.\" Copyright Folkert van Heusden, 2003
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.TH DOV4L 1 2003-05 "dov4l"
.SH NAME
dov4l \- set parameters on a video4linux device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "dov4l [" options "]
.sp
options:
.BI "[\-d device] [\-f frequency] [\-t tuner] [\-i inputchannel] [\-m mode]"
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
The program
.B dov4l
lets you set parameters on a video4linux-device.

.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B "\-q"
Query capabilities and settings of your video4linux device.
.TP
.B "\-h"
Usage
.TP
.B "\-d" device
Select device. Default is /dev/video0
.TP
.B "\-f" frequency
Set frequency (in Hz!).
.TP
.B "\-t" tuner
Select tuner. Most of the time the default (0) suffices.
.TP
.B "\-i" inputchannel
Select inputchannel. TV cards, for example, sometimes have a tuner and a composite video input-channel. With this parameter you can select one. To get a list of input channels, run dov4l with the -q parameter.
.TP
.B "\-m" mode
Select a mode. Mode can be: PAL, NTSC, SECAM or AUTO.
.TP
.B "\-b" brightness
Set brightness.
.TP
.B "\-u" hue
Set hue.
.TP
.B "\-c" color
Set color.
.TP
.B "\-n" contrast
Set contrast.
.TP
.B "\-w" whiteness
Set whiteness.
.TP
.B "\-p" palette
Set palette.
.TP
.B "\-s" width,height
Set the width/height of the image, separated with a ','. Warning: no spaces around the ','!

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR http://www.vanheusden.com/dov4l/

.SH NOTES
This page describes
.B dov4l
as found in the dov4l-0.5 package;
other versions may differ slightly.
Mail corrections, bugs and additions to folkert@vanheusden.com