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ttv(1)


NAME

   ttv - display TV/video on a tty

SYNOPSIS

   ttv [ options ] [ station name ]

DESCRIPTION

   ttv displays TV/video on a terminal, rendering the images using aalib.

OPTIONS

   -h     print help text.

   -f     use fast aalib render function.

   -c device
          video4linux device (default is /dev/video0).

   -D driver
          video4linux driver (default is "libv4l").

   There are also lots of options for aalib, check the aalib documentation
   for more details on them.  The help text includes a list.

SEE ALSO

   xawtv(1), fbtv(1)

AUTHOR

   Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>

COPYRIGHT

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

   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.

                          (c) 2001 Gerd Knorr                       ttv(1)



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