NAME

       dvconnect - receive or transmit raw DV using the video1394 device

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       dvconnect captures raw DV streams from or sends raw DV streams to the Linux IEEE 1394 video1394 device.

       --version
              show dvconnect version number.

       -s, --send
              send data instead of capturing.

       -v, --verbose
              show status information while receiving / sending.

       -c, --channel=number
              channel to send / receive on (range: 0 - 63, default = 63).

       -k, --kbuffers=number
              number of kernel video1394 frame buffers to use. default = 8.

       --start-frame=count
              start at count frame (defaults to 0).

       -e, --end-frame=count
              end at count frame (defaults to unlimited).

       --cip-n-ntsc=number
              cip n ntsc timing counter (default: 2436).

       --cip-d-ntsc=number
              cip d ntsc timing counter (default: 38400).

       --syt-offset=number
              syt offset (default: 10000 range: 10000-26000).

       -b, --buffers=number
              max number of file io thread buffers to use. default = 250.

       -u, --underrun-data=filename
              file with the frame to send in case of underruns.

       -d, --device=filename
              Specify the video1394 device (default /dev/video1394/0).

       Help Options

       -?, --help
              Show help message.

       --usage
              Display brief usage message.

SEE ALSO

       playdv(1),dubdv(1),encodedv(1).

AVAILABILITY

       See http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version.

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>.

                                                  January 2004                                         ENCODE(1)