Xawtv

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This command is run in the standard Linux environment via the Terminal Activity. The GUI will probably not integrate comfortably with the XO Laptop's Sugar environment. Your user experience may vary considerably depending on the established environment and the other programs running on the laptop, may need re-installation after an OS Update. See the Linux software category for other commands.

Introduction

xawtv is standard Linux package of 'webcam' based tools, for controlling, capturing, and transferring images from camera to be processed or shared.

Commands installed as part of this package:

alevtd

- a http server for videotext pages, so you can watch read videotext with a webbrowser.

dump-mixers

-

fbtv

- is a TV application for the linux console, it uses a framebuffer devices to display the video.

ntsc-cc

-

pia

- a simple movie player.

propwatch

-

radio

- a simple, curses-based radio app.

record

-

rootv

-

scantv

-

showriff

-

streamer

- a command line tool for recording movies.

mtt

a teletext browser

ttv

-

v4lctl

-

v4l-info

-

webcam

captures images and uploads them to a Web-Server via ftp or ssh in a endless loop.

xawtv

- the main application, for watching TV.

xawtv-remote

-

subtitles

-

Installation

 $ yum install xawtv

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 xawtv                   i386       3.95-4.fc7       olpc_koji-update1  668 k
Installing for dependencies:
 aalib                   i386       1.4.0-0.12.rc5.fc7  olpc_koji-update1   74 k
 gpm                     i386       1.20.1-84.fc7    olpc_koji-update1  185 k
 libFS                   i386       1.0.0-3.1        olpc_koji-update1   30 k
 libXxf86dga             i386       1.0.1-3.1        olpc_koji-update1   15 k
 libdrm                  i386       2.3.0-5.fc7      olpc_koji-update1   24 k
 mesa-libGL              i386       6.5.2-13.fc7     olpc_koji-update1   11 M
 slang                   i386       2.0.7-2.fc7      olpc_koji-update1  329 k
 zvbi                    i386       0.2.25-1.fc7     olpc_koji-update1  322 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      9 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 13 M

Running

$ xawtv -hdscan

for XO Laptop, results

port 56-56
   type : Xvideo, image scaler
   name : AMD Geode LX

/dev/video0: OK                         [ -device /dev/video0 ]
   type : v4l2
   name : cafe_ccic
   flags:  capture  

References

• http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xawtv