scantv(1)

scantv1

Scan a v4l device for tv stations.

Usage

scantv [options]

Overview

scantv scans a v4l device for available TV stations and writes a xawtv/fbtv config file.

Options

-i input

set tv input (Television/Composite1/S-video and so on). Default is Television.

-n norm

set tv norm. scantv will ask interactively if none is given.

-f table

set frequency table. scantv will ask interactively if none is given.

-o outfile

specify output file. If none is specified, scantv writes to stdout.

-c device

specify video device file. Default is /dev/video0.

-D driver

specify video driver name. Default is "libv4l".

-C device

specify vbi device file. Default is /dev/vbi0.

-s

skip channel scan, just write norm + freqtab to the config file.

-a

Do a full scan (i.e. all frequencies, not just the ones from the frequency table).

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1–4.0
  3. 5.0–6.0
  4. 7–13

-D since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -a since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -i since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Author

Gerd Knorr <[email protected]>

From scantv 3.107-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.