---
name: "me-tv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "me-tv"
version: "1.3.7-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/me-tv"
---

# me-tv(1)

a digital television (DVB) viewer for GNOME

## NAME

me-tv - a digital television (DVB) viewer for GNOME

## SYNOPSIS

**me-tv** *\[-?\|--help\]* *\[-v\|--verbose\]* *\[-s\|--safe-mode\]* *\[-m\|--minimised\]* *\[--disable-epg\]* *\[--disable-epg-thread\]* *\[--no-screensaver-inhibit\]* *\[--devices\]* *\[--read-timeout\]* *\[--display=DISPLAY\]*

## DESCRIPTION

Me TV is a GTK desktop application for watching digital television services  that use the DVB standard.  Me TV works with DVB-T/C/S and ATSC cards that have  kernel driver support.

Me TV uses the xine video player to render its output onto its video window.  Me TV reads the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data that is transmitted over  the air to populate a built-in program guide which can be used for scheduling  recordings.

Me TV has a built-in scanner which can autoscan certain countries or use an initial scan file.

## OPTIONS

- **-?\|--help**

  Show help options.

- **-v\|--verbose**

  Show verbose output.

- **-s\|--safe-mode**

  Show the preferences dialog an don't show video upon start.

- **-m\|--minimised-mode**

  Show minimised in notification area at startup.

- **--disable-epg**

  Stops the rendering of the EPG event buttons on the UI.

- **--disable-epg-thread**

  Disable the EPG thread.  Me TV will stop collecting EPG events.

- **--no-screensaver-inhibit**

  Tells Me TV not to call the screensaver Inhibit/UnInhibit methods for GNOME Screensaver.

- **--devices**

  Only use the specified frontend devices.  You can specify more than one device by using a comma or colon separator. (e.g. --devices=/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1)

- **--read-timeout**

  How long to wait (in seconds) before timing out while waiting for data from demuxer (default 5)

- **--display=DISPLAY**

  X display to use

## AUTHOR

Michael Lamothe (2007-2011) \<michael.lamothe@gmail.com\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011 Michael Lamothe \<michael.lamothe@gmail.com\>.