NAME

scantv - scan a v4l device for TV stations.

SYNOPSIS

scantv [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

scantv scans a v4l device for available TV stations and writes a xawtv/fbtv config file.

OPTIONS

-i input
set tv input (Television/Composite1/S-video and so on). Default is Television.
-n norm
set tv norm. scantv will ask interactively if none is given.
-f table
set frequency table. scantv will ask interactively if none is given.
-o outfile
specify output file. If none is specified, scantv writes to stdout.
-c device
specify video device file. Default is /dev/video0.
-D driver
specify video driver name. Default is "libv4l".
-C device
specify vbi device file. Default is /dev/vbi0.
-s
skip channel scan, just write norm + freqtab to the config file.
-a
Do a full scan (i.e. all frequencies, not just the ones from the frequency table).

SEE ALSO

xawtv(1), fbtv(1)

AUTHOR

Gerd Knorr <[email protected]> Copyright (C) 2000 Gerd Knorr <[email protected]>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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