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DOV4L(1) General Commands Manual DOV4L(1)

NAME

dov4l - set parameters on a video4linux device

SYNOPSIS

dov4l [options]

options: [-d device] [-f frequency] [-t tuner] [-i inputchannel] [-m mode]

DESCRIPTION

The program dov4l lets you set parameters on a video4linux-device.

OPTIONS

Query capabilities and settings of your video4linux device.
Usage
Select device. Default is /dev/video0
Set frequency (in Hz!).
Select tuner. Most of the time the default (0) suffices.
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.
Select a mode. Mode can be: PAL, NTSC, SECAM or AUTO.
Set brightness.
Set hue.
Set color.
Set contrast.
Set whiteness.
Set palette.
Set the width/height of the image, separated with a ','. Warning: no spaces around the ','!

SEE ALSO

http://www.vanheusden.com/dov4l/

NOTES

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

2003-05 dov4l