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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.  (This option  is  mainly  intended  for
              internal development.)

       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>.