DVCONT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2002
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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>.

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