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scantv(1) General Commands Manual scantv(1)

scantv - scan a v4l device for TV stations.

scantv [ options ]

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

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

xawtv(1), fbtv(1)

Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>

Copyright (C) 2000 Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>

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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.

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(c) 2000 Gerd Knorr