dvconnect (1) Linux Manual Page
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 capturing.
-v,–verbose- show status information while receiving / sending.
-c,–channel=number- channel to send / receive on (range: 0 – 63, default = 63).
-k,–kbuffers=number- number of kernel video1394 frame buffers to use. default = 8.
–start-frame=count- start at count frame (defaults to 0).
-e,–end-frame=count- end at count frame (defaults to unlimited).
–cip-n-ntsc=number- cip n ntsc timing counter (default: 2436).
–cip-d-ntsc=number- cip d ntsc timing counter (default: 38400).
–syt-offset=number- syt offset (default: 10000 range: 10000-26000).
-b,–buffers=number- max number of file io thread buffers to use. default = 250.
-u,–underrun-data=filename- file with the frame to send in case of underruns.
-d,–device=filename- Specify the video1394 device (default /dev/video1394/0).
Help Options
- –
?,–help - Show help message.
–usage- Display brief usage message.
SEE ALSO
playdv(1),dubdv(1),encodedv(1).
AVAILABILITY
See http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version.
AUTHORS
dvconnect was written by Peter Schlaile <udbz [at] rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>.
This manual page is based on dvconnect’s help message and was written by Dan Dennedy <dan [at] dennedy.org>.