ttv(1)

💖 ttv — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the ttv(1) page in the General Commands Manual, and I am so glad you're here, because this little icon lets you watch literal TV in your terminal. no cap. let's get into it. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ttv — display TV/video on a tty 💅

like. it puts moving pictures on your text screen. it's giving magic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ttv [ options ] [ station name ]

that's it. options optional, station name optional, vibes mandatory. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ttv displays TV/video on a terminal, rendering the images using aalib. ✨

so like, the video comes in, aalib turns it into ASCII art, and your terminal becomes a whole television. it's iconic, it's lowkey cursed, it's beautiful. 😭

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -h — print help text. the "what do I do now" button, bestie. 🫶
• -f — use the fast aalib render function. speed demon mode, go off. 🔥
• -c device — video4linux device (default is /dev/video0). yes the default is literally /dev/video0, no need to guess. 🌈
• -D driver — video4linux driver (default is "libv4l"). that's the default, fr fr. 👑

also, there are lots of options for aalib too — go check the aalib documentation for more details on them, and the help text includes a list. 👀 (yes, the help text, aka -h, that one. iykyk.)

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

xawtv(1), fbtv(1) — the rest of the family, go say hi. 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> — the legend himself. 💖

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2000 Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

⚠️ okay real talk for one sec: that "WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY" bit is the whole point of that paragraph. no promises, no guarantees, that's the deal. 📜

and that's the page!! 💖 huge shoutout to (c) 2001 Gerd Knorr for the copyright stamp down at the bottom — the main character of the footer, periodt. 🧚 go watch some terminal TV, bestie, you deserve it. 🍓⭐