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Linux Video Studio TV README

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Introduction

Linux Video Studio TV ('stv') is a simple TV-app for linux, based on Gtk+. It works, that's all. It has no fancy special features, like video capturing, image grabbing, bladiebla. Nothing of this all. It just shows TV. Because that's all it needs to do.

If you want to capture video or grab images, look at Gerd Knorr's wonderful and fully-featured XawTV (http://www.bytesex.org/xawtv/) or try Linux Video Studio, a simple video editor based on the MJPEGtools (and on which this TV-app is based).

How it works

First, read INSTALL for installation instructions. Start it (doh!). It will probably autodetect the video4linux port. If not, you will be notified in the terminal and you will have to start it and provide the port number manually (see "stv -t"). Do "stv -p <portnum>" and have fun. If you don't see any port, be sure that you have read the installation instructions, especially these about making a change to the X-configuration.
Right-click for a control-window (choose channel and change picture properties). Press the "settings" button to get to the Channel Editor and the Remote Control configuration window. In the channel editor, you can (doh!) make a selection of channels. In the remote control editor, you can specify which buttons should take which action.
Now, use the remote control, keyboard or mouse to control the app.

Remote control buttons

You can specify your own button configuration since each remote control has different signals. A "general configuration" would be impossible to create.

Keyboard keys

arrow down        - next channel
arrow up          - previous channel
arrows left/right - Volume control
q                 - quit
a                 - toggle audio
0-9               - choose a channel by number
enter/escape      - toggle fullscreen

Mouse control

Wheel down        - next channel
Wheel up          - previous channel
Middle button     - toggle fullscreen

Left mouse button - control window

Credits

Thanks to Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> for the help on the brightness, saturation etc. sliders.
Thanks to Edwin Versteegen <ir-ontvanger@gmx.net> for providing me with a LIRC-infrared module to test and develop LIRC support in this app. See http://home.wanadoo.nl/novh/ for more info.

Disclaimer

If it doesn't work, if it formats your hard disk, if it does something it shouldn't do, if you see a bird flying by, don't blame me. This is test software in alpa/development state, it can do anything or nothing at all. I'd be happy if you reported bugs to me, though :-) (see contacting).

Contacting

This application was created by:

Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net> For bug reports, please make sure you're using the newest version. The newest version can always be downloaded from http://ronald.bitfreak.net/