videoout(1)                                                        videoout(1)


NAME
     videoout - Video Library video output from screen tool

SYNOPSIS
     videoout [-nocontrol] [-borderwidth bw] [-n devnum] [-h] [-o
     outputnodenum] [-I] [-f] [-geometry geometry-string]

PARAMETERS
     -nocontrol   Don't map controls window.

     -borderwidth   Set width of window border to bw.

     -n   Use video device number devnum.

     -h   Display usage message and exit.

     -o   Use output node number outputnodenum.

     -I   Print node and path IDs.

     -f   Disable forking.

     -geometry   Specifies placement of the output window.  See X(1) for
                 details on the format and interpretation of the geometry
                 argument.


DESCRIPTION
     The application videoout, on hardware that supports the screen to video
     path, puts video out from a rectangular or full-screen area of the screen
     to the external video recorder or display.

     It uses two windows: the first window is used to control what data to
     send to the external device.  The second window is just an outline that
     shows what portion of the screen is sent to the output device.  It can be
     moved using the standard window manager methods, or by using the mouse
     button number 1 on the border of the region.

     The first window has a menu selected using the right button.  This menu
     contains two screen size options; send full screen or send screen.  The
     first will remove the outline region, and send the full screen (within
     the scaling restrictions of the hardware.)  The second, send screen, will
     reinstate the outline region.

     The application's default mode is to send a region of the screen.

     There are two other menu choices; flicker filter (a toggle button) and
     quit.  The flicker filter button toggles the video hardware's function
     that produces interlaced video output from a non-interlaced screen
     source.


     Quit exits the application.

     If -nocontrol is specified videoout does not put up the controls window.

     If -borderwidth is specified videoout sets the width of the output window
     border to bw. If this option is not specified the border width is set to
     2.

     If -I is specified videoout prints the node and path IDs on stdout. These
     are required when using the command line interface tool, vlcmd, to get or
     set controls on the video hardware.

     If -f is specified videoout will run in the foreground rather than
     spawning a child and returning immediately.

     If -o is specified observe the valid set of output nodes and there number
     by using vlinfo(1).

     If -geometry is specified videoout sets the location of the output window
     relative to the geometry string described by the X(1) manpage.  Note that
     the size portion of the argument is ignored, as the window size is
     determined by the video standard.

SEE ALSO
     videopanel(1), vlinfo(1), vlcmd(1)


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