1 .TH WMTV 1 "August 2005"
4 wmtv \- dockable video4linux TV player for WindowMaker.
12 is a dockable video4linux TV player. It supports channel presets,
13 PAL/Secam/NTSC, fine tuning, full screen display, ...
18 Specifies the video4linux device to use.
22 Specifies the X server to contact.
26 Launch an external TV player when the screen is double clicked. It is
27 possible to pass some parameters to this external application with %
31 This sections describes how to use the application in docked
32 state. See below for fullscreen mode usage.
40 There are 3 modes of operation on this applications. You can cycle
41 through the 3 modes by clicking on the right most button <3>.
43 The 3 modes are described below:
48 Clicking on the rightmost button <3> for the first time (after the
49 start of WMTV) will turn the TV on. While in this mode, the left <1>
50 and right <2> buttons change to preset channels which has been defined
51 in your config file. Use the left button to move down one channel and
52 the right button to move up one channel.
56 Clicking again on button <3> after On mode will change WMTV into tune
57 mode. Left-clicking on the left <1> or right <2> button performs a
58 channel scan. Scanning stops when there is a strong signal
59 strength. Right-clicking on the left <1> or right <2> button fine
60 tunes the current channel. After tuning, clicking on button <3> saves
61 the fine tuning to your config file and brings you back into "On
66 Holding down button <3> for about 3 seconds from any of the two
67 modes described above turns the TV off.
70 Right-clicking the TV screen mutes/unmutes the audio.
72 Double left-clicking the TV screen launches the application specified
73 with --exe. If --exe was not specified, then the built-in full-screen
74 mode is used instead. Double middle-clicking will always invoke the
75 built-in full screen mode.
78 .SH "FULL SCREEN MODE"
79 To exit full screen mode, click.
84 Up - Change to next preset channel.
86 Down - Change to previous preset channel.
88 Right - Increase volume. (If supported by the v4l device.)
90 Left - Decrease volume. (If supported.)
92 Escape - Leave full screen mode.
98 .SH "EXTERNAL APPLICATION"
99 It is possible to pass some parameters to the external application
104 is replaced by a single %.
107 is replaced by the name of the current channel.
110 is replaced by the number of the current channel.
113 is replaced by the current frequency in MHz.
116 The behavior of other % codes is undefined and subject to change.
118 Example: wmtv -e 'xawtv "%n"'
120 .SH "CONFIGURATION FILE"
121 This section describes the format of WMTV's configuration file. It is
122 located in your home directory under ".wmtvrc".
124 Excerpt from a sample config file:
127 /*-----------------------
131 freqnorm = pal-australia
157 -------------------------*/
163 source = { Television | CompositeX | S-Video } (X is an integer)
166 freqnorm = { ntsc-bcast | ntsc-cable | ntsc-cable-hrc | ntsc-bcast-jp
167 | ntsc-cable-jp | pal-europe | pal-europe-east | pal-italy |
168 pal-newzealand | pal-australia | pal-ireland | secam-france }
170 maxpreset = integer (maximum channel presets)
172 mode = { pal | ntsc | secam }
174 fullscreen = widthxheight
178 Choose a total of <maxpreset> from the below channels.
180 Separate the channels with a new line as in the sample config file above.
189 R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 |
191 SE1 | SE2 | SE3 | SE4 | SE5 | SE6 | SE7 | SE8 | SE9 | SE10 |
193 E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 |
195 R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 |
197 SE11 | SE12 | SE13 | SE14 | SE15 | SE16 | SE17 | SE18 | SE19 | SE20 |
199 S21 | S22 | S23 | S24 | S25 | S26 | S27 | S28 | S29 | S30 | S31 | S32
200 | S33 | S34 | S35 | S36 | S37 | S38 | S39 | S40 | S41 |
202 T7 | T8 | T9 | T10 | T11 | T12 | T13 | T14 |
204 K01 | K02 | K03 | K04 | K05 | K06 | K07 | K08 | K09 | K10 |
206 KB | KC | KD | KE | KF | KG | KH | KI | KJ | KK | KL | KM | KN | KO |
209 H01 | H02 | H03 | H04 | H05 | H06 | H07 | H08 | H09 | H10 | H11 | H12
210 | H13 | H14 | H15 | H16 | H17 | H18 | H19 |
217 Finetune parameters could be added in brackets, spaced after the
220 A name for the channel can also be specified, tabbed after the
225 32 (50) # channel 32 plus 50
227 SE11 LAST CHANNEL # channel SE11 called "LAST CHANNEL"
232 System wide config file.
238 This manual page was first written by Remi Lefebvre <remi@debian.org>,
239 and then modified by Nicolas Boullis <nboullis@debian.org>,
240 for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
242 This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
243 because the original program does not have a manual page. It is widely
244 based on the README provided with the program.