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8 WMTV is a WindowMaker dock.app that controls TV Cards which are supported under
9 the Linux Kernel 2.2.x series (mainly for cards based on BrookTree BT848/848a/
10 849a/878/879 chipsets: There are lots of cards out there which uses these
11 chipsets such as the Hauppauge WinTV, Aimslab VideoExtreme, miroVIDEO PCTV,
12 AverMedia TVPhone, Spirit TV, MagicXPress TView, Teppro TEV, etc).
22 3) copy wmtvrc.sample to ~/.wmtvrc
23 4) configure wmtv by editing ~/.wmtvrc or /etc/wmtvrc
24 (the former takes precedence)
26 Note: Dock the application before switching the TV On.
31 WMTV is "Just another gadget(tm)". A miniature sized television screen which
32 sits on your WindowMaker dock. However, it'll become a full featured television
33 application in future major releases.
37 - TV Modes - PAL/Secam/NTSC
38 - FineTuning (Television source) - writes to config file now
39 - Scanning of TV Stations (Television source)
40 - External TV application support
41 - All video sources (Television/S-Video/CompositeX) depending on your
43 - 8/16/24/32 bit displays
44 - Modification of config file after WMTV is executed
45 (Turn Off and Turn On again to reinitialise config file)
46 - Full Screen display!
47 - Icon should be of size 64x64
56 There are 3 modes of operation on this applications.
57 You can cycle through the 3 modes by clicking on the right most button <3>
59 The 3 modes are described below:
63 Clicking on the rightmost button <3> for the first time (after the star
64 of WMTV) would turn TV on. During this mode, the left <1> and right <2>
65 buttons are used to change preset channels which has been defined in
66 your config file. Left button to move down 1 channel and Right button
67 to move up one channel.
71 Clicking again on button <3> after On mode would bring WMTV into tune
72 mode. During this mode, the left <1> and right <2> buttons have two
73 purposes individually. Left clicking on the left <1> or right <2>
74 buttons would perform scans of channels. Scanning will stop when there
75 is a strong signal strength. Right clicking on the left <1> or right <2>
76 button would fine tune the current frequency. After tuning, clicking on
77 button <3> would set the fine tuned offset into your config file and
78 bring you back into "On mode".
82 Holding down button <3> for about 3 seconds from any of the two modes
83 described above, would turn the TV off.
85 Right clicking once on the TV Screen would mute/unmute the audio.
87 Double clicking LEFT mouse button on the TV Screen would launch your favorite TV
88 application when specified with --exe <filename> option in the command line.
89 If the external application is not set, It'll automatically switch to the build
91 Double clicking the MIDDLE mouse button on the TV Screen would bring you into
92 the built in full screen mode.
94 To launch an external application:
96 foo@bar > wmtv --exe /usr/X11R6/bin/xawtv # example.
98 foo@bar > wmtv -e /usr/X11R6/bin/xawtv
100 If you do not specify any program to be launched during startup of WMTV,
101 double clicking on the TV Screen would launch the inbuilt full screen feature.
102 Make sure you have a 640x480 Modeline defined in your XF86Config file.
105 Single click on any mouse button will return to initial screen.
109 Up - Switch preset channels up.
110 Down - Switch preset channels down.
113 Escape - Return to initial screen.
114 m - mute/unmute audio.
118 This section describes on how to configure WMTV's configuration file.
119 Your configuration file is located in your home directory as ".wmtvrc".
121 Excerpt from a sample config file:
122 /*-----------------------
125 freqnorm = pal-australia
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143 source = {Television|CompositeX|S-Video} (X is an integer)
145 freqnorm = {ntsc-bcast|ntsc-cable|ntsc-cable-hrc|ntsc-bcast-jp|ntsc-cable-jp|
146 pal-europe|pal-europe-east|pal-italy|pal-newzealand|pal-australia|
149 maxpreset = integer (maximum channel presets)
151 mode = {pal|ntsc|secam}
153 fullscreen = {widthxheight}
156 choose a total of <maxpreset> from the below channels.
157 separate it with a new line as in the sample config file above.
162 SE1|SE2|SE3|SE4|SE5|SE6|SE7|SE8|SE9|SE10|
163 E5|E6|E7|E8|E9|E10|E11|E12|
164 R6|R7|R8|R9|R10|R11|R12|
165 SE11|SE12|SE13|SE14|SE15|SE16|SE17|SE18|SE19|SE20|
166 S21|S22|S23|S24|S25|S26|S27|S28|S29|S30|S31|S32|S33|S34|S35|S36|S37|S38|S39|
168 T7|T8|T9|T10|T11|T12|T13|T14|
171 finetune parameters could be added spaced after the channel name above in a
174 32 (50) # channel 32 plus 50
178 SE11 (-10) # channel SE11 minus 10
185 - On Screen Display (OSD)
187 - Advance image clippings
189 - Other misc features
194 Ask flik. Bug me if you've found any.
199 Please refer to COPYING for licensing info.
200 This program might not work on your system and there is no way I will be held
201 responsible for anything.
202 This does to your system including loss of data, loss of uptime, loss of hair
205 Please report any bugs/comments/feedbacks to <wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com>
206 Please visit https://www.dockapps.net/wmtv for updates on WMTV.