Man1 - dvconnect.1

dvconnect - receive or transmit raw DV using the video1394 device

dvconnect [ options ] raw dv files or ’– -’ for stdin/stdout

dvconnect captures raw DV streams from or sends raw DV streams to the Linux IEEE 1394 video1394 device.

–version

show dvconnect version number.

-s, –send

send data instead of capturing.

-v, –verbose

show status information while receiving / sending.

-c, *–channel*=/number/

channel to send / receive on (range: 0 - 63, default = 63).

-k, *–kbuffers*=/number/

number of kernel video1394 frame buffers to use. default = 8.

*–start-frame*=/count/

start at count frame (defaults to 0).

-e, *–end-frame*=/count/

end at count frame (defaults to unlimited).

*–cip-n-ntsc*=/number/

cip n ntsc timing counter (default: 2436).

*–cip-d-ntsc*=/number/

cip d ntsc timing counter (default: 38400).

*–syt-offset*=/number/

syt offset (default: 10000 range: 10000-26000).

-b, *–buffers*=/number/

max number of file io thread buffers to use. default = 250.

-u, *–underrun-data*=/filename/

file with the frame to send in case of underruns.

-d, *–device*=/filename/

Specify the video1394 device (default /dev/video1394/0).

Help Options

-?, –help

Show help message.

–usage

Display brief usage message.

*playdv*(1),*dubdv*(1),*encodedv*(1).

See http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version.

dvconnect was written by Peter Schlaile <udbz@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>.

This manual page is based on dvconnect’s help message and was written by Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>.