ENCODE(1)

💖 ENCODE(1) — the dvconnect glow-up 💖

okay bestie, so this is the dvconnect manual page, section 1 of the General Commands Manual, and it's genuinely iconic. sit down, grab a strawberry drink, and let's get into it 🍓✨

✨ NAME ✨

dvconnect — receive or transmit raw DV using the video1394 device. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dvconnect [ options ] raw dv files or '-- -' for stdin/stdout

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dvconnect does the thing where it captures raw DV streams from — or sends raw DV streams to — the Linux IEEE 1394 video1394 device. main character energy fr fr 🔥

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --version — shows you the dvconnect version number. quick lil flex ✨
• -s, --send — send data instead of capturing. flipping the script, as one does 💅
• -v, --verbose — shows status info while it's receiving / sending. she's chatty, we love that 👑
• -c, --channel=number — which channel to send / receive on. range is 0 - 63, and the default is 63.
• -k, --kbuffers=number — how many kernel video1394 frame buffers to use. default is 8.
• --start-frame=count — start at the count frame. defaults to 0.
• -e, --end-frame=count — end at the count frame. defaults to unlimited, so she just keeps going 🏃♀️
• --cip-n-ntsc=number — cip n ntsc timing counter. default is 2436.
• --cip-d-ntsc=number — cip d ntsc timing counter. default is 38400.
• --syt-offset=number — syt offset. default is 10000, range is 10000-26000.
• -b, --buffers=number — max number of file io thread buffers to use. default is 250.
• -u, --underrun-data=filename — a file with the frame to send in case of underruns. the backup plan bestie 🫶
• -d, --device=filename — specify the video1394 device. default is /dev/video1394/0.

🎀 Help Options 🎀

• -?, --help — show the help message. when in doubt, ask for help, no shame in it 💖
• --usage — display a brief usage message. the tl;dr version 😌

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

playdv(1), dubdv(1), encodedv(1). the whole friend group, go say hi 🌈

🌟 AVAILABILITY 🌟

see http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version. go get the freshest one, queen 👑

💜 AUTHORS 💜

dvconnect was written by Peter Schlaile <udbz@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>.

this manual page is based on dvconnect's help message and was written by Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>.

ok that's the whole page bestie, go forth and stream that raw DV 💖✨

signing off from January 2004, out of the ENCODE(1) page of the General Commands Manual — mwah, slay, periodt 🎀🦋💅