NAME
clivescan - the video link scanning utility for clive
SYNOPSIS
clivescan [option]... [URL]...
DESCRIPTION
clivescan is an utility that scans video pages for video links and uses
clive(1) (or <cclive(1)> to extract them. It scans for both video page
and embedded video links.
Historically, the video link scanning feature was written in
Python/Newt and was part of clive(1). This feature was originally
removed in clive 2.0 and later rewritten in Perl/Tk as part of the
clive-utils project which is a set of additional utilities for
clive(1).
OPTION SYNTAX
You may freely mix different option styles, or specify options after
the command-line arguments. For example:
% clivescan -c /usr/local/bin/clive --opts=mp4 URL -a
You may also put several options together that do not require
arguments. For example:
% clivescan -aXc /usr/local/bin/clive URL
Which is equivalent to:
% clivescan -a -X -c /usr/local/bin/clive URL
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show help and exit.
-v, --version
Show version and exit.
-c, --clive=path
path to clive(1) command. If unspecified, clivescan will attempt to
locate it in the $PATH. Additionally, the CLIVE_PATH environment
variable can be used.
-o, --opts=opts
opts to append to clive call. See clive(1) for more on the
available options.
-a, --all
Grab all videos without prompting the GUI. Note that users without
X can use this option to workaround the X requirement.
-r, --recall
Recall the last input.
-s, --selected
Re-extract the last video selection.
-n, --no-strict
This option provides a workaround for some search pattern issues
that are known to occur. For example:
% clivescan "http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=inurl%3Abreak"
Does not return any break.com videos even though the page lists
them. This happens because clivescan assumes that the domain
break.com can be found in the URL. To override this restrictive
default behaviour:
% clivescan -n
"http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=inurl%3Abreak"
-p, --paste
Paste URL input data from clipboard.
HTTP Options
-U, --agent=string
Identify as string to the HTTP server. Defaults to "Mozilla/5.0".
-y, --proxy=address
Use address for HTTP proxy, e.g. http://foo:1234. If http_proxy
environment variable is defined, it will be used.
-X, --no-proxy
Do not use the defined HTTP proxy (--proxy, config or http_proxy).
EXAMPLES
Typical use:
% clivescan youtube.com video.google.com
Multiple scan URLs:
% cat >> url.lst
http://video.google.com
http://youtube.com/communitychannel
http://sevenload.com
http://break.com
% cat url.lst | clivescan
Set path to clive(1) with video extraction options:
% clivescan --clive=/usr/local/bin/clive --opts="-f mp4" URL
Grab all found videos without prompting:
% clivescan --all http://youtube.com
Note that users without X can also use this.
FILES
clivescan searches the ~/.config/clive-utils directory for the config
file. You can override this by setting the CLIVESCAN_HOME environment
variable.
~/.config/clive-utils/config
Configuration file.
~/.config/clive-utils/scan.prefs
GUI preferences (e.g. fonts, window position, sash coords, ...).
~/.config/clive-utils/scan.recall
Last input.
~/.config/clive-utils/scan.sel
Last video selection.
SEE ALSO
clive(1) cclive(1) clivefeed(1) clivepass(1)
OTHER
Project page:
<http://googlecode.com/p/clive-utils/>
Development repository can be cloned with:
% git clone git://repo.or.cz/clive-utils.git
For release announcements, subscribe to the project at:
<http://freshmeat.net/projects/clive-utils/>
AUTHOR
Written by Toni Gundogdu <legatvs@gmail.com>