---
name: "xtv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xtv"
version: "1.1-15+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xtv"
---

# xtv(1)

Grabs the screen of a remote X display

## NAME

xtv - Grabs the screen of a remote X display

## SYNOPSIS

**xtv** *\[options\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

**xtv** grabs the screen of a remote X display to which you have access. It can then continual refresh that screen grab, making a "TV" out of that display.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Prints out the usage

- **-s refresh\_timeout**

  How often to update the screen grab.

- **-d display**

  The display to grab the screen from.

## BUGS

You can't grab the screen from a display of differing bit-depth. Due to the nature of X and what not, this would be particularly difficult to fix.

## AUTHOR

rancurel@capmedia.fr

This manual page was written by Jay Kominek \<jkominek@debian.org\>, for Debian.