filmleader(6)

filmleader6

Screen saver.

Usage

filmleader [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--tv-color number] [--tv-tint number] [--noise number] [--tv-brightness number] [--tv-contrast number] [--fps]

Overview

Displays a looping countdown based on the SMPTE Universal Film leader on a simulation of an old analog television.

Options

--visual visual

Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.

--window

Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root

Draw on the root window.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified window.

--tv-color number

Color Knob. 0 - 1000. Default: 70.

--tv-tint number

Tint Knob. 0 - 100. Default: 5.

--noise number

Noise. 0.0 - 0.2. Default: 0.04.

--tv-brightness number

Brightness Knob. 0 - 200. Default: 150.

--tv-contrast number

Contrast Knob. 0 - 1500. Default: 1000.

--fps | --no-fps

Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

Environment

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT

to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

Author

Jamie Zawinski.

From xscreensaver 6.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.