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NAME

       aatv - a program to watch TV in a text-based console

SYNOPSIS

       aatv [options]

DESCRIPTION

       aatv  is  a  small program which allows you to watch TV in a text-based
       console, i.e. in a virtual console or in an xterm.

       If you just want to see what it does,  and  don’t  want  to  mess  with
       frequencies just tune your TV card, with xawtv(1) for example, and then
       launch aatv. When aatv starts, it keeps the frequency the card is tuned
       on.  You might have to change the video mode (to PAL, NTSC or SECAM) in
       the config file.

       Keys:

       q Quit the program.
       c Switch from TV to composite, or from composite to TV.
       s Change video mode (PAL, SECAM, NTSC).
       v Flip image.
       b Show the frequency, you may then press enter or type a new value.

       AA image controls:

       f Turn ON/OFF fast rendering.
       a No dithering.
       e Dithering mode 1.
       r Dithering mode 2.

       p Show the contrast value, you may then  press  enter  or  type  a  new
       value.
       m Decreases the contrast.
       !  Increases the contrast.

       ’o,l,:: Do the same with brightness.

       Tuner image controls:i,k,;: Contrast.
       ’u,j,,: Brightness.
       ’y,h,n: Whiteness.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.
       For a complete description type aatv -help.

       -help Show summary of options.

       -driver
              Select  driver. Available drivers: linux, slang, X11, stdout and
              stderr.

       -kbddriver
              Select keyboard driver. Available drivers: slang, X11 and stdin.

       -mousedriver
              Select mouse driver. Available drivers: X11, gpm and dos.

       -width Set width.

       -height
              Set height.

       -minwidth
              Set minimum width.

       -minheight
              Set minimum height.

       -maxwidth
              Set maximum width.

       -maxheight
              Set maximum height.

       -recwidth
              Set recommended width.

       -recheight
              Set recommended height.

       -dim   Enable usage of dim (half bright) attribute.

       -bold  Enable usage of bold (double bright) attribute.

       -reverse
              Enable usage of reverse attribute.

       -normal
              Enable usage of normal attribute.

       -boldfont
              Enable usage of boldfont attribute.

       -no<attr>
              Disable an attribute (e.g. -nobold).

       -extended
              Use all 256 characters.

       -eight Use eight bit ASCII.

       -font <font>
              Select  font.  This  option  is  used on hardware where aalib is
              unable to determine the current  font.  Available  fonts:  vga8,
              vga9, mda14, vga14, X8x13, X8x16, X8x13bold, vgagl8 and line.

       -inverse
              Enable inverse rendering.

       -noinverse
              Disable inverse rendering.

       -bright <val>
              Set brightness (0-255).

       -contrast <val>
              Set contrast (0-255).

       -gamma <val>
              Set gamma correction value (0-1).

       -nodither
              Disable dithering.

       -floyd_steinberg
              Floyd Steinberg dithering.

       -error_distribution
              Error distribution dithering.

       -random <val>
              Set random dithering value (0-inf).

       -dimmul <val>
              Multiply factor for dim attribute (5.3).

       -boldmul <val>
              Multiply factor for bold attribute (2.7).

FILES

       ~/.aatv
              The per-user configfile of aatv.

       /etc/aatv.conf
              The  system-wide aatv configfile. It’s used if no ~/.aatv
              is found.

BUGS

       Please   report   any   bugs   you   find   to    Mike    Jagdis
       <jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk>.

LICENCE

       aatv is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).

SEE ALSO

       xawtv(1), fbtv(1).

AUTHOR

       Florent de Lamotte <florent@lamotte.as>.

       This  manual  page  was  written by Uwe Hermann <uh1763@hermann-
       uwe.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but  may  be  used  by
       others).

       The  OPTIONS  section  of this manpage was ripped from the bb(1)
       manpage by Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org>  and  was  slightly
       improved by Uwe Hermann <uh1763@hermann-uwe.de>.

                               December 27, 2000