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3 <wliang@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>
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7 Release Date : 25th April 1999
12 WMTV is a WindowMaker dock.app that controls TV Cards which are supported under the Linux Kernel 2.2.x series (mainly for cards based on BrookTree BT848/848a/849a/878/879 chipsets: There are lots of cards out there which uses these chipsets such as the Hauppauge WinTV, Aimslab VideoExtreme, miroVIDEO PCTV, AverMedia TVPhone, Spirit TV, MagicXPress TView, Teppro TEV, etc).
17 root/setuid root required to run this program.
21 3) copy wmtvrc.sample to ~/.wmtvrc
22 4) configure wmtv by editing ~/.wmtvrc or /etc/wmtvrc ( the former takes precedence)
24 Note: Dock the application before switching the TV On.
29 WMTV is "Just another gadget(tm)". A miniature sized television screen which sits on your WindowMaker dock. However, it'll become a full featured television application in future major releases.
33 - TV Modes - PAL/Secam/NTSC
34 - FineTuning (Television source) - writes to config file now
35 - Scanning of TV Stations (Television source)
36 - External TV application support
37 - All video sources (Television/S-Video/CompositeX) depending on your card
38 - 8/16/24/32 bit displays
39 - Modification of config file after WMTV is executed
40 (Turn Off and Turn On again to reinitialise config file)
41 - Full Screen display!
42 - Icon should be of size 64x64
51 There are 3 modes of operation on this applications.
52 You can cycle through the 3 modes by clicking on the right most button <3> repeatedly.
53 The 3 modes are described below:
57 Clicking on the rightmost button <3> for the first time (after the start of WMTV) would turn TV on. During this mode, the left <1> and right <2> buttons are used to change preset channels which has been defined in your config file. Left button to move down 1 channel and Right button to move up one
62 Clicking again on button <3> after On mode would bring WMTV into tune mode. During this mode, the left <1> and right <2> buttons have two purposes
63 individually. Left clicking on the left <1> or right <2> buttons would
64 perform scans of channels. Scanning will stop when there is a strong signal strength. Right clicking on the left <1> or right <2> button would fine
65 tune the current frequency. After tuning, clicking on button <3> would set the fine tuned offset into your config file and bring you back into "On mode".
69 Holding down button <3> for about 3 seconds from any of the two modes
70 described above, would turn the TV off.
72 Right clicking once on the TV Screen would mute/unmute the audio.
74 Double clicking LEFT mouse button on the TV Screen would launch your favorite TV application when specified with --exe <filename> option in the command line.
75 If the external application is not set, It'll automatically switch to the build in full screen mode.
76 Double clicking the MIDDLE mouse button on the TV Screen would bring you into the built in full screen mode.
78 To launch an external application:
80 foo@bar > wmtv --exe /usr/X11R6/bin/xawtv # example.
82 foo@bar > wmtv -e /usr/X11R6/bin/xawtv
84 If you do not specify any program to be launched during startup of WMTV,
85 double clicking on the TV Screen would launch the inbuilt full screen feature.
86 Make sure you have a 640x480 Modeline defined in your XF86Config file.
89 Single click on any mouse button will return to initial screen.
93 Up - Switch preset channels up.
94 Down - Switch preset channels down.
97 Escape - Return to initial screen.
98 m - mute/unmute audio.
102 This section describes on how to configure WMTV's configuration file.
103 Your configuration file is located in your home directory as ".wmtvrc".
105 Excerpt from a sample config file:
106 /*-----------------------
109 freqnorm = pal-australia
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127 source = {Television|CompositeX|S-Video} (X is an integer)
129 freqnorm = {ntsc-bcast|ntsc-cable|ntsc-cable-hrc|ntsc-bcast-jp|ntsc-cable-jp|pal-europe|pal-europe-east|pal-italy|pal-newzealand|pal-australia|pal-ireland}
131 maxpreset = integer (maximum channel presets)
133 mode = {pal|ntsc|secam}
135 fullscreen = {widthxheight}
138 choose a total of <maxpreset> from the below channels.
139 separate it with a new line as in the sample config file above.
144 SE1|SE2|SE3|SE4|SE5|SE6|SE7|SE8|SE9|SE10|
145 E5|E6|E7|E8|E9|E10|E11|E12|
146 R6|R7|R8|R9|R10|R11|R12|
147 SE11|SE12|SE13|SE14|SE15|SE16|SE17|SE18|SE19|SE20|
148 S21|S22|S23|S24|S25|S26|S27|S28|S29|S30|S31|S32|S33|S34|S35|S36|S37|S38|S39|S40|S41
149 T7|T8|T9|T10|T11|T12|T13|T14|
152 finetune parameters could be added spaced after the channel name above in a bracket.
154 32 (50) # channel 32 plus 50
158 SE11 (-10) # channel SE11 minus 10
165 - On Screen Display (OSD)
167 - Advance image clippings
169 - Other misc features
174 Ask flik. Bug me if you've found any.
179 Please refer to COPYING for licensing info.
180 This program might not work on your system and there is no way I will be held
181 responsible for anything.
182 This does to your system including loss of data, loss of uptime, loss of hair and etc.
184 Please report any bugs/comments/feedbacks to <wliang@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>
185 Please visit http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/~wliang for updates on WMTV.