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NAME dvidvi – selects and/or re-arranges pages in a TeX dvi file SYNOPSIS dvidvi [param] infile outfile DESCRIPTION Copyright dvidvi 1.0, Copyright (C) 1988-91, Radical Eye Software Introduction The dvidvi program converts a dvi file into another dvi file, with perhaps certain changes. Parameters -f n page n is first page selected -l n page…
NAME dvicopy, odvicopy – produce modified copy of DVI file SYNOPSIS dvicopy [options] [infile[.dvi] [outfile[.dvi]]] DESCRIPTION This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation. dvicopy reads a DVI file, expands any references to…
NAME dviconcat – concatenate DVI files SYNOPSIS dviconcat [ -m magnification ] [ -o outfile ] list of files DESCRIPTION Dviconcat concatenates the named files (or standard input, if no file names are given) onto the standard output or the given outfile, creating a new DVI file usable by any of the TeX conversion programs,…
NAME dvibook – rearrange pages in DVI file into signatures SYNOPSIS dvibook [ -q ] [ -s<num> ] [ -r ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ infile [ outfile ] ] DESCRIPTION Dvibook rearranges pages from a DVI file produced by TeX into “signatures” for printing books or booklets, creating a…
NAME DVIasm – a TeX utility program for editing DVI files directly SYNOPSIS dviasm [<options>] <dvi_file>|<dvi_dump_file> DESCRIPTION DVIasm is a TeX utility program which is designed for editing DeVice-Independent (DVI) files directly. It consists of a single Python script, dviasm.py, in a human readable text format. It runs on any platform in which Python 3…
NAME dvi2tty – preview a TeX DVI file on an ordinary ASCII terminal SYNOPSIS dvi2tty [ options ] dvifile DESCRIPTION dvi2tty converts a TeX DVI file to a format that is appropriate for terminals and line printers. The program is intended to be used for preliminary proofreading of TeX-ed documents. By default the output is…
NAME dvi2fax – convert a TeX DVI file to G3 fax format SYNOPSIS dvi2fax [-hi|-lo] file[.dvi] [options for dvips] DESCRIPTION dvi2fax uses dvips(1) to convert a TeX DVI file to PostScript, then gs(1) to convert the PostScript to G3 fax file format. OPTIONS -hi use high fax resolution (204×196 dpi) (default). -lo use low fax…
NAME dvgrab — Capture DV or MPEG-2 Transport Stream (HDV) video and audio data from FireWire SYNOPSIS dvgrab [options] [base] [-] DESCRIPTION dvgrab is a program that captures DV or HDV (MPEG2-TS) video and audio data from digital camcorders via FireWire (IEEE 1394). The data is stored in one or several files and can later…
NAME dvdxchap – Extract chapter information from DVDs SYNOPSIS dvdxchap [options] DVD-SOURCE DESCRIPTION This program extracts chapter information from a DVD and displays it in a form usable by ogmmerge(1). -t, –title num Use title ‘num‘. Default is 1. -c, –chapter start[-end] Only output the given range of chapters and adjust all timecodes so that…
NAME dvdunauthor – Decodes DVD-Video file structure SYNOPSIS dvdunauthor [ path ] DESCRIPTION dvdunauthor decodes the specified DVD-Video directory structure, putting into the current directory an XML control file and corresponding MPEG-2 files (with a .vob extension) that dvdauthor can (hopefully) interpret to recreate the DVD-Video directory structure. USAGE dvdunauthor path CAVEATS None. BUGS Depends…
NAME DVDISASTER – data loss/scratch/aging protection for optical media SYNOPSIS dvdisaster [-r|-c|-f|-s|-t[q]|-u] [-d device] [-p prefix] [-i image] [-e eccfile] [-o file|image] [-a method-list] [-j n] [-n n%] [-m n] [-v] [-x n] [–adaptive-read] [–auto-suffix] [–cache-size n] [–dao] [–defective-dump d] [–driver d] [–eject] [–encoding-algorithm n] [–encoding-io-strategy n] [–fill-unreadable n] [–ignore-fatal-sense] [–ignore-iso-size] [–internal-rereads n] [–medium-info] [–old-ds-marker]…
NAME dvddirdel – Deletes a previously authored DVD directory structure in DIR SYNOPSIS dvddirdel [ -o DIR ] DESCRIPTION dvddirdel safely deletes a previously authored DVD directory structure in DIR. Only items that look like part of a DVD-Video directory structure are removed. If you just want to replace an existing output directory with a…
NAME dvdbackup – Tool to backup DVDs SYNOPSIS dvdbackup [OPTION]… DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the dvdbackup command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. dvdbackup is a tool to extract data from video DVDs. It has the advantages of being small,…
NAME dvdauthor – assembles multiple mpeg program streams into a suitable DVD filesystem SYNOPSIS dvdauthor [ -o output-dir ] -x xml-control-file dvdauthor [ -o output-dir ] [ -j | –jumppad | -g | –allgprm ] [ -T | –toc ] [ menu or title options ] DVD BACKGROUND At a high level, a DVD is…
NAME dev-ram-control – checks features of DVD-RAM discs SYNOPSIS dvd-ram-control [-arre] [-awre] [-rdonly|-rdwr] /dev/dvd DESCRIPTION The dvd-ram-control command allows the user to check/set features of DVD-RAM discs. One such information is the Persistent Write Protection, controlling if the disc can be in read-only mode or if both reads and writes are enabled. It also allows…
dvd+rw-mediainfo – display information about dvd drive and disk Synopsis dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd Description The dvd+rw-mediainfo command displays information about the drive and disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. /dev/dvd). This is especially useful for debugging purposes and it is requested that its output be included when reporting bugs found in the dvd+rw-tools package. Options…
dvd+rw-format – format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk Synopsis dvd+rw-format [-force[=full]] [-lead-out | -blank[=full]] [-ssa[=none | default | max]] /dev/dvd Description The dvd+rw-format command formats dvd disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. /dev/dvd). Options -force[=full] This forces to format dvd as new while wiping any existing data. -blank[=full] This blanks dvd while changing to sequential mode. -lead-out…
dvd+rw-booktype – format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk with a logical format Synopsis dvd+rw-booktype [-dvd-rom-spec | -dvd+rw-spec | -dvd+r-spec | -inq] [ -media | -unit| -unit+rw | -unit+r] /dev/dvd Description The dvd+rw-booktype command formats dvd disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. /dev/dvd) with a specified logical format. You can’t expect this utility to work with all recorders. Options…
NAME dvcont – send control commands to DV cameras SYNOPSIS dvcont <command1> [ <command2> … ] DESCRIPTION dvcont is a command line tool to send control commands via an IEEE1394 link to a device that implements the AV/C specifications by the 1394 Trade Association. Or for the non-techies: dvcont lets you remote control your DV…
NAME dvconnect – receive or transmit raw DV using the video1394 device SYNOPSIS dvconnect [ options ] raw dv files or ‘– -‘ for stdin/stdout DESCRIPTION dvconnect captures raw DV streams from or sends raw DV streams to the Linux IEEE 1394 video1394 device. –version show dvconnect version number. -s, –send send data instead of…