NAME
effectv - real-time video effector
SYNOPSIS
effectv [options...] [effect name]
DESCRIPTION
EffecTV is a real-time video effector. You can enjoy movies, TV programs and any other video stream through the many amazing effects. Run EffecTV and push Up/Down arrow key to change the effect.
EffecTV accepts options and an effect name. In most cases you need not to set any options and name. You may specify a device file name and a channel number to see the input source you want.
EffecTV can be launched from any effect you want. Put an effect name after the command name ("effectv") or option(s). It's case-insensitive, and a trailing "TV" can be omitted.
OPTIONS
- -help
-
Show usage (help) information.
- -device FILE
-
Use device FILE for video4linux (default is /dev/video0).
- -channel NUMBER
-
Channel number of video source (default is 0).
- -norm NORM
-
Set video norm (default is ntsc). One of ntsc, pal, secam, pal-nc, pal-m, pal-n, ntsc-jp.
- -freqtab FREQTAB
-
Set frequency table. One of us-bcast, us-cable, us-cable-hrc, japan-bcast, japan-cable, europe-west, europe-east, italy, newzealand, australia, ireland, france, china-bcast, southafrica, argentina, canada-cable, australia-optus.
- -fullscreen
-
Enable fullscreen mode.
- -hardware
-
Use direct video memory(if possible).
- -doublebuffer
-
Enable double buffering mode (if possible).
- -fps
-
Show frames/sec.
- -size WxH
-
Set the size of capturing image to WxH pixels. (default 320x240)
- -geometry WxH
-
Set the size of screen to WxH pixels.
- -scale NUMBER
-
Set the scaling. When the capturing size is set, the screen size is scaled by NUMBER.
- -autoplay FRAMES
-
Changes effects automatically every FRAMES.
- -palette {rgb24,rgb565,rgb555,yuv422,yuv422p,yuv420p,yuv411p,yuv410p,grey}
-
Set the palette of capturing device. It is detected automatically by default.
- -vloopback FILE
-
Use device FILE for output of vloopback device.
KEYS
- Up/Down
-
Change effect.
- Right/Left
-
Change TV channel.
- Space
-
Capture a background image(for FireTV, BurningTV, etc.). Change mode(for SpiralTV, TransFormTV).
- ALT+ENTER
-
Fullscreen mode(toggle).
- TAB
-
Flip images horizontally.
- Escape
-
Quit
- ALT+0-9
-
Change video input channel (0-9).
- F1/F2
-
Increase/decrease brightness of video input.
- F3/F4
-
Increase/decrease hue.
- F5/F6
-
Increase/decrease color balance.
- F7/F8
-
Increase/decrease contrast.
- F12
-
Show this key usage.
More details for each effects are described in documents package. You should download effectv-docs.tar.gz found at EffecTV web page.
EFFECTS
- QuarkTV
-
Dissolves moving objects.
- FireTV
-
Clips incoming objects and burns it.
- BurningTV
-
Burns incoming objects.
- RadioacTV
-
Brightens moving objects and blurs it.
- StreakTV
-
Makes 8 afterimages.
- BaltanTV
-
Makes afterimages longer.
- 1DTV
-
Grabs a horizontal line from video every 1/30 sec.
- DotTV
-
Converts the picture into a set of dots.
- MosaicTV
-
Censors incoming objects.
- PuzzleTV
-
Scrambles the picture.
- PredatorTV
-
Makes incoming objects invisible visibly.
- SpiralTV
-
Spiraling effect.
- SimuraTV
-
Color distortion and image mirroring.
- EdgeTV
-
Detects edge and display it like good old computer way.
- ShagadelicTV
-
Go back to swinging '60s!
- NoiseTV
-
Makes incoming objects noisy.
- AgingTV
-
Film-aging effect.
- LifeTV
-
Conway's life game with video input interaction.
- TransFormTV
-
Performs positional translations on images.
- SparkTV
-
Spark effect.
- warpTV
-
Goo'ing effect.
- HolographicTV
-
Holographic vision seen in Star Wars.
- cycleTV
-
Color cycling effect.
- RippleTV
-
Ripple mark effect.
- DiceTV
-
A 'dicing' effect.
- VertigoTV
-
Alpha blending with zoomed and rotated images.
- DeinterlaceTV
-
Deinterlacing video images.
- nervousTV
-
Realtime frame shuffling effect.
- RndmTV
-
Gives you a noisy picture in color or B/W.
- RevTV
-
Waveform monitor effect.
- RandomDotStereoTV
-
Makes random dot stereo stream from video input.
- LensTV
-
Old school demo lens effect.
- DiffTV
-
Hilights interframe differences.
- BrokenTV
-
Simulates broken TV.
- WarholTV
-
Hommage to Andy Warhol.
- MatrixTV
-
A Matrix like effect.
- PUPTV
-
Comes from "Partial UPdate", certain part of image is updated at a frame.
- ChameleonTV
-
Still object will be disappearing.
- OpTV
-
Optical art meets real-time video effect.
- NervousHalf
-
A half of the screen delays or be nervous.
- SloFastTV
-
Non-linear time TV.
- DisplayWall
-
Full of small displays with a distorted perspective view.
- BlueScreenTV
-
Blue sceen effect: changes scene background.
- ColourfulStreak
-
Streak effect with color.
- TimeDistortion
-
Scratch the surface and playback old images.
- EdgeBlurTV
-
Extract edge, and make blur.
AUTHOR
The core of EffecTV was developed by FUKUCHI Kentaro <[email protected]>. See the file CREWS for full list of developers.
SEE ALSO
v4l-conf(1)