NAME dvipng – A DVI-to-PNG translator SYNOPSIS dvipng [options] filename dvipng [options] [filename] – DESCRIPTION This program makes PNG and/or GIF graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. If GIF support is enabled, GIF output is chosen by using the dvigif binary or with the –gif option. The benefits of dvipng/dvigif…
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…