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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.

show dvconnect version number.
send data instead of capturing.
show status information while receiving / sending.
channel to send / receive on (range: 0 - 63, default = 63).
number of kernel video1394 frame buffers to use. default = 8.
start at count frame (defaults to 0).
end at count frame (defaults to unlimited).
cip n ntsc timing counter (default: 2436).
cip d ntsc timing counter (default: 38400).
syt offset (default: 10000 range: 10000-26000).
max number of file io thread buffers to use. default = 250.
file with the frame to send in case of underruns.
Specify the video1394 device (default /dev/video1394/0).

Help Options

-?, --help
Show help message.
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>.

January 2004