced by similar looking symbols. (default: latin-1)
- -progname name
- Specifies the program name if using the DVB interface.
- -pid pid
- Specifies the teletext PID if using the DVB interface.
- --help
- Show summary of options.
- --version
- Show version of program.
- alevt 100 300 -display foo:0 100
- alevt -vbi /dev/vbi0 100 -vbi /dev/vbi1 100
FILES¶
/dev/vbi* /dev/dvb/adapter*/demux*EXAMPLES¶
Select the teletext stream by the PID hex value:- alevt -vbi /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 -pid 0x0237
- alevt -vbi /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 -pid 567
- alevt -vbi /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 -progname ´kabel eins´
SEE ALSO¶
alevt-date(1), alevt-cap(1), X(3x), xawtv(1x), and the built-in manual.BUGS¶
There are no known bugs. If you find one, please report it to <froese@gmx.de>.1.6.2 | LINUX |