DVCONT(26)							   DVCONT(26)



NAME
       dvcont - send control commands to DV cameras

SYNOPSIS
       dvcont  [  ... ]

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 
	      Select device number on chain to use. (dvcont tries to automat-
	      ically 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 tog-
	      gles 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 cam-
	      eras.)

       timecode
	      Report the timecode on tape in the format	 HH:MM:SS:FF  (hours,
	      minutes, seconds, intra-second frames).

       seek 
	      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    and  Dan
       Dennedy .  This man page was written with the help of
       help2man by Daniel Kobras  for the Debian GNU/Linux
       distribution  (but  may	be  used  by  others). Updated by Dan Dennedy
       .




dvcont				September 2002			   DVCONT(26)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. link
2. play
3. at
4. eject
5. as
6. man