Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 6766:f7cd3a7aaa13
Applied patch by Fabian Franz <FabianFranz@gmx.de>, adding a note to the TV
section and correcting a keyboard control.
Reviewed the TV section, realigned the table and reworded the entries.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:25:01 +0000 |
| parents | 9c6ed4f15acc |
| children | a6240ba29795 |
| files | DOCS/documentation.html |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/documentation.html Sun Jul 21 22:20:05 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Mon Jul 22 11:25:01 2002 +0000 @@ -928,117 +928,114 @@ <P>This section is about how to enable <B>watching/grabbing from V4L compatible TV tuner</B>.</P> -<P><B>THIS CODE IS CURRENTLY NOT-WORKED ON! Don't expect it to work without - tweaking/experimenting!</B></P> +<P><B>THIS CODE IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING WORKED ON! Do not expect it to work + without tweaking/experimenting!</B></P> <P><A NAME=2.5.2><B>2.5.2. Compilation</B></A></P> <UL> - <LI>first, you have to recompile. <CODE>./configure</CODE> will autodetect kernel headers - of v4l stuff, and the existence of /dev/video* entries. If they exist, - TV support will be built (see configure's output!).</LI> - <LI>make sure your tuner works with another TV softwares in Linux, for example + <LI>First, you have to recompile. <CODE>./configure</CODE> will autodetect + kernel headers of v4l stuff and the existence of <CODE>/dev/video*</CODE> + entries. If they exist, TV support will be built (see the output of + <CODE>./configure</CODE>).</LI> + <LI>Make sure your tuner works with another TV software in Linux, for example xawtv.</LI> </UL> -<P><B>Hint</B> : are the colors messed up? Then your tuner can't display - in YV12 colorspace. Try I420 (you must use the <CODE>-vc rawi420</CODE> option too!), or YUY2, UYVY, RGB32 (this one - with <CODE>-vo sdl</CODE>) colorspaces. - You can specify these with the <CODE>outfmt=YV12</CODE> option see below.</P> +<P><B>Hint:</B> Are the colors messed up? Then your tuner cannot display + in YV12 colorspace. Try I420 (<CODE>-vc rawi420</CODE>) or YUY2, UYVY, RGB32 + (<CODE>-vo sdl</CODE>) colorspaces. + You can specify these with the <CODE>outfmt=YV12</CODE> option, see below.</P> <P><A NAME=2.5.3><B>2.5.3. Available options</B></A></P> <TABLE BORDER=0> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>on</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>on</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD>use TV - input</TD> + <TD>Use TV input.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>noaudio</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>noaudio</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD>thanks, no sound</TD> + <TD>No sound, thanks.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>driver</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>driver</CODE></TD> <TD></TD> <TD> <B>dummy</B> - NULL TV input :) Used for testing only, generates dummy input.<BR> - <B>v4l</B> - captures images from standard V4L interface (default - <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>)</TD> + <B>v4l</B> - Captures images from standard V4L interface (default + <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>).</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>device</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>device</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD>specify other - device than the default <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE></TD> + <TD>Specify a device other than the default <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>input</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>input</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD>give from which - input of the TV tuner you wish to grab from (e.g. <B>television</B>, - <B>s-video</B>, <B>composite</B>, ...)<BR> + <TD>Specify from which input of the TV tuner you wish to grab + (e.g. <B>television</B>, <B>s-video</B>, <B>composite</B>, ...)<BR> Prints the available ones during init.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>freq</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>freq</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD>specify the - frequency to set the tuner (e.g. <B>511.250</B>)</TD> + <TD>Specify the frequency to set the tuner to (e.g. <B>511.250</B>).</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>outfmt</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>outfmt</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD>in which output - format should the tuner transport images to us (<B>rgb32</B>, <B>rgb24</B>, <B>yv12</B>, - <B>uyvy</B>, <B>i420</B> (for i420 you have to pass the <CODE>-vc rawi420</CODE> - option, because of a fourcc conflict))</TD> + <TD>Specify the output format the tuner should use to transport images to us + (<B>rgb32</B>, <B>rgb24</B>, <B>yv12</B>, <B>uyvy</B>, <B>i420</B> (for i420 + you have to pass the <CODE>-vc rawi420</CODE> option, because of a fourcc + conflict)).</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>width</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>width</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD> the width of the output window, in pixels</TD> + <TD>width of the output window in pixels</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>height</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>height</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD> the height of the output window, in pixels</TD> + <TD>height of the output window in pixels</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>norm</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>norm</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD> available: PAL, SECAM, NTSC</TD> + <TD>available: PAL, SECAM, NTSC</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>channel</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>channel</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD> set the tuner to the given channel</TD> + <TD>Set the tuner to the given channel.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> - <TD><CODE>chanlist</CODE></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"><CODE>chanlist</CODE></TD> <TD> </TD> - <TD> available: <CODE>us-bcast, us-cable, europe-west, europe-east, etc</CODE></TD> + <TD>available: <CODE>us-bcast, us-cable, europe-west, europe-east, etc</CODE></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P><A NAME=2.5.4><B>2.5.4. Keyboard control</B></A></P> <TABLE BORDER=0> -<TR><TD> </TD><TD>h or l</TD><TD> </TD><TD>select previous/next channel</TD></TR> +<TR><TD> </TD><TD>h / k</TD><TD> </TD><TD>select previous/next channel</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>n</TD><TD></TD><TD>change norm</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>change channel list</TD></TR> </TABLE> @@ -1053,6 +1050,14 @@ <CODE> mplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE><BR> </P> +<P> +<B>Note:</B><BR> +If you have a TV card with an external audio device and get only a black +screen, although input works with xawtv or similar, then try to use the +<CODE>-noaudio</CODE> option. For the example above this would be:<BR> +<CODE> mplayer -tv on:noaudio:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE> +</P> + <P><A NAME=2.6><B>2.6. Video filters</B></A></P>