Accuview TV/Video Capture Driver - by Chris Bagwell (cbagwell@sprynet.com)
Driver for Accuview based hardware. Includes Reveal TV500, PBTV5, Aztech TV-500, and Comp Express TV-500. The latest version of these drivers can be found at http://home.sprynet.com/~cbagwell/accuview.html
- Requirements
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- Accuview based TV/Video Capture card
- SVGAlib (for SVGA support)
- X11 (for X11 support)
Compile and Install:
You possibly may need to edit the Makefile. If you have an 8-bit display then currently on the savtv program will work for you. Edit the Makefile and remove the "-DDEPTH_15BIT" from the CFLAGS. This will enable 8-bit displays.
To compile this software type the following:
make
You can compile just the SVGAlib program or X Window program by using the following two options:
make savtv
make xavtv
To install this software run the following as root:
make install
This will install the following programs:
savtv
SVGAlib Video Capture and Display program. This needs to be
setuid root.
usage: savtv initial_channel [band]
where: band is 0 for VHF/UHF, 1 for CATV1, and 2 for CATV2
Valid commands while viewing:
+ or -: change channels up or down
q : quit
m : toggle mute
b : toggle band
xavtv
X Window Video Capture and Display program. This needs to be
setuid root.
usage: xavtv initial_channel [band]
where: band is 0 for VHF/UHF, 1 for CATV1, and 2 for CATV2
Valid commands while viewing:
+ or -: change channels up or down
q : quit
m : toggle mute
b : toggle band
/etc/avtvrc
This is a common configuration text file that can be used by all accuview programs to get specific information.
CREDITS
This program exists because of the work of the following people:
Chris Bagwell
Maxime Lapierre
Andy Fong
Chris Pinkham
Steve Barbo
Craig Leikis
Steven Karp
Gene Shaw