---
name: "am7xxx-play"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libam7xxx0.1-bin"
version: "0.1.7-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/am7xxx-play"
---

# am7xxx-play(1)

play stuff on an am7xxx device (e.g. Acer C110, PicoPix 1020)

## NAME

am7xxx-play - play stuff on an am7xxx device (e.g. Acer C110, PicoPix 1020)

## SYNOPSIS

**am7xxx-play** \[*OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

[am7xxx-play(1)](/am7xxx-play/1.md) uses libavdevice, libavformat, libavcodec and libswscale to decode the input, encode it to jpeg and display it with libam7xxx.

## OPTIONS

- **-d** *\<index\>*

  the device index (default is 0)

**-f** *\<input format\>*

the input device format

**-i** *\<input path\>*

the input path

- **-o** *\<options\>*

  a comma separated list of input format options

  EXAMPLE:

  ```
  -o draw_mouse=1,framerate=100,video_size=800x480
  ```

**-s** *\<scaling method\>*

the rescaling method (see swscale.h)

- **-u**

  upscale the image if smaller than the display dimensions

- **-F** *\<format\>*

  the image format to use (default is JPEG)

  **SUPPORTED FORMATS:**

  • 1 - JPEG

  • 2 - NV12

- **-q** *\<quality\>*

  quality of jpeg sent to the device, between 1 and 100

**-l** *\<log level\>*

the verbosity level of libam7xxx output (0-5)

**-p** *\<power mode\>*

the power mode of device, between 0 (off) and 4 (turbo)

WARNING: Level 2 and greater require the master AND the slave connector to be plugged in.

**-z** *\<zoom mode\>*

the display zoom mode, between 0 (original) and 4 (tele)

- **-h**

  show the help message

## EXAMPLES OF USE

```
am7xxx-play -f x11grab -i :0.0 -o video_size=800x480
am7xxx-play -f fbdev -i /dev/fb0
am7xxx-play -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 -o video_size=320x240,frame_rate=100 -u -q 90
am7xxx-play -i http://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/BigBuckBunny_640x360.m4v
```

## EXIT STATUS

**0**

Success

**!0**

Failure (libam7xxx error; libav error)

## AUTHORS

Antonio Ospite and Reto Schneider

## RESOURCES

Main web site: http://git.ao2.it/libam7xxx.git

## COPYING

Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Antonio Ospite \<ao2@ao2.it\>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.