NAME
dvcont - send control commands to DV cameras
SYNOPSIS
dvcont <command1> [
<command2> ... ]
DESCRIPTION
dvcont is a command line tool to send
control commands via an IEEE1394 link to a device that implements
the AV/C specifications by the 1394 Trade Association. Or for the
non-techies: dvcont lets you remote control your DV camera
via a Firewire cable. The following commands are understood:
- dev <number>
- Select device number on chain to use. (dvcont tries to
automatically detect the camera. Use the dev command BEFORE
any other commands for manual control.)
- play
- Tell the camera to play. If already playing, it toggles
slow-motion.
- reverse
- Tell the camera to play in reverse. If already playing, it
toggles slow-motion.
- trickplay < -14 to +14 >
- Tell the camera to play at various speeds. 0 = forward play,
-14 = fastest reverse, -8 = 1X reverse, -1 = slowest reverse, 1 =
slowest forward, 8 = 1X forward, 14 = fastest forward. (Not
supported by all cameras.)
- stop
- Tell the camera to stop playing.
- rewind
- Tell the camera to rewind. (Use in stop or play mode.)
- ff
- Tell the camera to fast forward. (Use in stop or play mode.)
- pause
- Tell the camera to toggle pause play.
- next
- Tell the camera to go to the next frame. (Use in pause mode.)
- nextindex
- Tell the camera to search for the next scene. (Use in pause or
play mode.)
- prev
- Tell the camera to go to the previous frame. (Use in pause
mode)
- previndex
- Tell the camera to search for the previous scene. (Use in pause
or play mode)
- record
- Tell the camera to record. (Use with caution!)
- eject
- Tell the camera to eject the tape. (Not supported by all
cameras.)
- timecode
- Report the timecode on tape in the format HH:MM:SS:FF (hours,
minutes, seconds, intra-second frames).
- seek <timecode>
- Tell the camera to go to the timecode, given in format
HH:MM:SS:FF as above.
- status
- Report the status of the device.
- pluginfo
- Report available plugs.
- verbose
- Tell the program to tell you debug info.
- version
- Tell the program to tell you the program version.
- help
- Tell the program to show you a help screen.
AUTHORS
dvcont was written by Jason Howard
<jason@spectsoft.com> and Dan
Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>. This man page was
written with the help of help2man by Daniel Kobras
<kobras@debian.org>
for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others).
Updated by Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>.