switcher-control(1)

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version 0.13.0 · 8 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 switcher-control(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a General Commands Manual page for switcher-control, and honestly? it's giving "I control video switchers for a living and I look cute doing it." let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

switcher-control — graphical OpenSwitcher video switcher frontend 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

switcher-control [OPTIONS] [ip]

yes, that's the whole vibe. options first, ip optional, go off 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so Switcher Control is a GTK application for controlling Blackmagic Design video switchers. that's it, that's the whole thing. a whole lil window that talks to your switcher. iconic fr fr 🫶

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help — show the help message and quit. like, it'll just tell you what's up and dip. no notes ✨
  • --persist — save the ip address for subsequent runs. so next time you open it, it already remembers your switcher. main character energy tbh 👑
  • --debug — output extra debugging info. for when you're like "why is this acting up" and you need the tea 💀
  • --dump [DUMP ...] — dump raw data for specific protocol packets. it takes one or more values, hence the [DUMP ...]. raw packets, no filter, no shame 🌈
  • --view {switcher,media,audio,camera} — start the application with a specific view open. pick one of these, bestie:
    • switcher
    • media
    • audio
    • camera

that's the full list. don't make up your own, it will not slay 💀

  • ip — the ip address of the switcher to connect to. and plot twist, it can also be a proxy uri 🧚
lowkey important: ip is a positional argument, not a flag. it goes on the end, no dashes. periodt.

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Written by Martijn Braam 🫶

Copyright © 2022 Martijn Braam and the OpenSwitcher contributors. GPL version 3 only. <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

not me emphasizing the no-warranty thing but like, it's literally in caps in the original so I'm matching the energy 😭

aaaand that's the page! this was switcher-control from the General Commands Manual, dated 2026-09-09, same version, same page name, same everything — we just made it cute 💖 byeee, go control some switchers bestie 🦋✨

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