atitv(1)

atitv1

Simple text-mode program from the gatos package.

Usage

atitv

Overview

The program atitv is still under development. It gives basic functionality needed to record video and take snapshots.

File formats

Note, motion capture in atitv use a special ".yuv" file format unique to gatos.

Snapshots on the other hand save to ".ppm" files, which are viewable (and convertible) by most graphics programs.

Options

-h --help

Get help.

--version

Get version info.

-m <mux>

Specify which input to use (Composite, SVHS or TV).

-v <volume>

Set volume.

-c <channel>

Set channel.

-s <xs> <ys>

Set capture size.

Commands

rec <n> <f>

Record yuv file for n seconds to filename f.

snap <f>

Capture a single ppm frame to filename f.

Examples

atitv -c 10 rec 10 f1.yuv -c 11 rec 10 f2.yuv

This will change to channel 10, record 10 seconds to "f1.yuv" then change to channel 11 and record 10 seconds to "f2.yuv"

atitv -m SVHS snap pic.ppm

This will change to the SVHS connector and capture one frame to "pic.ppm"

Files

/etc/gatos.conf - Configuration file of GATOS.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0–13

--help since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --version since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -c since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -h since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -m since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -v since Debian 3.0 (Woody).

Authors

Atitv was written and copyrighted by Steaphan Greene, Øyvind Aabling, Octavian Purdila, Vladimir Dergachev, Christian Lupien, and Daniel Caujolle-Bert.

From gatos 0.0.5-22 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.